The Tokyo edit

Art worth making time for

Our first exhibition edit, from Ueno to Roppongi.

Our first exhibition edit, from Ueno to Roppongi. Explore our growing Tokyo selection, with checked details and official sources.

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Momo Takeuchi "Waiting For The Pottery"

Momo Takeuchi "Waiting For The Pottery" at Kohtoh: Momo Takeuchi works with clay and found materials, including fragments of tiles and construction debris. The exhibition centres on waiting as a material changes inside the kiln.

Until 11 OctCheck price
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Mizuho Koyama Exhibition

Mizuho Koyama Exhibition at Gallery Kitai: Mizuho Koyama translates literary works into ink, collage and assemblage. Rumi’s Guest House and The Tale of Genji are among the texts connected to the eleven works on display. Admission is by appointment.

Until 10 OctCheck price
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Hiromi Shiraho "Pirouette"

Hiromi Shiraho "Pirouette" brings painting to Gallery Towed. The exhibition is a focused look at the work named in the programme.

Until 3 OctCheck price
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Painting on Walls : Koji Kinutani’s Murals

Painting on Walls : Koji Kinutani’s Murals at Kinutani Art Place Hiroo: Koji Kinutani’s relationship with walls is explored through fresco and paintings that adapt mural techniques. The show asks what changes when a wall becomes a surface for an image.

Thu 8 OctCheck price
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Ayano Sakurai "Yamabiko"

Ayano Sakurai "Yamabiko" at Katsuya Susuki Gallery: Ayano Sakurai takes an echo as a way to think about distance, unseen presences and everyday unease. The exhibition moves between what is inside, outside, real and imagined.

Sat 26 SeptCheck price
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Yasutaka Kojima "Nakaima | Berlin"

Yasutaka Kojima "Nakaima | Berlin" at Book And Sons: Yasutaka Kojima photographs Berlin through pared-back views that loosen familiar references to place and history. The series is connected to ideas about a present in which different times coexist.

Until 4 OctCheck price
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Narrative Abstract Art vol. 21 first

Narrative Abstract Art vol. 21 first at The Artcomplex Center of Tokyo: The twenty-first Narrative Abstract Art exhibition brings different contemporary approaches to abstraction into one programme. This is the first part of the current edition.

Tue 29 SeptCheck price
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Moon Rabbit Step 7

Moon Rabbit Step 7 at Books & Gallery cafe Tentekido: Moon and rabbit imagery provides the theme for this group exhibition around the autumn moon-viewing season. Illustration and objects share the bookshop-gallery setting.

Until 27 SeptCheck price
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Takuro Iwamoto Exhibition

Takuro Iwamoto Exhibition brings painting to Orie Art Gallery. The exhibition is a focused look at the work named in the programme.

Tue 29 SeptCheck price
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Yuki Nishiyama Exhibition

Yuki Nishiyama explores seasonal change, plants and landscapes through glass. The exhibition’s starting point is the space between an encounter with nature and the work made from it.

Sat 10 OctCheck price
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Yoshihiko Takahashi Exhibition

Yoshihiko Takahashi’s glass work is the focus of this Roppongi solo presentation. Choose the exhibition for a close look at one maker’s treatment of shape, light and material.

Sat 24 OctCheck price
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Haruka Sano Exhibition

Haruka Sano has a solo exhibition in Courage de Vivre’s November programme. The gallery is inside the AXIS Building, making the floor and gallery name useful details to keep with the dates.

Sat 7 NovCheck price
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Yumeko Kato Exhibition

Yumeko Kato takes the exhibition slot at Courage de Vivre in late November. It is a short gallery presentation, so use the published dates to plan the visit rather than expecting a permanent display.

Sat 21 NovCheck price
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Reo Kikuchi: Copy and Paste

Reo Kikuchi brings Copy and Paste to Shikisaisha in Kyobashi. This is the gallery’s October solo programme; check its own visiting hours rather than those of nearby museums.

Fri 16 OctCheck price