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Masterpieces of the Renaissance from the Musée du Louvre
Leonardo's portrait La Belle Ferronnière anchors a Renaissance exhibition at the National Art Center, Tokyo, through 13 December.
The Tokyo edit
This weekend in Tokyo
Choose the exhibition, find a garden nearby and leave enough time for a meal. Tokyo rewards attention more than a crowded itinerary. The weekend runs from Friday evening through Sunday. Find dated events first, then places to visit, tables to book and rooms to explore after dark.
On the calendar
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Bunbuku Chagama: a story told in signs
A Japanese folktale becomes a picture-story performance in the Tokyo National Museum’s family programme.
EventConcerts
INTENTION at WOMB
Drunken Kong, Mayuri and Shogo Ito take the main floor for a Saturday night spanning techno and trance.
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A.S.F. at WOMB
Kino, P-yan and Ryokei lead the main-floor programme for a Friday night of house and techno in Shibuya.
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Akiakane "Shouseki"
Akiakane "Shouseki" at Komiyama Tokyo G: Akiakane’s illustration practice moves between character design, layered colour and detailed marks. Shouseki gathers work to trace the development of that visual language.
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Naomichi Sato "Accumulations and Traces"
Naomichi Sato "Accumulations and Traces" brings ceramics / lacquer to Mizusai. The exhibition is a focused look at the work named in the programme.
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Shota Yamauchi "Twilight"
Shota Yamauchi "Twilight" at Con_: Shota Yamauchi starts from the shared bodily experience of a sauna. Installation and moving-image work explore heat, sensation and the relationship between strangers occupying one space.
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Kyoichi Morimasa "Fired Fantasies"
Kyoichi Morimasa "Fired Fantasies" brings ceramics / lacquer to New Space PA. The exhibition is a focused look at the work named in the programme.
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Ametsuchi no Uta
Ametsuchi no Uta at Tetoka: Five artists bring calligraphy, jewellery, textiles, vessels and ceramics into one group exhibition. The shared theme gives different materials a point of conversation.
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Interface
Interface brings painting, sculpture to Maki Fine Arts. The exhibition is a focused look at the work named in the programme.
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Kisho Kakutani "Contours of Scenery"
Kisho Kakutani "Contours of Scenery" at Shikisaisha: Kisho Kakutani turns smartphone photographs of everyday surroundings into paintings. The exhibition looks at the distance between an image, a memory and what the eye decides to recognise.
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Yann Gerstberger "Urubu Noir"
Yann Gerstberger "Urubu Noir" at Taka Ishii Gallery Kyobashi: Yann Gerstberger presents new paintings conceived as parts of a larger composition. The black vulture and the structure of historic fresco cycles provide starting points for the series.
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D-BROS 2027 Calendar Exhibition & Sales
D-BROS 2027 Calendar Exhibition & Sales at OFS Gallery (Our Favourite Shop): D-BROS turns calendars into an exhibition of graphic design and paper objects. This is an exhibition and sales presentation of the 2027 collection.
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Toshio Takaku: White Porcelain
Toshio Takaku: White Porcelain at Courage de Vivre: White porcelain vessels are the focus, from everyday tableware to pieces intended for special occasions. Look at the balance between the object’s function and its sculptural form.
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Tranquility
Tranquility at Gallery Koyanagi: Hellen van Meene, Arisa Kumagai, Anna Nakazawa and Sho Kobayashi approach stillness through different images. The group exhibition connects quietness with memory, landscape and emotion.
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Exonemo "The Last Acres of the Internet"
Exonemo "The Last Acres of the Internet" at Neort++: Exonemo treats internet domains as a scarce form of territory. The exhibition asks how ownership and personal spaces operate on a network built to copy and circulate information.
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Stories for Being Here
Stories for Being Here brings painting to Kinosho Kikaku. The exhibition is a focused look at the work named in the programme.
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Keisuke Katsuki "Afterglow(s)"
Keisuke Katsuki "Afterglow(s)" brings painting to Eukaryote. The exhibition is a focused look at the work named in the programme.
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Someta "Re: Standard"
Someta "Re: Standard" brings painting to Roppongi Hills A/D Gallery. The exhibition is a focused look at the work named in the programme.
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Hinako Sugiyama "A Sign of Wind"
Hinako Sugiyama "A Sign of Wind" at Goyo Gallery: Hinako Sugiyama brings recent paintings together with works that introduce new motifs. The show looks at changes within the artist’s practice over the past two years.
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Nksin "5 -Five-"
Nksin "5 -Five-" at Goyo Gallery: NKSIN revisits five previously presented works in a solo exhibition. The selection looks back over a period of practice while leaving the next direction open.
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Hinako Suda + Miwako Nakamura "Dense Emptiness"
Hinako Suda + Miwako Nakamura "Dense Emptiness" brings painting to Gallery Towed. The exhibition is a focused look at the work named in the programme.
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Kosuke Ajiro "Excavation Record II – Loro’s Heart"
Kosuke Ajiro "Excavation Record II – Loro’s Heart" at Biscuit Gallery: Kosuke Ajiro explores the origins of the imaginary Kingdom of Sally alongside the release of a monograph. This Tokyo exhibition is distinct from the related New York show.
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Yukie Osa "Being Here, Being There"
Yukie Osa "Being Here, Being There" at Garde Art Gallery: Yukie Osa brings painting and sculpture to the ADF Art Gallery Project. Being Here, Being There considers the different sides of everyday experience through the artist’s practice.