The ‘noughties’ now dispatched, a new decade is upon us. Amid a change in government in Japan, the loss of some big names in the entertainment world, and ongoing economic turmoil, we look back on contemporary art in 2009, andView More >
Interviews
Naito Rei （2009）
I want to share quietly the ephemerality and fragility of the things that affect me deep inside Portrait: Nagare Satoshi An artist whose delicate style enables her to transform often subtle feelings and even drops of water into artworks, hasView More >
Araki Nobuyoshi
When you think about death you also start to think about life. A lust for life wells up inside. The opening of Araki Nobuyoshi’s solo exhibition 2THESKY, my Ender was thronged with guests yet at the same time evocative ofView More >
Tabaimo
Originality manifested in what we choose An artist who presents scenes from contemporary living, images emblematic of Japan, and in recent years, her own inner life, via video installations featuring hand-drawn pictures and colors and lines reminiscent of ukiyo-e prints,View More >
Tabaimo
An artist whose ‘sketches’ of contemporary Japan that have taken as their stages the bathhouse, the kitchen, the commuter train, and public toilet, making them a mirror to reflect her own inner life, now takes up ‘the generations’ as herView More >
Thomas Ruff: cassini + zycles
I make investigations that ask people to become aware of what they are looking at. The artist who studied under the Bechers and has since become a key figure in the realm of German Photography was in Tokyo to openView More >
Pipilotti Rist
I’m merely giving color back to the world, coming close to reality. With her technicolor palette, nimble camerawork, and freewheeling presentation style, the eternally tomboyish Pipilotti Rist reflects the joys and uncertainties of living in today’s world. We spoke toView More >
ShimuraBros.
Sister and brother art team Shimura Yuka and Kentaro, better known as the ShimuraBros, exemplify a new breed of Japanese contemporary artists who are firmly based in Japan but keen to show internationally. Dressed in black, the duo are playful,View More >
Ohtake Shinro
Constant thoughts of pictures never done before The Shinro Ohtake Zen-kei Retrospective 1955-2006 staged at the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo in 2006 was an unconventional attempt to present in toto the journey of this intensely private artist – drawing,View More >
Kimura Yuki
Creating a place that counterbalances images and their physical medium Times, places, cultures. The myriad encounters of this world are not confined to being in the same place at the same time and engaging in conversation. Coinciding with Kimura Yuki’sView More >