ARTS

A Rare Stone Pumpkin by Yayoi Kusama on View in Hakone

Gaudí’s Influence on the Creation of Niki de Saint Phalle’s Tarot Garden in Italy

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Tomokazu Matsuyama: Refusing Hierarchies Between ‘High’ and ‘Low’ Culture

Keita Motooka’s Sculptures in Distorted Papier-Mâché Open a Doorway to the Unreal

Kanade Hamamoto explores the memories embedded in places through photography, words and sound

Hiroshi Sugimoto on Light, Time and the ‘Extinction’ of Photography

Yamamoto Masao, a Collector of Images

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From Japan to the World, Photographers Poised to Make Their Mark Internationally

Fumiyo Kōno, A Life in Drawings

Shirow Masamune and the Legacy of ‘Ghost in the Shell’

Iñigo Gutierrez’s Calligraphic Illustrations

Tetsuya Chihara, the Aesthetic of Words

Kiyoshi Awazu’s Psychedelic Prints

The Artistry of Bondage by Hajime Kinoko

‘Butoh’, the Revolutionary Dance of Shadows

The Art of ‘Rakugo’, Sit-Down Comedy

‘EAT THE KIMONO’, Performance Against Patriarchy

Yuki Okumura’s ‘Anatomy Fiction’

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Yoichi Ochiai, the artist behind the media art pavilion at World Expo 2025 Osaka

From Neo-Pop to Conceptual Art, The Growing Popularity of Japanese Contemporary Artists in France

Japan’s Contemporary Creative Scene Gathers in Paris

‘LSD: Dream Emulator’, an Avant-Garde Game Released on PlayStation

A Cultural Hub Hidden in the Backstreets of Nogizaka

Ephemeral Sculptures at the Tottori Sand Museum

A Japanese Collection in the Côte d’Azur

Beowulf, Supporter of Artistic Projects Between Japan and Europe

The Kadokawa Culture Museum, Designed by Kengo Kuma