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Toward a Mausoleum of Perception—Seiko Mikami's Interactive Installations @ NTT InterCommunication Center [ICC]
NTT ICC is hosting an exhibition showcasing the interactive installations created by the late artist Seiko Mikami from the late 1990s onward.
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Hijikata Dai | "Exhibition Technology" and "Education"
This article discusses the importance of "exhibition technology" in realizing exhibitions and the efforts in educational settings, contributed by artist and installer Dai Hijikata.
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Kenta Yamazaki | Lee Sojin x Taku Yamamoto "Tokyo 8:58"
The two-person play "Tokyo 8:58" by Lee Sojin and Taku Yamamoto is a lighthearted conversation between a bar worker and a time traveler.
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【Nara】130th Anniversary of Mankichi Saiko Birth Special Exhibition "The Expression of Mankichi Saiko"
A special exhibition commemorating the 130th anniversary of Mankichi Saiko's birth is being held at the Suikensha Museum in Nara.
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Osaka Directory 11 Supported by RICHARD MILLE Mitsushi Tenu @ Osaka Nakanoshima Museum of Art
The Osaka Nakanoshima Museum of Art will host a solo exhibition, “Osaka Directory 11,” by Mitsushi Tenu, featuring new works and a planned queer culture party.
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【Kanagawa】AWAZU HOUSE into the FUTURE 3 WAR ZONE #1 PALESTINE AFRICA Ryo Kameyama Photo Exhibition
Ryo Kameyama's photo exhibition focusing on the war zones of Palestine and Africa will be held at AWAZU HOUSE in Kanagawa.
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Kenta Yamazaki | 'Koko ga Umi' (This is the Sea)
This article critiques the play 'Koko ga Umi' for its casting choices regarding a transgender male role and its narrative exclusion of societal realities faced by transgender individuals.
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Melvin Edwards @ Palais de Tokyo
An exhibition of Melvin Edwards will be held at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris from October 23, 2025, to February 15, 2026.
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Dennis Oppenheim Video Screening
Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art will screen five video works by Dennis Oppenheim, focusing on his shift from Land Art to body exploration.
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Ako Sugie | Timeless Moments: Van Cleef & Arpels — High Jewelry Tells the Story of Art Deco
The author reviews the Van Cleef & Arpels exhibition at the Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum, impressed by the masterful use of gemstones and functional design.
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Hara Chikei | Zoe Leonard, You see I am here after all
Zoe Leonard's collection explores the relationship between collective memory and mass consumption through images of Niagara Falls.
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ECHO DELAY REVERB_American Art, Francophone Thought @ パレ・ド・トーキョー
The 'ECHO DELAY REVERB' exhibition at Palais de Tokyo showcases a diverse collection of works blending American Art and Francophone Thought.
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Koji Mizuno | Calligraphy and Words—Towards the Art of Composing Sensuous Information
Artist Koji Mizuno defines calligraphy as an act of connecting to the meaning of form through the body, exploring its new possibilities.
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Maiko Sato | Personal Stories Convey Local History—The Possibilities Unlocked by Heritage
This article explores the potential of personal stories and objects to convey local history through the case study of the Dutch heritage institution Imagine IC.
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【Yamanashi】FUJI TEXTILE WEEK 2025
The textile and art festival "FUJI TEXTILE WEEK 2025" will be held in Fujiyoshida City, Yamanashi Prefecture.
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Yto Barrada: Thrill, Fill and Spill @ South London Gallery
Yto Barrada's exhibition, "Thrill, Fill and Spill," is running at the South London Gallery from September 26, 2025, to January 11, 2026.
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MIKAMI MEME 2025: The Creative Meme of Seiko Mikami – A 10th Anniversary Tribute @ √K Contemporary
√K Contemporary is hosting the exhibition "MIKAMI MEME 2025," a 10th-anniversary tribute to the late artist Seiko Mikami.
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Commemorating 80 Years Since the End of the Battle of Okinawa and 50 Years Since the End of the Vietnam War: "Vietnam, Landscapes of Memory" @ Okinawa Prefectural Museum & Art Museum
The Okinawa Prefectural Museum & Art Museum is hosting an exhibition of modern and contemporary Vietnamese art titled "Vietnam, Landscapes of Memory."
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[Yamagata] Ensemble Zone "Green Table 2017 Anthology"
Ensemble Zone will present the contemporary dance performance "Green Table 2017 Anthology" at the Yamagata Citizens' Hall Small Hall.
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Taipei Biennial "Whispers on the Horizon" (3)
The Taipei Biennial 2025, "Whispers on the Horizon," is curated by Sam Bardaouil and Till Fellrath and runs from November 1, 2025, to March 29, 2026.
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Tada Ayumi | Preservation as Cultural Property and Regeneration as Art Space—“Dreams Inhabiting the Place ─ Boarding the Boat of Memory”
The exhibition "Dreams Inhabiting the Place" at the former Tamanoi Inn explores the intersection of cultural property preservation and art space regeneration.
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Takashima Megumi | KYOTO EXPERIMENT Kyoto International Performing Arts Festival 2025 ④ Jun Tsutsui's 'Staging of the Cemetery'
Jun Tsutsui's 'Staging of the Cemetery' critically questions historical narration through short pieces based on the former Sanadayama Army Cemetery, with performance order determined by lottery.
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Editorial Notes... 41—The Universe Spreading from the Desktop
This article reflects on the conclusion of the "Autumn Meteorite 2025 Tokyo" performing arts festival and the impressive object theater performances it featured.
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Tacita Dean: Black, Grey, Green and White and If I were in the Adlon @ Frith Street Gallery
Tacita Dean's solo exhibition, "Black, Grey, Green and White and If I were in the Adlon," is running at Frith Street Gallery in London until November 22, 2025.
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Keizo Kitajima Photography Exhibition: Borrowed Place, Borrowed Time @ Nagano Prefectural Museum of Art
The Nagano Prefectural Museum of Art will host a retrospective exhibition covering 50 years of photographer Keizo Kitajima's work.
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ANNUAL BRAKE 2025 Kai Teraoka: Just becoming itself @ The 5th Floor
Kai Teraoka's solo exhibition, "ANNUAL BRAKE 2025: Just becoming itself," will be held at The 5th Floor in Tokyo from October 31 to November 16, 2025.
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αM Project 2025–2026 “Stop, Look Back, Face Forward. vol.3 Aya Momose｜Gaia’s Escape” @ gallery αＭ
Aya Momose's solo exhibition, "Gaia's Escape," is being held at gallery αM as part of the αM Project 2025–2026.
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Peter Doig: House of Music @ Serpentine South Gallery
Peter Doig's solo exhibition, "House of Music," will be held at the Serpentine South Gallery in London.
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Osaka Directory 10 Supported by RICHARD MILLE Mitsuo Kim @ The National Museum of Art, Osaka
The National Museum of Art, Osaka will host the 10th installment of the "Osaka Directory Supported by RICHARD MILLE" series, a solo exhibition by artist Mitsuo Kim, from November 15 to December 14, 2025.
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Kerry James Marshall: The Histories @ Royal Academy of Arts
The exhibition "Kerry James Marshall: The Histories" will be held at the Royal Academy of Arts from September 20, 2025, to January 18, 2026.
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Yu Tsukada | Is it okay to dive deep? Is it okay to stay deep? -- "Liminal Space: A New Aesthetics of Horror" (Part 2)
This article discusses "Liminal Space: A New Aesthetics of Horror," linking the absence of windows and deep immersion to modern interiors and spiritualized visual experience.
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Yu Tsukada | Is it okay to dive deep? Is it okay to stay submerged? -- 'Liminal Space: A New Aesthetic of Fear' (Part 1)
This is the first part of a review of the translated book 'Liminal Space: A New Aesthetic of Fear,' which examines the aesthetic of fear associated with liminal spaces through art history and internet phenomena.
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Riku Yamakawa | Deep Time Walk
The Deep Time Walk is a tour program that translates Earth's 4.6 billion-year history into a 4.6-kilometer walk.
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Christopher Wool @ Gagosian
An exhibition by Christopher Wool will be held at Gagosian in London from October 13 to December 19, 2025.
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【Kyoto】Chiaki Shinoda x Nanan Anant Wijaksono x Kazuki Takakura "Mayokage"
The shadow puppet play "Mayokage" by Chiaki Shinoda, Nanan Anant Wijaksono, and Kazuki Takakura will be held at the Kyoto Art Center.
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Matsufusa House | Moeji Tsuchiya "Hoichi" Interim Progress Point
An exhibition showcasing the interim progress of animator Moeji Tsuchiya's long-term animation project "Hoichi," based on the story of Mimi-nashi Hoichi, was held at Kinkan Gallery.
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Riku Yamakawa | Reiwa 7 Precious Materials Introduction Exhibition "Maps and Charts"
The Ueda City Ueda Library is holding the Reiwa 7 Precious Materials Introduction Exhibition themed "Maps and Charts" in collaboration with the ancient document study group "Yamanami."
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Niigata Prefectural Museum of Art "Akiko Tabata Exhibition" Ticket Giveaway
ART iT readers can win tickets for the Akiko Tabata Exhibition at the Niigata Prefectural Museum of Art through a lottery.
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Aoyama Shin | "Ghost: When You See the Invisible" (Part 2)
This article discusses the relationship between media and possession in the second part of the exhibition review, "Ghost: When You See the Invisible."
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Takashima Megumi | KYOTO EXPERIMENT Kyoto International Festival of Performing Arts 2025 ③ Tania El Khoury & Ziad Antoun 'Tracing Power' [Performance] (Part 2)
This participatory lecture-performance explores Lebanon's power structures and electricity crisis by having the audience open archival materials, questioning historical fiction and archival incompleteness.
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Aoyama Shin | "Ghost: When the Unseen Becomes Visible" (Part 1)
The exhibition "Ghost: When the Unseen Becomes Visible" at Arts Maebashi explores ghosts as past, future, and uncertain visions, questioning the very act of viewing.
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Artist in Residence Program 2025 "CAMP" @ Takken Art Exhibition Hall Cooperative Association
The Aomori Contemporary Art Centre (ACAC) will hold the results presentation exhibition "CAMP" from November 14 to 29, 2025, at the Takken Art Exhibition Hall Cooperative Association.
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Sung Tieu: Bleed @ Kunsthalle Bern
Sung Tieu's solo exhibition, "Bleed," is being held at Kunsthalle Bern from September 12 to November 23, 2025.
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[Tokyo] Open Studio 2025-2026 / November
TOKAS Residency will host an Open Studio event in November 2025, showcasing the work and research of resident creators.
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Kazumi Miyai | Guided by the North Star—Chikako Watanabe's Journey to Meet the Star Gazers
Artist Chikako Watanabe's exhibition in Sapporo documented her journey and site-specific works created during her residency in Shiraoi, Hokkaido.
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Kenta Yamazaki | Shuntaro Matsubara / Ayaka Ono, Yo Nakazawa Space Noto Blank "The Beautiful and Foolish Scenario of the Sorcerer's Apprentices"
Space Noto Blank's play, written by Shuntaro Matsubara and directed by Ayaka Ono and Yo Nakazawa, explores the theme of multiple intersecting timelines.
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Ayako Suzuki x Futoshi Hoshino | The Trajectory of NADiff—Saison Culture, Museum Shops, and the Site of Co-creation
Following the closure of NADiff a/p/a/r/t, Ayako Suzuki discusses NADiff's history, from Saison Culture to its focus on co-creation.
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【Kyoto】Art Collaboration Kyoto Opening Night
The opening night for the contemporary art fair, Art Collaboration Kyoto, will be held at CLUB METRO.
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Gala Porras-Kim: The motion of an alluvial record @ Kunsthalle Bern
Gala Porras-Kim's solo exhibition, "The motion of an alluvial record," will be held at Kunsthalle Bern.
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Matsufusa House | "The Expo and Anti-Expo from the Perspective of Avant-garde Art and Religion"
This exhibition at Wako University's Umene Memorial Library examined the 1970 Osaka Expo through the lens of religious pavilions and anti-Expo movements.
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Takashima Megumi | KYOTO EXPERIMENT Kyoto International Performing Arts Festival 2025 ② Tania El Khoury & Ziad Abu-Rish "In Search of Electricity and Power" [Performance] (Part 1)
This performance explores the mystery of Lebanon's chronic electricity shortage through an interactive lecture and archival investigation, framed as a story of love and revenge.
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30th Anniversary of Manga Artist Fumiyo Kouno Exhibition: Birds Fly, Rabbits Hop, Flowers Sway, Running, Falling, A Long Road
An exhibition celebrating the 30th anniversary of manga artist Fumiyo Kouno's career, tracing her journey through over 500 original drawings and materials.
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ANNUAL BRAKE 2025 @ The 5th Floor
The 5th Floor will host "ANNUAL BRAKE 2025," an exhibition project featuring only past works by three emerging artists.
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Time・Space・Ma @ Toriichi Building 2F
The exhibition "Time・Space・Ma" was held from October 30 to November 3, 2025, at Toriichi Building 2F, featuring artists Kazuki Oishi, Masaki Tanaka, and Keiichiro Tanaka.
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Akiko Sakamoto | Looking Down and Cutting Out from a Bird's Eye View—Shoji Toyama Exhibition: Birds in the Collection Storage
The Shoji Toyama exhibition at the Kumamoto City Museum of Contemporary Art is an installation recontextualizing his films and art projects from a "bird's eye view."
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Yu Tsukada | printing / poiesis—On Uro Ei's "image 253, 449, 665, 1173 b mod" (Part 2)
This essay discusses Uro Ei's production process, focusing on the relationship between printing technology and painterly qualities, and the strategy of obscuring the work's status within the art world.
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Yu Tsukada | printing / poiesis—On Uro Etsusaku's "image 253, 449, 665, 1173 b mod" (Part 1)
Yu Tsukada reviews Etsusaku Uro's exhibition "image 253, 449, 665, 1173 b mod," discussing the new territory that transcends the boundaries of painting and photography.
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[Ishikawa] Special Exhibition for Reconstruction Support: "People, Noto, Art" for the 2024 Noto Peninsula Earthquake and the 2024 Okunoto Heavy Rain
A special exhibition featuring cultural assets from Tokyo museums is being held in Kanazawa to support recovery from the Noto Peninsula Earthquake and Okunoto heavy rains.
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The 2nd BUG Art Award Grand Prize Winner’s Solo Exhibition: Yasutaka YANO “Fruit Basket” @ BUG
The solo exhibition "Fruit Basket" by Yasutaka YANO, winner of the 2nd BUG Art Award Grand Prize, is being held at BUG.
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Takashima Megumi | KYOTO EXPERIMENT Kyoto International Festival of Performing Arts 2025 ① Mark Teh / Five Arts Centre 'The Shadow of Hang Tuah'
Mark Teh/Five Arts Centre's 'The Shadow of Hang Tuah' explores the diffusion of false images in the formation of national identity using the Malaysian hero Hang Tuah.
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Toward a Mausoleum of Perception—Seiko Mikami's Interactive Installations @ NTT InterCommunication Center [ICC]
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Hijikata Dai | "Exhibition Technology" and "Education"
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Kenta Yamazaki | Lee Sojin x Taku Yamamoto "Tokyo 8:58"
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【Nara】130th Anniversary of Mankichi Saiko Birth Special Exhibition "The Expression of Mankichi Saiko"
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Osaka Directory 11 Supported by RICHARD MILLE Mitsushi Tenu @ Osaka Nakanoshima Museum of Art
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【Kanagawa】AWAZU HOUSE into the FUTURE 3 WAR ZONE #1 PALESTINE AFRICA Ryo Kameyama Photo Exhibition
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Kenta Yamazaki | 'Koko ga Umi' (This is the Sea)
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Melvin Edwards @ Palais de Tokyo
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Dennis Oppenheim Video Screening
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Ako Sugie | Timeless Moments: Van Cleef & Arpels — High Jewelry Tells the Story of Art Deco
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Hara Chikei | Zoe Leonard, You see I am here after all
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ECHO DELAY REVERB_American Art, Francophone Thought @ パレ・ド・トーキョー
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Koji Mizuno | Calligraphy and Words—Towards the Art of Composing Sensuous Information
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Maiko Sato | Personal Stories Convey Local History—The Possibilities Unlocked by Heritage
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【Yamanashi】FUJI TEXTILE WEEK 2025
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Yto Barrada: Thrill, Fill and Spill @ South London Gallery
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MIKAMI MEME 2025: The Creative Meme of Seiko Mikami – A 10th Anniversary Tribute @ √K Contemporary
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Commemorating 80 Years Since the End of the Battle of Okinawa and 50 Years Since the End of the Vietnam War: "Vietnam, Landscapes of Memory" @ Okinawa Prefectural Museum & Art Museum
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[Yamagata] Ensemble Zone "Green Table 2017 Anthology"
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Taipei Biennial "Whispers on the Horizon" (3)
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Tada Ayumi | Preservation as Cultural Property and Regeneration as Art Space—“Dreams Inhabiting the Place ─ Boarding the Boat of Memory”
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Takashima Megumi | KYOTO EXPERIMENT Kyoto International Performing Arts Festival 2025 ④ Jun Tsutsui's 'Staging of the Cemetery'
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Editorial Notes... 41—The Universe Spreading from the Desktop
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Tacita Dean: Black, Grey, Green and White and If I were in the Adlon @ Frith Street Gallery
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Keizo Kitajima Photography Exhibition: Borrowed Place, Borrowed Time @ Nagano Prefectural Museum of Art
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ANNUAL BRAKE 2025 Kai Teraoka: Just becoming itself @ The 5th Floor
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αM Project 2025–2026 “Stop, Look Back, Face Forward. vol.3 Aya Momose｜Gaia’s Escape” @ gallery αＭ
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Peter Doig: House of Music @ Serpentine South Gallery
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Osaka Directory 10 Supported by RICHARD MILLE Mitsuo Kim @ The National Museum of Art, Osaka
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Kerry James Marshall: The Histories @ Royal Academy of Arts
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Yu Tsukada | Is it okay to dive deep? Is it okay to stay deep? -- "Liminal Space: A New Aesthetics of Horror" (Part 2)
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Yu Tsukada | Is it okay to dive deep? Is it okay to stay submerged? -- 'Liminal Space: A New Aesthetic of Fear' (Part 1)
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Riku Yamakawa | Deep Time Walk
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Christopher Wool @ Gagosian
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【Kyoto】Chiaki Shinoda x Nanan Anant Wijaksono x Kazuki Takakura "Mayokage"
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Matsufusa House | Moeji Tsuchiya "Hoichi" Interim Progress Point
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Riku Yamakawa | Reiwa 7 Precious Materials Introduction Exhibition "Maps and Charts"
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Niigata Prefectural Museum of Art "Akiko Tabata Exhibition" Ticket Giveaway
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Aoyama Shin | "Ghost: When You See the Invisible" (Part 2)
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Takashima Megumi | KYOTO EXPERIMENT Kyoto International Festival of Performing Arts 2025 ③ Tania El Khoury & Ziad Antoun 'Tracing Power' [Performance] (Part 2)