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High School Teacher Working on 'Fallen Leaf Art' Receives 700,000 Reactions for 'Shin-chan' Piece, Prompting 'Is This AI?' Comments
A high school art teacher's 'Fallen Leaf Art' depicting 'Crayon Shin-chan' garnered over 720,000 likes on X, astonishing viewers who questioned if it was AI-generated.
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【Tokushima City】Call for Submissions for the Tokushima City Art Festival "Art Exhibition": Sanyo Shimbun Digital | SanDeji
The Tokushima City Cultural Association is soliciting entries for the Tokushima City Art Festival Art Exhibition, with applications accepted from December 20th to January 20th, Reiwa 8.
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Lee Kit: Panorama @ Project Fulfill Art Space
Lee Kit's solo exhibition, "Panorama," is being held at Project Fulfill Art Space in Taipei from November 1 to December 27, 2025.
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MAM Project 034: Sonia Boyce @ Mori Art Museum
The Mori Art Museum will host the first solo exhibition in Japan by British artist Sonia Boyce, titled MAM Project 034.
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"Eto Art Ema" Completed at Isasumi Shrine in Aizumisato, Expressing a Galloping White Horse: Local News: Fukushima Minpo Shimbun
The 'Eto Art Ema' featuring the next year's zodiac sign, the Horse, has been completed at Isasumi Shrine in Aizumisato and will be distributed starting December 1st.
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How is Art Criticism Imported? Serialized in the January 1997 Issue: "Other Criteria for Criticism ①"
This article introduces Leo Steinberg's "Other Criteria for Criticism," discussing his critique of Greenbergian formalism and the concept of the "flatbed picture plane."
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Wes Anderson's First Retrospective Exhibition Now Open in London, Featuring Film Costumes and Props All in One Place
Wes Anderson's first major retrospective, featuring about 700 items from his 30-year career, is currently being held in London.
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【Entertainment Material Regular Delivery】Unraveling "Goraku Sekai," Featuring Color Frontispieces from the Taisho to Early Showa Periods, and Eihō Hirezaki - Art Exhibition Navi x National Theatre Collaboration Series Vol. 24
This installment explores the early Taisho to Showa period storybook "Goraku Sekai" and the color frontispiece artist Eihō Hirezaki, based on National Theatre collection materials.
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Saito and Koheita, Tamura Yuichiro, Hasunuma Masahiro, Mikame Reina: Four Dialogues Surrounding the Collection x Contemporary Art at the Nagoya City Art Museum, Held from January 9 to March 8, 2026
The Nagoya City Art Museum will host an exhibition where four contemporary artists create new works through dialogue with the museum's collection.
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[2025 Tokyo] Van Gogh, Utrillo... Hurry to the Museum! 3 Featured Exhibitions Ending This Year (All About)
This article highlights three notable art exhibitions in Tokyo ending in 2025, featuring artists like Van Gogh and Utrillo.
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1 Second Angel 9 "SKIPPED SECOND" (Sho+1)
The exhibition "SKIPPED SECOND" by the anonymous artist 1 Second Angel 9 will be held at Sho+1, featuring new works.
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MAM Screen 022: ikkibawiKrrr @ Mori Art Museum
The Mori Art Museum is hosting the 22nd installment of MAM Screen, featuring a solo exhibition by the visual research band ikkibawiKrrr.
Tokyo Art Beat
“Makoto Kitamura: India Praise” (Tomioka City Museum of Art / Ichiro Fukuzawa Memorial Museum of Art)
An exhibition featuring about 40 representative works by painter Makoto Kitamura, focusing on his India-themed pieces, will be held.
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【Fujieda Onpaku】Dialogue-based Art Appreciation Session: Let's Meet at Yangtse River Museum 2 (1/12, 11:00~) [Fujieda City] | Shizuoka Shimbun at-s
A dialogue-based art appreciation event will be held at the Yangtse River Museum on January 12th to deepen understanding of the collection.
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"Expressing the 'Obvious Things'" - Sadaharu Horio, a Gutai Member Who Led the Contemporary Art Scene Since the 1970s, Exhibition in Yamatokoriyama, Nara (Sankei Shimbun)
An exhibition in Yamatokoriyama, Nara, showcases the diverse works and activities of Sadaharu Horio, a leading contemporary artist and former member of the Gutai Art Association.
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Koichi Kageyama | Gbolade Omidiran's "Fruitful Woman" -- A Hopeful African Future "Shirabe Ogata"
This article, based on researcher Shirabe Ogata's work, examines Nigerian painter Gbolade Omidiran's artwork "Fruitful Woman" and the nature of African art.
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Sakura Nomiyama, artscape Editorial Department | Total Design in Fukuoka—The Archives and Practices of the "FUKUOKA Design League" that Moves Society Across Fields
This article details the activities of the FUKUOKA Design League, an association of Fukuoka-based design organizations, focusing on their archives and social contribution practices.
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artscape Editorial Department | Catalog & Books | November 2025 [Upcoming Releases]
The artscape editorial department introduces upcoming art and design-related books scheduled for release in November 2025.
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【Okinawa】Japan's Southernmost International Art Festival 2025 Starting from the Islands of Taketomi Town
Japan's southernmost international art festival will take place across the islands of Taketomi Town, Okinawa, in December 2025.
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Anti-Action: Their Responses and Challenges @ The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, is hosting an exhibition re-examining the work of 1950s-60s women artists through the lens of "Anti-Action."
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Joshibi University of Art and Design Holds 125th Anniversary Exhibition "Talents Nurtured Through Teaching - (From Meiji to Reiwa)" at Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi Main Store "Art Special Gallery" from December 3rd to 8th - Featuring Works by 30 Artists Including Setsuko Migishi, Kyuko Kataoka, and Fumiko Hori | Joshibi University of Art and Design
Joshibi University of Art and Design is holding its 125th Anniversary Exhibition featuring works by 30 artists from December 3rd to 8th in Nihonbashi.
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The 74th Nagasaki Citizens' Art Exhibition Also Features the New 'Consul General of China in Nagasaki Award'
The 74th Nagasaki Citizens' Art Exhibition has begun, introducing a newly established 'Consul General of China in Nagasaki Award'.
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Director Mamoru Hosoda, an alumnus of Kanazawa College of Art, on the thoughts embedded in his latest work "The Endless Scarlet": "See with Your Own Eyes"
Director Mamoru Hosoda discusses embedding themes of revenge cycles and questioning modern society in his latest film, "The Endless Scarlet."
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Works Depicting a "Peaceful Everyday Morning" Also Featured... Nagasaki Citizens' Art Exhibition Begins, Displaying 240 Works at the Prefectural Museum of Art (KTN Television Nagasaki)
The Nagasaki Citizens' Art Exhibition has opened at the Prefectural Museum of Art, showcasing 240 selected works.
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"Works Depicting a Peaceful Everyday Morning" Also Featured... Nagasaki Citizens' Art Exhibition Begins, Displaying 240 Works at the Prefectural Museum of Art
The Nagasaki Citizens' Art Exhibition has opened at the Prefectural Museum of Art, showcasing 240 selected works.
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Genichiro Inokuma Exhibition: Arrangements of Dreams
This exhibition at the Marugame Genichiro-Inokuma Museum of Contemporary Art focuses on the works created by Genichiro Inokuma after he turned 80.
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Janet Cardiff: The Forty Part Motet
The Marugame Genichiro-Inokuma Museum of Contemporary Art (MIMOCA) will host the final stop of the domestic tour for Janet Cardiff's sound installation, "The Forty Part Motet."
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Kengo Tonotsuka x Tomoko Sekiguchi (Interviewer: Hiroki Kageyama) | Is Art Necessary in the Community? (4) -- Self-Questioning Regarding a "Sustainable Art Festival" [Part 2]
The Matsudo "Science and Art Hill" focuses on local residents, exploring sustainability through creating encounters between art and daily life and accumulating relational capital.
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Ako Sugie | Post-War 80th Anniversary Project: Akio Kasuga Collection - The Era of Children: Life and Culture of Showa Before, During, and After the War Exhibition
This exhibition, part of the Post-War 80th Anniversary Project, showcases Akio Kasuga's collection of children's items from pre-war, wartime, and post-war Showa Japan.
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【Tokyo】JAGDA International Student Poster Award 2025 Selected Works Exhibition
The JAGDA International Student Poster Award 2025 Selected Works Exhibition is being held at The National Art Center, Tokyo.
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Anti-Action: Her Responses and Challenges @ Toyota City Museum of Art
The "Anti-Action" exhibition at the Toyota City Museum of Art showcases the challenges and responses of female artists in postwar Japan.
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[Tokyo] Academic Research Grant for Graphic Culture Results Presentation and Networking Event
A results presentation and networking event for the Academic Research Grant for Graphic Culture will be held at the DNP Ginza Building.
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Kengo Tonotsuka x Tomoko Sekiguchi (Interviewer: Hiroki Kageyama) | Is Art Necessary in the Region? (4) -- Self-Questioning Regarding a "Sustainable Art Festival" [Part 1]
Founders of Matsudo's citizen-participation art festival, "Science and Art Hill," discuss the significance and sustainability of regional art festivals.
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Azumi Akai | The Undulations of Malaysian Art, from Large Institutions to Small Art Initiatives
The author visited Malaysia's art scene, examining everything from major institutions in Kuala Lumpur to small initiatives in Ipoh.
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Chikei Hara | Director Sho Miyake Special Feature Commemorating the Release of 'Journey and Days'
Director Sho Miyake's new film, 'The Emissary and the Guard,' uses the period drama format but rejects dialogue and sword fights to depict absurd truths through landscape and hip-hop music.
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Thomas Ruff | Two of Each @ Gallery Koyanagi
Thomas Ruff's solo exhibition, "Two of Each," will be held at Gallery Koyanagi in Tokyo from October 18 to December 13, 2025.
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Shinro Ohtake: Retina @ Take Ninagawa
Shinro Ohtake's solo exhibition, "Retina," will be held at Take Ninagawa in Tokyo from October 11, 2025, to January 17, 2026.
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Samson Young: Pavilion @ New Taipei City Museum of Art
Samson Young's solo exhibition, "Pavilion," will be held at the New Taipei City Museum of Art from September 9, 2025, to January 4, 2026.
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Arata Hasegawa | Re: But That Doesn't Mean—Back Issues of Each (3)
Curator Arata Hasegawa reflects on the value of artscape's archives, particularly Futoshi Hoshino's book reviews, concerning the nature of criticism.
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MURA MASARU | Art Walk 09 - Autumn of Art Festivals (Part 1)
This article reviews the thriving art festivals across Japan in autumn, focusing on the Setouchi Triennale and Aichi Triennale to explore the significance of these events.
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Ako Sugie | Vienna Style: Biedermeier and Fin-de-Siècle: Design of Life, Vienna - News from the Theater City
This article reflects on how the Biedermeier style, rooted in a specific political era in Vienna, laid the groundwork for 20th-century modern design.
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[Kyoto] Able Art Movement 30th Anniversary Forum
A forum commemorating the 30th anniversary of the Able Art Movement will be held at the Kyoto City KYOCERA Museum of Art.
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40th Anniversary of Death: Rei Kamoi Exhibition - Drawing the Unseen @ Nagasaki Prefectural Art Museum
The Nagasaki Prefectural Art Museum is hosting an exhibition commemorating the 40th anniversary of painter Rei Kamoi's death, showcasing works from his early to late career.
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Hiroshi Sugito Exhibition: flyleaf and liner @ Hirosaki Museum of Contemporary Art
The Hirosaki Museum of Contemporary Art is hosting a solo exhibition by painter Hiroshi Sugito titled "flyleaf and liner."
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Taipei Biennial "Whispers on the Horizon" (2)
The Taipei Biennial 2025, titled "Whispers on the Horizon," will run from November 1, 2025, to March 29, 2026, at the Taipei Fine Arts Museum.
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Janet Cardiff: The Forty Part Motet @ Marugame Genichiro-Inokuma Museum of Contemporary Art
Marugame Genichiro-Inokuma Museum of Contemporary Art will host an exhibition of Janet Cardiff's masterpiece, "The Forty Part Motet."
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Taipei Biennial "Whispers on the Horizon"
The Taipei Biennial 2025, titled "Whispers on the Horizon," will run from November 1, 2025, to March 29, 2026, at the Taipei Fine Arts Museum.
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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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High School Teacher Working on 'Fallen Leaf Art' Receives 700,000 Reactions for 'Shin-chan' Piece, Prompting 'Is This AI?' Comments
山陽新聞

【Tokushima City】Call for Submissions for the Tokushima City Art Festival "Art Exhibition": Sanyo Shimbun Digital | SanDeji
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Lee Kit: Panorama @ Project Fulfill Art Space
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MAM Project 034: Sonia Boyce @ Mori Art Museum
福島民友新聞社

"Eto Art Ema" Completed at Isasumi Shrine in Aizumisato, Expressing a Galloping White Horse: Local News: Fukushima Minpo Shimbun
美術手帖

How is Art Criticism Imported? Serialized in the January 1997 Issue: "Other Criteria for Criticism ①"
美術手帖

Wes Anderson's First Retrospective Exhibition Now Open in London, Featuring Film Costumes and Props All in One Place
美術展ナビ

【Entertainment Material Regular Delivery】Unraveling "Goraku Sekai," Featuring Color Frontispieces from the Taisho to Early Showa Periods, and Eihō Hirezaki - Art Exhibition Navi x National Theatre Collaboration Series Vol. 24
outermosterm.com

Saito and Koheita, Tamura Yuichiro, Hasunuma Masahiro, Mikame Reina: Four Dialogues Surrounding the Collection x Contemporary Art at the Nagoya City Art Museum, Held from January 9 to March 8, 2026
Yahoo!ニュース

[2025 Tokyo] Van Gogh, Utrillo... Hurry to the Museum! 3 Featured Exhibitions Ending This Year (All About)
美術手帖

1 Second Angel 9 "SKIPPED SECOND" (Sho+1)
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MAM Screen 022: ikkibawiKrrr @ Mori Art Museum
Tokyo Art Beat

“Makoto Kitamura: India Praise” (Tomioka City Museum of Art / Ichiro Fukuzawa Memorial Museum of Art)
at-s.com

【Fujieda Onpaku】Dialogue-based Art Appreciation Session: Let's Meet at Yangtse River Museum 2 (1/12, 11:00~) [Fujieda City] | Shizuoka Shimbun at-s
Yahoo!ニュース

"Expressing the 'Obvious Things'" - Sadaharu Horio, a Gutai Member Who Led the Contemporary Art Scene Since the 1970s, Exhibition in Yamatokoriyama, Nara (Sankei Shimbun)
artscape

Koichi Kageyama | Gbolade Omidiran's "Fruitful Woman" -- A Hopeful African Future "Shirabe Ogata"
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Sakura Nomiyama, artscape Editorial Department | Total Design in Fukuoka—The Archives and Practices of the "FUKUOKA Design League" that Moves Society Across Fields
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artscape Editorial Department | Catalog & Books | November 2025 [Upcoming Releases]
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【Okinawa】Japan's Southernmost International Art Festival 2025 Starting from the Islands of Taketomi Town
ART iT

Anti-Action: Their Responses and Challenges @ The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
Digital PR Platform

Joshibi University of Art and Design Holds 125th Anniversary Exhibition "Talents Nurtured Through Teaching - (From Meiji to Reiwa)" at Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi Main Store "Art Special Gallery" from December 3rd to 8th - Featuring Works by 30 Artists Including Setsuko Migishi, Kyuko Kataoka, and Fumiko Hori | Joshibi University of Art and Design
NCC長崎文化放送

The 74th Nagasaki Citizens' Art Exhibition Also Features the New 'Consul General of China in Nagasaki Award'
FNNプライムオンライン

Director Mamoru Hosoda, an alumnus of Kanazawa College of Art, on the thoughts embedded in his latest work "The Endless Scarlet": "See with Your Own Eyes"
Yahoo!ニュース

Works Depicting a "Peaceful Everyday Morning" Also Featured... Nagasaki Citizens' Art Exhibition Begins, Displaying 240 Works at the Prefectural Museum of Art (KTN Television Nagasaki)
ktn.co.jp

"Works Depicting a Peaceful Everyday Morning" Also Featured... Nagasaki Citizens' Art Exhibition Begins, Displaying 240 Works at the Prefectural Museum of Art
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Genichiro Inokuma Exhibition: Arrangements of Dreams
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Janet Cardiff: The Forty Part Motet
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Kengo Tonotsuka x Tomoko Sekiguchi (Interviewer: Hiroki Kageyama) | Is Art Necessary in the Community? (4) -- Self-Questioning Regarding a "Sustainable Art Festival" [Part 2]
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Ako Sugie | Post-War 80th Anniversary Project: Akio Kasuga Collection - The Era of Children: Life and Culture of Showa Before, During, and After the War Exhibition
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【Tokyo】JAGDA International Student Poster Award 2025 Selected Works Exhibition
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Anti-Action: Her Responses and Challenges @ Toyota City Museum of Art
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[Tokyo] Academic Research Grant for Graphic Culture Results Presentation and Networking Event
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Kengo Tonotsuka x Tomoko Sekiguchi (Interviewer: Hiroki Kageyama) | Is Art Necessary in the Region? (4) -- Self-Questioning Regarding a "Sustainable Art Festival" [Part 1]
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Azumi Akai | The Undulations of Malaysian Art, from Large Institutions to Small Art Initiatives
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Chikei Hara | Director Sho Miyake Special Feature Commemorating the Release of 'Journey and Days'
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Thomas Ruff | Two of Each @ Gallery Koyanagi
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Shinro Ohtake: Retina @ Take Ninagawa
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Samson Young: Pavilion @ New Taipei City Museum of Art
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Arata Hasegawa | Re: But That Doesn't Mean—Back Issues of Each (3)
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MURA MASARU | Art Walk 09 - Autumn of Art Festivals (Part 1)
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