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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.
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.
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.
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.
Christopher Wool @ Gagosian
An exhibition by Christopher Wool will be held at Gagosian in London from October 13 to December 19, 2025.
【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.
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.
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."
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.
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."
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.
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.
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.
Sung Tieu: Bleed @ Kunsthalle Bern
Sung Tieu's solo exhibition, "Bleed," is being held at Kunsthalle Bern from September 12 to November 23, 2025.
[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.
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.
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.
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.
【Kyoto】Art Collaboration Kyoto Opening Night
The opening night for the contemporary art fair, Art Collaboration Kyoto, will be held at CLUB METRO.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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."
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.
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.
[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.
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.
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.
Riku Yamakawa | Otis Cary's 'Jeep Okunohosomichi'
Riku Yamakawa reviews Otis Cary's book, 'Jeep Okunohosomichi,' analyzing the complexities of post-war Japanese travel and cross-cultural understanding.
Taro Igarashi | Architectural Walk 09: Looking Back at the Venice Architecture Biennale
Architect Taro Igarashi reflects on the history and evolution of the Japanese Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale, from the Arata Isozaki era to 2025.
【Tokyo】alter. 2025, Tokyo
"alter. 2025, Tokyo" is an experimental design event promoting prototyping and collaboration among next-generation creators.
Chihiro Art Museum Tokyo "Wings of Adornment: Chihiro Iwasaki, Noriko Ibaragi, Toshiko Okagami" Ticket Giveaway
ART iT is offering a ticket giveaway for five pairs (10 people) to the exhibition "Wings of Adornment" at the Chihiro Art Museum Tokyo.
Matsufusa House | "Tatsuo Kawaguchi, Imai Iwao, Keiji Uematsu | The 1970s"
This exhibition at gallery αM examines works by Tatsuo Kawaguchi, Iwao Imai, and Keiji Uematsu, who collaborated in the 1970s.
Tomoko Ishida (Takamatsu Art Museum) x Emi Kuraza [Part 2] | Works = A Sense That Can Only Be Nurtured Through Dialogue with Objects - Hello, Curator? Vol. 13
Tomoko Ishida and Emi Kuraza discuss outreach activities, emphasizing the importance of direct dialogue with art objects and sensory experience.
【Tokyo】Hachioji Arts Festival 2025
The Hachioji Arts Festival 2025 will be held from November 8 to December 7, 2025, in the Nakano, Owada, Komiya, and Ishikawa areas of Hachioji City, Tokyo.
【Tokyo】Medium and Dimension: Plastic
“Medium and Dimension: Plastic” will be held at CS-Lab, Tokyo University of the Arts, exploring “plasticity” and the potential for transformation.
Akiko and Masako Takada “Perspectives : The World As Seen By” @ Shiseido Gallery
The exhibition “Perspectives: The World As Seen By” by Akiko and Masako Takada is being held at the Shiseido Gallery.
Editorial Notes... 40 – Introduction to "Contemporary Art & Design Topics by Special Editorial Committee Members"
This article introduces the series "Contemporary Art & Design Topics by Special Editorial Committee Members" as part of artscape's 30th-anniversary project.
[Tokyo] Art Week Tokyo 2025
Art Week Tokyo 2025, a decentralized contemporary art event, will take place across over 50 venues throughout Tokyo.
Oron Catts + Ionat Zurr + Steve Berrick: PROJECT MRT—Natureless Solution / Rethinking Technology Separated from Sun, Soil, and Dung @ Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media [YCAM]
The exhibition at YCAM by Oron Catts, Ionat Zurr, and Steve Berrick, PROJECT MRT—Natureless Solution, reconsiders technology detached from natural elements.
SUPER OPEN STUDIO 2025
SUPER OPEN STUDIO 2025, an art project featuring 20 studios in Sagamihara and parts of Machida/Hachioji, will be held in November 2025.
artscape Editorial Department | Catalog & Books | October 2025 [Upcoming Edition]
The artscape editorial department introduces upcoming exhibition catalogs and art/design related books scheduled for publication in October 2025.
Ako Sugie | "Yuichi Inoue's Calligraphy and Postwar Graphic Design 1970s-1980s"
This exhibition commemorates the 40th anniversary of Yuichi Inoue's death, focusing on his powerful calligraphy and its use in graphic design during the 1970s and 1980s.
BENTEN 2 Art Night Kabukicho
The multi-venue, all-night art event, "BENTEN 2 Art Night Kabukicho," will take place across Kabukicho from November 1st to 3rd, 2025.
Hiroko Akatsuka + Nodoka Sakamoto | A Map for Traveling artscape—Deciphering 30 Years of Archives (Part 1)
Hiroko Akatsuka and Nodoka Sakamoto explore the potential of deciphering artscape's 30-year archive through metadata analysis.
Hara Chikei | Inujima 'Art House Project'
The Inujima 'Art House Project' transforms abandoned houses and vacant lots on the Seto Inland Sea island into contemporary art exhibition spaces for regional revitalization.
Taipei Biennial 2025
The Taipei Biennial 2025, curated by Sam Birdwill and Til Felras, opens November 1st, featuring 54 artists from 35 cities under the theme "Whispers on the Horizon."
November 3 (Mon/Holiday) Museum-Wide Free Admission Day [Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art]
On November 3rd, Culture Day, the Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art will offer free admission to all exhibitions, along with related workshops.
Vietnam, Landscape of Memory @ Fukuoka Asian Art Museum
The Fukuoka Asian Art Museum is hosting an exhibition tracing Vietnam's modern history from the 1930s to the present through artworks, commemorating the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War.
Tomoko Ishida (Takamatsu Art Museum) x Emi Kuraza [Part 1] | Scenery Visible Only by "Going Out" Instead of "Having Them Come" - Hello, Curator? Vol. 12
Tomoko Ishida of Takamatsu Art Museum and Emi Kuraza discuss the appeal of art and the reality of educational settings through their outreach activities outside the museum.
Koichi Kageyama | Pierre Bonnard's "Nude in the Bathtub" -- Kei Nagasawa Questions "Seeing"
This article features Kei Nagasawa discussing Pierre Bonnard's "Nude in the Bathtub," analyzing how it questions the act of "seeing" from a gender art history perspective.
【Nagano】Art Lab 2025 Phase III "Yohei Nishimura: Listening Closely to Sculpture"
The Nagano Prefectural Museum of Art is hosting Yohei Nishimura's sculpture exhibition, allowing physical interaction with the artworks this time.
Moon Kyungwon & Jeon Joonho "News from Nowhere : Laboratory of Spring and Autumn Collection" "Dialogue Manual" @ SCAI THE BATHHOUSE, SCAI PIRAMIDE
Moon Kyungwon & Jeon Joonho will hold two simultaneous solo exhibitions at SCAI THE BATHHOUSE and SCAI PIRAMIDE.
Art Education in Correspondence High Schools: 'From Paper to Digital' - The Potential of ibisPaint Edu in the GIGA School Initiative
Human Campus Nozomi High School has adopted ibisPaint Edu for art education, creating a digital environment for students under the GIGA School Initiative.
Announcement of the Exhibition Schedule for the Second Half of Fiscal Year 2025 at Tokyo University of the Arts x JR East Ueno Station Gallery "CREATIVE HUB UENO “es”"
The exhibition schedule for the latter half of FY2025 at the Tokyo University of the Arts x JR East gallery, CREATIVE HUB UENO “es”, has been announced.
Three Recipients Announced for the Sansan Furusato Mie Culture Award for Contributions to Cultural Improvement in the Prefecture through Art and Literature (Mie Television Broadcasting)
Three recipients were announced for the Sansan Furusato Mie Culture Award, recognizing contributions to art and literature in Mie Prefecture.
Sculptor Kohei Nawa's Series Works See Rising Expectations in Auction Trends [Art Market Review] - Asset Management/Formation | QUICK Money World - Comprehensive Site for Stock Investment, Market, and Financial Information
The recent SBI Art Auction showed strong results for contemporary art, highlighting stable market performance for sculptor Kohei Nawa's series works.
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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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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)

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Aoyama Shin | "Ghost: When the Unseen Becomes Visible" (Part 1)

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Artist in Residence Program 2025 "CAMP" @ Takken Art Exhibition Hall Cooperative Association

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Sung Tieu: Bleed @ Kunsthalle Bern

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[Tokyo] Open Studio 2025-2026 / November

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Kazumi Miyai | Guided by the North Star—Chikako Watanabe's Journey to Meet the Star Gazers

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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"

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Ayako Suzuki x Futoshi Hoshino | The Trajectory of NADiff—Saison Culture, Museum Shops, and the Site of Co-creation

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【Kyoto】Art Collaboration Kyoto Opening Night

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Gala Porras-Kim: The motion of an alluvial record @ Kunsthalle Bern

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Matsufusa House | "The Expo and Anti-Expo from the Perspective of Avant-garde Art and Religion"

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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)

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30th Anniversary of Manga Artist Fumiyo Kouno Exhibition: Birds Fly, Rabbits Hop, Flowers Sway, Running, Falling, A Long Road

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ANNUAL BRAKE 2025 @ The 5th Floor

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Time・Space・Ma @ Toriichi Building 2F

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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

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Yu Tsukada | printing / poiesis—On Uro Ei's "image 253, 449, 665, 1173 b mod" (Part 2)

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Yu Tsukada | printing / poiesis—On Uro Etsusaku's "image 253, 449, 665, 1173 b mod" (Part 1)

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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

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The 2nd BUG Art Award Grand Prize Winner’s Solo Exhibition: Yasutaka YANO “Fruit Basket” @ 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'

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Riku Yamakawa | Otis Cary's 'Jeep Okunohosomichi'

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Taro Igarashi | Architectural Walk 09: Looking Back at the Venice Architecture Biennale

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【Tokyo】alter. 2025, Tokyo

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Chihiro Art Museum Tokyo "Wings of Adornment: Chihiro Iwasaki, Noriko Ibaragi, Toshiko Okagami" Ticket Giveaway

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Matsufusa House | "Tatsuo Kawaguchi, Imai Iwao, Keiji Uematsu | The 1970s"

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Tomoko Ishida (Takamatsu Art Museum) x Emi Kuraza [Part 2] | Works = A Sense That Can Only Be Nurtured Through Dialogue with Objects - Hello, Curator? Vol. 13

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【Tokyo】Hachioji Arts Festival 2025

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【Tokyo】Medium and Dimension: Plastic

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Akiko and Masako Takada “Perspectives : The World As Seen By” @ Shiseido Gallery