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9 best art exhibitions in Tokyo right now

What's on right now at Tokyo's most popular art museums and galleries

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5 best art day trips from Tokyo

These destinations for art and museum lovers are less than two hours from Tokyo, with art by Yayoi Kusama and Rothko

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Best public art sculptures in Tokyo

Get out of the museum – Tokyo has plenty of artworks that are free to see out in the open

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How to buy tickets to Tokyo's most popular museums and attractions

How to get tickets for Tokyo's most hyped museums and attractions such as the Ghibli Museum, Yayoi Kusama Museum, teamLab Planets and Tokyo Disney Resort

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11 most mind-blowing art installations at the new teamLab Borderless in Azabudai Hills

What it’s like to walk through the new teamLab Borderless digital art museum in Tokyo, featuring new and improved works

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Roppongi Art Night 2024 to feature 40 artworks and programmes over three days

Tokyo's coolest art festival is taking over the last weekend of September with stunning installations and experiential art

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The Great Wave by Hokusai fetched USD889,500 at a New York auction

This early print impression from the 1830s is part of ukiyo-e master Katsushika Hokusai’s ‘36 Views of Mount Fuji’ series

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Hotel Chinzanso Tokyo’s Sea of Clouds installation features a magical full moon

This garden light-up recreates a natural phenomena in the city, complete with a projection of a full moon

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Hello Kitty Exhibition: As I Change, So Does She

This large-scale, super kawaii Hello Kitty exhibition traces the icon's evolution through the decades

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Monet: The Late Waterscapes

Master painter Claude Monet (1840-1926) is best known for Impressionist works that captured on canvas the ceaseless transitions of nature. As explored by...

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Louise Bourgeois: I Have Been to Hell and Back. And Let Me Tell You, It Was Wonderful

French-born artist Louise Bourgeois (1911-2010) has long loomed large over Roppongi Hills: her outdoor sculpture of a gigantic spider, named...

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Akihito Okunaka: Synesthesia - Crossing the senses with art

What Museum’s latest exhibit, Synesthesia, is an interactive one. This engaging showcase is the work of a Japanese artist who uses air, water and light...

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Feminism and the Moving Image

The 1960s and ’70s were a perfect storm of art, social activism and emerging technologies, with newly accessible media such as video giving a platform...

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Alec Soth: A Room of Rooms

US-born photographer Alec Soth (b. 1969) has won worldwide acclaim for his largely narrative-driven images, which often depict scenes from his native...

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