Five must-visit exhibitions during Art Week Tokyo

From Phung-Tien Phan’s everyday objects and Eiki Mori’s anti-authoritarian flags, to human/natural catastrophes, guerilla art and the African diaspora

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Aki Sasamoto invites viewers to her singular ‘life laboratory’ at the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo

The artist’s mid-career retrospective traces the evolution of her practice through installations, documentation and live performances

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‘It’s not complete without people’: the architect behind Art Week Tokyo's see-through pop-up bar

Designed by Ichio Matsuzawa, this year’s AWT Bar is made of transparent acrylic

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How Art Week Tokyo is opening up routes into Japan’s contemporary art landscape

Now in its fourth edition, the event promises comprehensive exhibitions, thoughtful symposiums and opportunities for connection on a global scale, says Mami Kataoka, director of the Mori Art Museum

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Exhibition explores two transformative decades of innovative art created in Japan, for the world

The exhibition ‘Prism of the Real’ at Tokyo’s National Art Center challenges the idea of Japan as a fixed national entity

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Meet the chef behind the Art Week Tokyo Bar—who is exploring what restaurants should be

Shinobu Namae’s sustainable, sociological ethos is shaping Tokyo’s evolving culinary scene

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Bangla metal and a resuscitated Roman sculpture: highlights from the Art Week Tokyo Focus exhibition

The curator of Art Week Tokyo’s centrepiece exhibition, which asks “What Is Real?, introduces some of the works on show

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Gently woven rituals: Art Week Tokyo’s video programme speaks to traditions of life and death

The ten works will be screened on a loop at the SMBC East Tower

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Farewell, functionality? The architect of this year's Art Week Tokyo Bar on her radical design

Plus, the three bespoke cocktails created by contemporary artists and mixologists

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Meiro Koizumi brings Prometheus back to life to explore AI dystopia

New Tokyo show follows artist's trilogy of technology-focused works exploring the Greek god

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Ei Arakawa-Nash's Tokyo show tests the limits

The Japanese American artist’s sprawling survey at the National Art Center, Tokyo, features painting, performance, participation—and parenting

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Tabaimo has video installations in the palm of her hand

The Japanese artist's new show at Tokyo's Gallery Koyanagi marks a departure in her approach to animation and installation

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Take a peek behind the doors of acclaimed Tokyo houses

A programme of architecture tours at this year's Art Week Tokyo unlocks a series of historic private buildings

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Spirit of the late Pop artist Keiichi Tanaami lives on in new show

The artist’s first large-scale retrospective opened at the National Art Center, Tokyo, just two days before he died at the age of 88

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‘My poems are as important to sustaining my life as my art’: Rei Naito, one of Japan's best-kept artistic secrets

The enigmatic installation artist shares the thinking behind her minimal yet profound meditations on human existence

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Everything is elemental: the Art Week Tokyo Focus exhibition

Guest curator Mami Kataoka tells the stories behind five highlights of her cosmic-inspired show

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Back and forth in time: the Art Week Tokyo video programme

'Between Contrail and Mountains' brings together works by 13 international artists evoking 'different ways of relating to our life here on Earth'

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During Art Week Tokyo, one exhibition is rediscovering the art of Japan’s ‘lost decades’

From Neo-Pop to the Zero Zero Generation to 3/11, the Ryutaro Takahashi collection traces the past 30 years of Japanese contemporary art

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Art or design? Art Week Tokyo exhibition relooks at the role of craft in post-war Japanese art

Curator Kenjiro Hosaka on five highlights from his AWT Focus exhibition, which brings together over 100 works from participating galleries

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Foie-gras grapes and fishbone cookies: Michelin-starred chef creates playful menu for Art Week Tokyo

Shinsuke Ishii's creations, which will be served in the AWT Bar, also carry serious messages about sustainability and overfishing

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Storytelling without language: the video art programme at Art Week Tokyo hopes to bring people together

Curator Chus Martínez on how she wants to spark curiosity and conversation with her selection

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‘We wanted to test if people can still perceive the space’: the architect behind Art Week Tokyo's pop-up bar

Suzuko Yamada on reducing a bar down to its bare essentials, her vision for architecture and her favourite drinking spot in Tokyo.

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Five essential exhibitions to visit during Art Week Tokyo

Art Week Tokyo makes it easy to explore the city's many museum and gallery exhibitions. Our writers pick out some of the highlights to see this autumn

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All aboard! Art Week Tokyo opens up the sprawling city's art scene

Returning for its third edition, the annual event offers a special bus service to help visitors see everything that is on offer—from museum and gallery shows, to a pop-up bar and restaurant

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An insider’s guide to Tokyo: the essential things to see during Art Week Tokyo

From a high-rise museum to an artist’s apartment turned project space, Sam Thorne, director-general of Japan House London, reveals his favourite places to discover art in the megacity and beyond

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