Jennifer Pastore

Usually bringing together hundreds of artists and galleries in one place, art fairs remove the distance, making viewing and comparing a vast array of artworks possible.

The photographer and textile artist discusses her latest work, creative influences and frustrations with labels.

An international exhibition for a book about Japanese women in the photographic arts has its homecoming in Tokyo.

Sachiko Kazama has made a name for herself as a sharp satirist. Her art from spanning a nearly four-decade long career is now on display in Hirosaki, Aomori Prefecture.

Among the artists featured at Art Osaka, several offered particularly engaging takes on the ubiquity of digital technology and relationships between people and nature.

Kohei Nawa's 'PixCell' series, a play on the words pixel and cell, explores the way we view objects by covering them in glass beads that magnify and distort.

Genichiro Inokuma's 1951 pro-democracy mural speaks to a new generation as Ueno reclaims its identity as a cultural hub.

Tokyo Art Fair took place last weekend at the Tokyo International Forum in Yurakucho, bringing together 141 galleries.

The biennial Mori Art Award, among the largest payouts for a single contemporary artist in Japan, was established in 2025.

Japan’s art scene was bursting with public enthusiasm, overflowing exhibition halls and more art festivals vying for attention.

Women in photography have been less visible than their male counterparts. An anthology of 25 photographers and three exhibitions this autumn are turning the tides.

A remarkable exhibition spotlighting the pioneering fashion designer Hanae Mori is under way at Iwami Art Museum in the stunning Shimane Arts Center complex (aka “Grand Toit”) in Shimane Prefecture.

Born of a partnership between The National Art Center, Tokyo and M+, the show reveals how artists across borders grappled with a changing world.

Sensual works of art from centuries past come to Tokyo’s Kabukicho district. A superb collection of shunga, erotic woodblock prints by some of Japan’s Edo-period masters, are being shown at two unique venues, inviting viewers to explore timeless expressions of desire, beauty, and intimacy in one of Japan’s most energetic neighborhoods. (Admission limited to those 18 and over).

“Foujita: Painting and Photography” at Tokyo Station Gallery is being billed as the first exploration of the artist as a photographer and has been a decade in the making.

The spacesuited felines will be familiar to those who have visited the Nakanoshima Museum of Art in Osaka or Tokyo’s Ginza Six shopping complex last year.

The prefecture's new art museum aims to engage the community through interactive activities rather than merely showcasing boundary-pushing art.

Takamatsu, Kagawa Pref. – The Shikoku port city of Takamatsu is often the jumping-off point for the smaller art-laden islands of Naoshima, Teshima and others. Yet Kagawa’s prefectural capital and the rustic castle town of Marugame, less than an hour…

The artist spent time researching Japanese migrants who left Hiroshima and Yamaguchi prefectures for Hawaii, and the U.S. island state often features in his art.

Amid struggles caused by a weak yen, galleries turned to innovative ideas and collaborations.