Since its founding in 2017, DESIGNART TOKYO has stood as one of the world’s most innovative cross-disciplinary events, born from the idea that “INTO THE EMOTIONS”. This philosophy underlines the belief that creativity...

YUNOKI SAMIRO: THE ETERNAL NOW

2025.11.17　 Text: Alma Reyes

Katazome, the craft of traditional Japanese stencil dyeing technique that uses rice paste as a resist to apply patterns to fabric, has been ingrained in Japanese textile art since the Heian period. From the Muromachi ...

CHANEL PRESENTS “LA GALERIE DU 19M TOKYO”

2025.10.9　 Text: Sébastien Raineri

From September 30 to October 20, 2025, CHANEL’s le19M, the Parisian home of the Métiers d’art, travels to Tokyo for the first time with la Galerie du 19M Tokyo, a remarkable exhibition held on the 52nd floor of the Mo...

ROPPONGI ART NIGHT 2025

2025.10.3　 Text: Sébastien Raineri

Tokyo’s Roppongi district dissolves once again the boundaries between everyday life and artistic imagination. From September 26th to 28th, 2025, Roppongi Art Night returns as one of the city’s most dynamic cultural ev...

NATURE AND THE SOUL: THE JOURNEY OF TONEYAMA KOJIN – SEEING REVERENCE AND CREATIVITY IN OTHER CULTURES

2025.10.1　 Text: Alma Reyes

He has been widely known as the “Painter of the Sun.” His luminous and ardent colors project vibrant energy that instill new meanings in the diverse cultures he had experienced throughout his life. Kojin Toneyama (192...

PRISM OF THE REAL: MAKING ART IN JAPAN 1989–2010

2025.9.16　 Text: Alma Reyes

The transition from the Shōwa (1926-1989) to the Heisei era (1989-2019) witnessed groundbreaking and tumultuous events in Japan and abroad. The spark of two world wars crippled civilizations, yet forged the paths to ...

KENJIRO OKAZAKI: TIME UNFOLDING HERE

2025.6.2　 Text: Alma Reyes

Plastic arts (“zokei geijutsu”) in the Japanese context refers to visual arts that involve shaping and molding into different forms. Genres cover sculpture, ceramics, and painting wherein the paint’s material capabili...

TADANORI YOKOO: RIVER OF RENGA

2025.5.9　 Text: Alma Reyes

Among the celebrated and internationally acclaimed Japanese contemporary artists living today, perhaps, Tadanori Yokoo stands the most mystifying and extraordinary, who continues to be guided spontaneously by his brus...

TAPIO WIRKKALA — THE SCULPTOR OF ULTIMA THULE

2025.4.22　 Text: Alma Reyes

Finland has always been highly reputed for its remarkable handcraft designs, marked by refined simplicity and thorough utilization of natural materials. Among the outstanding Finnish designers, Tapio Wirkkala has esta...

OSAMU TEZUKA’S HINOTORI EXHIBITION

2025.3.18　 Text: Sébastien Raineri

The work of Osamu Tezuka continues to shape the artistic and philosophical landscapes of Japanese pop culture. Among his numerous masterpieces, Phoenix (Hinotori) stands as his self-proclaimed "life's work". A sweepin...

SOPHIE TAEUBER-ARP AND JEAN ARP

2025.3.17　 Text: Alma Reyes

It is said that it takes two to tango. Throughout the history of art and design, we have come across artist/designer couples who complement each other in producing creative works both concertedly and independently. Jo...

MACHINE LOVE: VIDEO GAME, AI AND CONTEMPORARY ART

2025.2.25　 Text: Alma Reyes

We live today in an unescapable bubble of computer networking — social media, online shopping, digital banking, virtual reality and AI. In particular, generative AI has become increasingly present in technological adv...