Street artist Martin Whatson recently worked on a new wall in Tokyo, Japan. The mural “Scuba Diver” was done in collaboration with Parco Shibuya and Gypsy Eyes Tokyo.In line with this, Martin Whatson opened “Okaeri”, a full-scale solo show. Approximately 20 one-of-a-kind newly painted canvases, featuring the artist’s signature black-and-white stenciling and colorful and unique tagging, as well as rare posters with the artist’s signature ...
Norwegian street artist Martin Whatson’s will have his first full-scale solo show in Parco, Shibuya, Tokyo. Approximately 20 one-of-a-kind newly painted canvases, featuring the artist’s signature black-and-white stenciling and colorful and unique tagging, as well as rare posters with the artist’s signature will be on display and for sale.Moreover, the exhibition will showcase and sell an edition of works created jointly with the woodblock printmaking ...
After passing through Almine Rech Paris with “This Is Your Lucky Day” and his recent collaboration with Hypebeans, the prestigious coffee shops in Hong Kong and Seoul, on June 25 Javier Calleja arrived in Tokyo to inaugurate a new solo exhibition curated by Nanzuka, “Mr. Günter, The Cat Show”.Conceived as an installation, the exhibition features Günter Gambita, Javier Calleja and Alicia Gutiérrez’s cat. With a mischievous gaze Günter freely ...
The Art Assembly, which organizes several major art fairs across the Asia-Pacific region, will add one more to its portfolio. The group plans to launch Tokyo Gendai in Japan, which will bring together between 80 and 100 international art galleries to the Pacifico Yokohama convention center. The new fair will run July 7–9, 2023, with a VIP preview day on July 6. Exhibitor applications ...
For at least a year, Japanese authorities have been vying for a bigger spot in the booming international art market. They have worked to make it easier for galleries to transact at art fairs and free port areas already by easing tax rules and importation duties. The country now seems to be making an even more concerted push, with Japan’s Agency for Cultural Affairs inviting international art fair ...
With its last president having recently departed to oversee François Pinault’s collection, the Palais de Tokyo has found a new leader in Guillaume Désanges, a curator and critic who teased plans to bring the Paris museum back to its avant-garde foundations. Unlike the museum’s most recent president, Emma Lavigne, who came to the Palais de Tokyo in 2019 after having directed the Centre Pompidou-Metz, ...
On November 14th 2021 will be opening an exhibition of new works at NANZUKA UNDERGROUND (Jingumae, Shibuya, Tokyo). “Open Your Eyes” marks the artist’s third solo presentation in Japan following his 2018 show “Do Not Touch” (at the former gallery space of NANZUKA UNDERGROUND), and “No Art Here” held concurrently at the two venues of NANZUKA 2G and 3110NZ last year. Calleja’s works are filled with a diverse array ...