2025/09/24

Art Front Gallery to Participate in “Art Jakarta 2025”

Art Front Gallery (Daikanyama, Tokyo) is pleased to announce its participation in Art Jakarta 2025, one of the largest international art fairs in Southeast Asia, taking place from October 3–5, 2025 at JI Expo Kemayoran / Jakarta Convention Center. Exhibition Concept Under the theme “Nature and the City, the Individual and the Community: Visual Dialogues between East Asia and Southeast Asia,” Art Front Gallery will present works by internationally renowned artists such as Eko Nugroho and Oscar Oiwa, alongside Japan’s leading “ultra-contemporary” generation including Bunpei Kado, Iku Harada, Todo, Teppei Kaneuji, and others. In addition, the gallery will showcase works by long-term collaborators such as Takako Azami, Masatake Kozaki, and Masashi Katayama—artists whose works have been commissioned for world-renowned five-star hotels including Fairmont Jakarta and Aman Tokyo—for the first time at an Indonesian art fair. Participating Artists Eko Nugroho, Oscar Oiwa, Bunpei Kado, Iku Harada, Todo, Teppei Kaneuji, Naoto Sunohara, Akira Kugimachi, Yume Aoyama, Nozomi Taknaka, Kazuto Imura, Takanao Kaneko, Tadashi Kawamata, Masatake Kozaki, Takako Azami, Takeshi Abe, Masashi Katayama, Masumi Nakaoka, Satoshi Uchiumi, Yoshinori Naruse, Kozo Takeuchi. About Art Jakarta Art Jakarta is the premier art fair in Southeast Asia, attracting leading galleries from around the world as well as collectors, curators, scholars, and art lovers. It serves as a vital platform for cultural exchange and market development in the region. About Art Front Gallery Founded in 1984, Art Front Gallery has been introducing Japanese and international contemporary art through exhibitions and projects. The gallery has played a key role in large-scale international art festivals such as the Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale, fostering new cultural networks by bridging local communities with the global art scene. Press & Art Jakarta Inquiries For inquiries related to Art Jakarta—artists, works, and tickets—please contact: Art Front Gallery Hillside Terrace A, 29-18 Sarugakucho, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-0033, Japan Tel: +81-3-3476-4868 Contact: Hideyuki Shoji Email: shoji@artfront.co.jp Website: https://www.artfrontgallery.com

2025/09/11

Ayako Kuno is participating in “Blurred / Blurring Boundaries

Ayako Kuno Participates in Group Exhibition for Terada Art Week Blurred: Intersecting Boundaries This exhibition features three cutting-edge Japanese artists—Yuki Nara, Masayoshi Nojo, and Ayako Kuno—who fuse traditional Japanese techniques with contemporary expression. Crossing fields such as architecture and ceramics, photography and memory, metalwork and urbanism, these artists challenge the conventional notion of “boundaries” that we often accept unconsciously. In a world where everything tends to be quantified and clearly defined, their distinct practices highlight the subtle beauty of ambiguity—“Blurred”—that exists between defined borders. Through works that contemporize traditional Japanese techniques like ceramics, metal leaf, and casting, viewers are invited to experience the ever-shifting world that lies in the spaces between clarity and obscurity. Exhibition Details Title: Blurred: Intersecting Boundaries Artists (in no particular order): Yuki Nara, Masayoshi Nojo, Ayako Kuno Dates: September 11 (Thu) – September 28 (Sun), 2025 Venue: BONDED GALLERY TERRADA ART COMPLEX II, 4F 1-32-8 Higashi-Shinagawa, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 140-0002, Japan Hours: 12:00 – 19:00 Admission: Free Organized by: Warehouse TERRADA

2025/09/08

Michiko Nakatani's "Shadow, Lulling the Fish to Sleep" at the Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art in Kobe City.

Beginning September 5, 2025, the Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art presents Collection Exhibition I: Special Feature — Form in Art: Perceiving with the Hand, showcasing a new work by artist Michiko Nakatani (born 1981, Tokyo), "Shadow, Lulling the Fish to Sleep". Form in Art—Perceiving with the Hand is a unique series of exhibitions launched in 1989 that allows visitors to touch and experience artworks directly. Now in its 35th iteration, the series has long provided opportunities for audiences—including those with visual impairments—to engage with art through the sense of touch as well as sight. For this occasion, Nakatani has created a monumental relief measuring over ten meters in length, the result of a year-long process. Confronted with the limitations of her studio space, she produced the work in sections that came together as a complete whole for the first time in the exhibition gallery. While she usually applies color to her works, Nakatani deliberately chose not to use pigment here, instead exploring how form and shadow alone might speak. By running their hands across the surface, viewers are invited to sense the relationships between forms, distances, and voids, discovering something “visible” even with eyes closed. This exhibition offers a chance to reconsider the very meaning of “seeing,” navigating the boundaries between touch and vision. We warmly invite you to experience Michiko Nakatani’s latest challenge in person. 2025 Collection Exhibition I: Form in Art—Perceiving with the Hand Nakatani Michiko "Shadow, Lulling the Fish to Sleep" Dates: September 5 (Fri) – December 14 (Sun), 2025 Venue: Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art (1-1-1 Wakinohama Kaigan-dori, Chuo-ku, Kobe City 651-0073 [Inside HAT Kobe]) Official Website: [link]

2025/09/02

Yume Aoyama will participate in “MIXTURE.”＠Daimaru Tokyo

Yume Aoyama will present six new works. We look forward to welcoming you! MIXTURE September 3 (Wed) – September 9 (Tue), 2025 Held simultaneously at ART GALLERY 1 & 2 Venue: Daimaru Tokyo 1-9-1 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-6701 Tel: 050-1782-0000 Opening Hours: 10:00 – 20:00 Closes at 16:00 on the final day

2025/08/08

Thank you for your continued support of Art Front Gallery. Please note that the gallery will be closed from August 10, 2025 (Sun) to August 15, 2025 (Fri). The exhibition "The Golden Realm" by Ryo Toyofuku will resume on August 16, 2025 (Sat).

2025/08/04

[Art Fair] Frieze Seoul 2025 in Korea

Art Front Gallery will participate in Frieze Seoul, taking place in Seoul, Korea from September 3 (Wed) to September 6, 2025 (Sat) (VIP access: September 3 and ~15:00 September 4). Our booth number is M03. Artists Tatsuo Kawaguchi Tadashi Kawamata 〈Provisional exhibition view〉 Left: "Dark Box" 2018 / iron, darkness / 370 x 560 x 350 mm Right: "Relation - Quality 212" 1984 / Cotton cloth and copperplate / 1800 x 900 x 50 mm Front: Tadashi Kawamata "Limelight Project Plan, model" 1985 / plywood, balsa wood / 1020 x 1790 x 730 mm Behind: Tadashi Kawamata "Limelight Project (21)" 1987 / plywood, balsa wood / 2440x 2440 x 100 mm From left to right Tatsuo Kawaguchi "Relation - Quality (Blue 84 - 41)" 1984 / Cotton cloth and copperplate / 640 x 490 x 55 mm Tatsuo Kawaguchi "Relation - Quality (Blue 84 - 19)" 1984 / Cotton cloth and copperplate / 640 x 490 x 55 mm Tatsuo Kawaguchi "Relation - Quality (84 - 45)" 1984 / Cotton cloth and copperplate / 640 x 490 x 55 mm ■Frieze Seoul 2025 period: September 3 (Wed) ~ September 6, 2025 (Sat) (VIP access: September 3 and ~15:00 September 4) venue: COEX Hall C, D (513, Yeongdong-daero, Gangnam-gu, Seoul) Website

2025/06/15

[Bunpei Kado] Participation in the international group exhibition "Waterways, Wandering Voyagers" at Jecheon, Korea

ーBunpei Kado’s Space House Video Makes Its Korean Debutー From June 9 (Mon) to July 23 (Wed), 2025, Bunpei Kado is participating in the international group exhibition Waterways, Wandering Voyagers, currently on view at Yeobyeoncho Salon in Jecheon, South Korea. The exhibition is organized by Urban Art Lab, with support from the Korean Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Korea Arts Management Service, and the City of Jecheon.The exhibition is a notable international show featuring promising artists from both Korea and abroad, including Vincent Morisset (Canada) and Dongwook Lee (Korea), among others. Focusing on the historical context of Jecheon, the exhibition explores themes of "migration and borders," "place and identity," and "memory." It aims to reinterpret the meaning of “journey” by weaving together past and present, reality and imagination. In this context, Kado presents Space House Video—a pivotal work from his long-running Space House series—for the first time in Korea. Inspired by his own rural upbringing and the stark contrast with vertically stacked urban living environments, the Space House series fundamentally reexamines the nature of what it means “to live.” The series envisions a fictional scenario in which individual houses continue to expand—first on flat land, then across cliffs, into the sky, and finally into outer space. In Space House Video, this speculative architecture becomes inhabited: the video features interviews with “residents” of these imaginary dwellings. These residents resemble ordinary people who have relocated from cities to new environments—a reality echoed in the post-pandemic trend of urban-to-rural migration. The work quietly but powerfully captures the adaptability and resilience of human beings, who continue to reshape their lives and perceptions in unfamiliar living conditions. ■ Exhibition information Waterways, Wandering Voyagers Period: June 9 (Mon) - July 23 (Wed), 2025 Venue: Yeobyeoncho Salon（14-1, Uibyeong-daero 12-gil, Jecheon-si, Chungcheongbuk-do, Korea） Organized by Urban Art lab (Seoul) Supported by the Korean Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Korea Arts Management Service, the City of Jecheon Cooperation: Jecheon Culture Foundation Curation: Seungah Lee (Chief), Won Sim (Associate), Yiseul Park (Assistant), Nayoon Kim (Coordinator) Participating Artists: Kong Hyun-Jin, Kira Kim, Park Kyung Jin, Mira Park, Sungyeon Park, Sookhyeon An, Jaewook Yang, Oh Jeisung, Lee Dongwook, Lee Young Baek, Buhm Hong, HUANG HAOBIN, Vincent Morisset, Bunpei Kado Installation view: 《Space House #01》2013 / wood, iron 《Space House #03》2013 / wood, iron 左から 《Space House #09》 2022 / wood, iron 《Space House #02》 2013 / wood, iron 《Space House #07》 2022 / wood, iron 《Space House Video》2022 / video (video supported by Hideto Miyuki) 《Space House Video》2022 / video (video supported by Hideto Miyuki)

2025/05/30

Suspended: Takanao Kaneko Solo Exhibition

We regret to inform that the solo exhibition by Takanao Kaneko, originally scheduled to take place from June 13 (Fri) to July 6, 2025 (Sun), has been postponed due to unforeseen circumstances. We sincerely apologize for this sudden change and any inconvenience it may cause to those who were looking forward to the exhibition. The new dates will be announced on our website as soon as they are confirmed. We appreciate your continued interest and support. In the meantime, we are pleased to present the group exhibition “Art Front Selection: Summer 2025” starting June 13, 2025. This show will feature a curated selection of works by artists affiliated with Art Front Gallery, and we hope you will look forward to it.

2025/05/15

Bunpei Kado: Catalogue "Bunpei Kado Housing" － Now available for purchase

Art Front Gallery is pleased to announce the release of a new catalogue focusing on Bunpei Kado’s “Housing Series,” one of the key bodies of work in his artistic practice. This catalogue not only introduces Kado’s works that use the motif of “housing,” but also offers an in-depth look at the artist’s reflections on the meaning of living in contemporary society. It traces his thoughtful engagement with residential space, presenting a compelling and insightful narrative. The catalogue is now available for purchase at Art Front Gallery. Click here to purchase ■Catalogue information Title: Bunpei Kado Housing Edition, publishing: Art Front Gallery Design: Nobutaka Kitakaze (Youngsou) Publishing date: April, 2025 Size: 40 × 182 × 5 ｍｍ Number of pages: 60 pages Language: Japanese, English Price: ￥1500 +TAX Click here to the detail

2025/05/15

Bunpei Kado: His first solo exhibition in Korea!

Until August 14, 2025, Bunpei Kado is holding his first solo exhibition in Korea, titled DREAM HOUSE, at MetaGallery LaLuna. The exhibition centers around Kado’s long-standing and central theme of the "house,” showcasing a range of works that reflect his multifaceted exploration of the idea of home. Through new and recent pieces, viewers are invited to experience Kado’s unique perspective and reflections on the concept of the “house” as a space and symbol. The exhibition thoughtfully engages with the instability and transience of contemporary living environments, prompting us to reconsider what it means to “live” in today’s world. We warmly invite you to take this opportunity to explore his work. Art Front Gallery has published a catalog titled Bunpei Kado Housing, compiling works from his “house” series. The catalog is available for purchase on the Art Front Gallery website. You can purchase here Detail ■ Exhibition Information Bunpei Kado Solo Exhibition Exhibition Title: DREAM HOUSE Dates: May 15 (Thu) – Aug 14 (Thu), 2025 Closed on Sundays and Mondays Venue: Meta Gallery La Luna 41, Dosan-daero 85-gil, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, South Korea Contact: +82 2-442-9955 Website Interview Installation view Lest：《Floating Island #12》2025 / MDF, wood, bolt / 800×800×150 [ASK] Right：《Giraff》2025 / Steel, wood / 1820×450×550 [ASK] 《Sky Town》2022 / Steel, wood / 495×230×435 [ASK] From left to right 《Floating Island Circle #02》2024 / MDF, wood / 430×430×80 [ASK] 《Floating Island Circle #01》2024 / MDF, wood / 430×430×80 [ASK] 《Floating Island Circle #03》2024 / MDF, wood/ 430×430×80 [ASK] 《Floating Island #11》2025 / MDF, wood, bolt / 800×800×150 [ASK] On the wall：《Tree kit 2022 (Large)》2022 / wood, iron / 495×230×435 [ASK] Hanging works from left to right: 《Space house（pink）》2023 / Wood, light / 460×240×290 [ASK] 《Space house（purple）》2023 / Wood / 570×470×280 [ASK] 《Space house（blue）》2023 / Wood / 400×400×340 [ASK] From left to right 《Moon Landing》2022 / Drawing / 490×415×30 [ASK] 《Space House - 한옥》2025 / Drawing / 415×490×30 [ASK] 《Ryuanji：Stone garden》2023 / Drawing / 415×490×30 [ASK] 《O2》2022 / Drawing / 490×415×30 [ASK] Left：《Checcoli #01》2025 / MDF, wood, bolt / 1700×600×80 [ASK] Right：《溪上靜居圖》2025 / MDF, wood, bolt / 1600×720×100 [ASK]

2025/05/12

Aki Yamamoto, Yoshitaka Naojo: The Setouchi Triennale 2025, spring program

The Spring Season of the Setouchi Triennale 2025 runs until May 25! Please note that the Seijima Project, in which Aki Yamamoto is participating, and Yoshitaka Nanjo ’s work are only on view during the Spring Season. Don’t miss this special opportunity! The detail of Aki Yamamoto's works is here. Setouchi Triennale 2025 Spring：April 18 ~ May 25 Venue： Kagawa Prefecture Website ■Aki Yamamoto 《Seijima project "SAY YES"》See the Sea, See the Mountain Area：Fomer Sei junior high school 〈Artist comment〉 Rounded, bumpy hills are scattered across the plain. As you follow them into the distance, they eventually become islands, and before you know it, you're seeing the sea. The islands, which seem to float gently, gradually transform into mountain ridgelines—and without realizing it, you're seeing mountains. The Kozai Sea Bream Fishing Ground Map, which depicts Seijima Island, is a fishermen’s map connecting lines between mountains—Tateyama (Vertical Mountain) and Yokoyama (Horizontal Mountain)—and islands. When I saw this, I decided to draw a current map of Seijima, which is now connected to the mainland by asphalt. 《Rivers》2025 / 100×100 cm / Oil on canvas 《We see the Mountains》2025 / 194×162 cm / Oil on canvas 《We see the Sea》2025 / 162×130.3 cm / Oil on canvas 《Kozai Sea Bream Fishing Ground Map》2025 / 100×100 cm / Oil on canvas 《Floating Passage》2025 / dimensions variable / Wood, string Installation view ■Yoshitaka Nanjo 《Peering into the Seabed》 Area：Shamijima An installation evoking island scenery and history. Long ago, the five Yoshima islands were one land mass. With the formation of the Seto Inland Sea, the low-lying areas filled with water, leaving the hilltops as five distinct islands. Inside a beach house, sand, video images, and rising and ebbing water have been used to reproduce the changing landscape of the Seto Inland Sea. The work is a sensitive portrayal of the Setouchi landscape as an extension of the sea's history. Installation view Setouchi Triennale 2025 Spring：April 18 ~ May 25 Summer：August 1 ~ August 31 Autumn：October 3 ~ November 9 Venue：Naoshima, Toshima, Megijima, Ogijima, Syodoshima, Oshima, Inujima, Takamatsu Port, Uno Port, Seto-Ohashi, Shido・Tsuda, Hiketa, Honjima, Takamijima, Awashima, Ibukijima, Utadu Adress：1-1-3F, Sanport, Takamatsu-shi, Kagawa Prefecture (Takamatsu Port) Tel：+81 087-813-2244（Setouchi Triennale General Information Center） Open hour：Depend on the venue Close days：Depend on the venue Admission fee： Passport for 3 seasons Adult ￥5500 / 16〜18 years old ￥2500（ID required） / Under 15 years old Free Passport for 1 season (Spring, Summer, Autumn) Adult ￥4500 Website

2025/04/28

Notice of Gallery Closure During Golden Week

Thank you for your continued support of Art Front Gallery. Please note that the gallery will be closed from April 28, 2025 (Mon) to May 6, 2025 (Tue). The exhibition "The Vanishing Point of Ant" by Lee Byungchan will resume on May 7, 2025 (Wed). Even during the gallery closure, we have an exciting lineup of exhibitions featuring Art Front Gallery’s associated artists. ■Lee Byugchan, Iku Harada, Teppei Kanuji, Aki Yamamoto, Yoshitaka Nanjyo, Leandro Erlich, Oscar Oiwa, Shinji Omaki, Takashi Kuribayashi ・April 18 ~ 25 May Setouchi Triennale 2025 ■Iku Harada ・22 February ~ 18 May"Iku Harada, Shinichiro Koromo - A Repository for Inner and Outer Landscapes" ＠Art Museum & Library, Ota ■Teppei Kaneuji ・11 April ~ 13 October Study：Osaka Kansai International Art Festival 2025 ■Hiraku Suzuki ・25 April ~ 8 June "Ocean and Signs" ＠POLA MUSEUM ANNEX

2025/04/18

Setouchi Triennale 2025

The Spring program of the "Setouchi Triennale 2025" will start on April 18, 2025 (Fri). A number of artists affiliated with our gallery will be taking part, so we invite you to take this opportunity to explore their work. website 【Period】 Spring: April 18,2025 (Fri) ~ May 25 (Sun) 38days Summer: August 1, 2025 (Fri) ~ August 31 (Sun) 31days Autumn: October 3, 2025 (Fri) ~ November 9 (Sun) 38days 【Venue】 Seto Inland Sea (11 islands and 6 areas) Detail ■Lee Byungchan（Korea） ・《CREATURE 2025》 Setouchi Asia Gallery, Shodoshima★New ■Iku Harada（Japan） ・《Cafe "Something Signs"》Megijima Shopping Mall, Megijima　★New ■Teppei Kaneuji（Japan） ・《S.F. (Seaside Fiction)》Hinode Park, Uno ・《Model Of Something》 Power Base, Uno　★New ・《Hard Boiled Daydream (Miyama Park) 》 Miyama Park, Uno　★New ・《tower (UNO)》 Uno Port, Uno　★New ■Aki Yamamoto(Japan） ・《See the Sea, See the Mountain》 Former Sei Junior Highschool, Seto Ohashi Area　★New（Spring Program Only） ■Yoshitaka Nanjo(Japan） ・《Peering into the Seabed》 Shamijima, Seto Ohashi Area（Spring Program Only） ■Leandro Erlich(Argentina） ・《The Presence of Absence》 Megijima ・《Laindry》 Megijima Shopping Mall, Megijima ■Oscar Oiwa(Brasil / USA） ・《The room inside of the room》 Ogijima ・《Ogijima Pavilion》 Ogijima（+ Shigeru Ban） ・《Barley and Future Museum of Ogi Island》 Ogijima（The Group 1965）　★New ■Shinji Omaki（Japan） ・《Liminal Air -core-》Takamatsu Port, Takamatsu ■Takashi Kuribayashi（Japan） ・《tree of Ibuku》 Ibukijima ■Available after the summer program ・Nikita Kadan（Ukraine） 《The Branch and the Stick (The Monument of Support)》Oshima　★New（Summer and autumn program only） ・Michiko Nakatani（Japan） Title undecided, Takamijima　★New（Autumn program only）

2025/04/15

Gallery's Picks for the Month ( Setouchi Triennale 2025 Vol.2 : Lee Byungchan)

n this edition of Gallery's Picks, we are pleased to introduce Korean contemporary artist Lee Byungchan, who will hold his first solo exhibition in Japan at Art Front Gallery from April 26. Ahead of the exhibition, his work will also be exhibited in the Setouchi Triennale 2025, beginning from April 18 (Fri),so be sure to keep an eye out for both!

2025/03/29

Naoto Sunohara: 白い跡, Tracks in White at Youngeun Art Museum, Korea

Naoto Sunohara is currently holding a solo exhibition at Youngeun Museum of Contemporary Art in Gyeonggi-do, Gwangju, Korea, through April 27. ■2025 영은아티스트 프로젝트 개인전 (12기) 스노하라 나오토 Naoto Sunohara 白い跡, Tracks in White 2025. 03. 29 (SAT) – 04. 27 (SUN) 영은미술관 제 2전시장 YEMCA Youngeun Museum of Contemporary Art

2025/03/29

川俣正：正蓮寺川公園アートプロジェクト、大阪

Tadashi Kawamata's latest public art piece will be unveiled on March 30 in Osaka! ■《千鳥橋ライトポスト（Chidoribashi Light Post）》 Installation Location: Shorenji River Park (Osaka City) Installer: Konohana Ward Office, Osaka City Artist: Tadashi Kawamata

2025/03/25

Shinji Ohmaki: ZARA, Ginza in Japan

A special installation by Shinji Ohmaki has been on view in the window of the ZARA Ginza store since March 25. March 25 (Tue) to April 23 (Wed) ZARA Ginza Store Address: 7-9-19 Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

2025/03/20

Gallery's Picks for the Month（瀬戸内国際芸術祭2025_Vol.1）

今回のGallery's Picksでは、今年、瀬戸内国際芸術祭2025に参加するアーテイストの中から、３名の作品を紹介します。これまでの作品をお楽しみいただくと共に、今後の活躍にご期待ください！

2025/03/15

Miyuki Takenaka "On the flip-side":Ueno Royal Museum in Tokyo

Miyuki Takenaka's solo exhibition is on at the Ueno Royal Museum until Sunday, March 30. Miyuki Takenaka "On the flip-side" Period: March 15 (Sat) – March 30 (Sun), 2025 Venue: Ueno Royal Museum (1-2 Ueno Park, Taito-ku, Tokyo)

2025/02/24

原田郁：電車の中のテレビ局「TRAIN TV」出演（JR東日本首都圏）

02月24日〜03月02日の間、JR東日本首都圏の電車で放映されているTRAIN TV内の番組「これビ」にて原田郁が特集されています。是非、電車にご乗車の際はご注目ください！！（原田郁については こちら） 放映期間： 2025年02月24日〜2025年03月02日 放映場所： JR東日本の首都圏主要10路線とゆりかもめの車内モニター 関連インタビュー： バーチャルとリアルを風景が行き来する？ 現代美術家・原田郁

2025/02/21

Iku Harada : ART MUSEUM & LIBRARY, OTA in Gunma

Iku Harada is participating in the exhibition “IIku Harada, Shinichiro Koromo – A Repository for Inner and Outer Landscapes” at the Art Museum and Library, Ota in Gunma Prefecture. ■ Iku Harada, Shinichiro Koromo – A Repository for Inner and Outer Landscapes Venue: Art Museum and Library, Ota Period: Saturday, February 22, 2025 – Sunday, May 18, 2025 In this exhibition, Iku Harada (1982-) and Shinichiro Koromo (1987-) present paintings that respectively depict “inner” and “outer” sceneries. Contemporary artist Iku Harada has continuously expanded the “inner space” that she created with 3D computer graphics as a virtual world of her own to walk around in, and then translate parts of it into paintings. Shinichiro Koromo is a painter who walks around areas with landmarks such as kofun (burial mounds), mountains or rice fields, mainly in and around his hometown, to scan, internalize and paint those sceneries while taking their surroundings into account as well. The human being has been described as an “animal, fantasist and computer combined.”[1] Every single one of us is accumulating images of landscapes at our respective places, in our memory and in our heart. We all have memories of outdoor locations and certain sceneries that temporarily appear while continuously changing with the times and seasons. But many people must have experienced also inner, possibly digital spaces that have engraved unique, temporary images of themselves on their minds, depending on things like the viewer’s environment at the time, physical condition or mood. Such accumulations of inner and outer landscapes are certainly expanding and enhancing the “world” as it appears to us. Usually meaning a storehouse or other kind of storage space, the term “repository” also refers to a tomb, and more recently, to the storage of digital data. It expresses at once also the nature of this facility that accommodates an art museum and a library, and contains hints at the ever-expanding realm of the virtual world on the one hand, and that of overgrown ancient kofun on the other, which the two artists featured here take as their main fields of activity. Based on their encounters with landscapes in their own respective repositories, the artists express in their works the “inner, virtual world as a mirror of the mind,” and the “outer, physical world that changes by the second.” We hope that your visit to this exhibition, and your experience of the inner and outer landscapes that these artists have created by their respective unique methods, will help expand your own “world” in one way or another. [1] In Yi-Fu Tuan, Space and Place: The Perspective of Experience, University of Minnesota Press, 1977

2025/02/06

Tadashi Kawamata in the Hillside Terrace

2025/02/03

中谷ミチコ：電車の中のテレビ局「TRAIN TV」出演（JR東日本首都圏）

2025年02月03日〜09日の間、JR東日本首都圏の電車で放映されているTRAIN TV内の番組「これビ」にて中谷ミチコが特集されています。是非、電車にご乗車の際はご注目ください！！（中谷ミチコについては こちら） 放映期間： 2025年02月03日〜2025年02月09日 放映場所： JR東日本の首都圏主要10路線とゆりかもめの車内モニター 関連インタビュー： 「抜け殻」を彫刻作品に？ 彫刻家・中谷ミチコ

2025/01/25

Lee Byungchan: winter special exhibition ”Snowy Matsudai "Nohbutai" Field Museum” in Niigata, Japan

Seoul-based artist Lee Byungchan is participating in an exhibition at Nohbutai in Echigo-Tsumari, Niigata until March 9. Lee Byungchan will also have a solo exhibition at Art Front Gallery in Tokyo this spring. Please look forward to it! ■winter special exhibition ”Snowy Matsudai ❛Nohbutai❜ Field Museum” 【Date & Time:】1/25（Sat）～3/9（Sun）10:00～16:00※Closed on Tuesdays and Wednesdays except national holidays 【Participating artists】 Seki Mirai, Goto Takuro, Lee Byungchan. Lee Byungchan artworks will be exhibited at the main venue of Tokamachi Snow Festival on 2/15 and 2/16. 【Fee】Adults ¥1,000 / Children 6-15 years old ¥500, or “Echigo-Tsumari Art Field Winter 2025” common ticket.

2025/01/20

東弘一郎：電車の中のテレビ局「TRAIN TV」出演（JR東日本首都圏）

1月20日〜26日の間、JR東日本首都圏の電車で放映されているTRAIN TV内の番組「これビ」にて東弘一郎が特集されています。是非、電車にご乗車の際はご注目ください！！（東弘一郎については こちら） 放映期間： 2025年01月20日〜2025年01月26日 放映場所： JR東日本の首都圏主要10路線とゆりかもめの車内モニター 関連インタビュー： 使われなくなった自転車がアートに？現代美術家・東弘一郎

2025/01/18

Yuma Tomiyasu: Yambaru Art Festival in Okinawa, Japan

Yuma Tomiyasu is participating in “Yambaru Art Festival 2024-2025” in Okinawa until February 24. (For available works of Tomiyasu, please visit artist page of Art Front Gallery: Click here) ■Yambaru Art Festival 2024-2025 Ogimi Village Former Shioya Elementary School (Ogimi Utility Center) Jan 18 (Sat) 2025-Feb 24 (Mon) 2025 Hours 11:00-17:00 Closed Tuesday, Wednesday Open on February 11. Venue Ogimi Village Former Shioya Elementary School (Ogimi Utility Center) 538 Shioya, Ogimi-son, Kunigami-gun, Okinawa 905-1311 Website Artists Masashi Asada, Ushio, OGDC＝Okinawa Graphic Designer’s Class, Yuka Kashihara, Atsunobu Katagiri, Kyotaro Hayashi x Ryu, Gofujuu, Novel wealth of Ryukyu research group, Team Yameyo, Chim↑Pom from Smappa!Group, Michiko Tsuda, Yuma Tomiyasu, Hideo Nagai, Fukumi Nakazawa, Choji Nakahodo, Hai-Hsin Huang, Henning Wagenbreth, Hyogo Mugyuda, Aya Rodriguez-Izumi, Shiori Watanabe Photo: Yuma Tomiyasu《おとずれるもの》2025

2025/01/01

[Art Fair] ART SG 2025 in Singapore

Art Front Gallery will exhibit at ART SG, an art fair to be held in Singapore from January 17 (Fri.) to 19 (Sun.), 2025 (VIP preview on January 16). Artists Oscar Oiwa / 大岩オスカール Eko Nugroho / エコ・ヌグロホ Bunpei Kado / 角文 平 Click here for more information on the exhibited works.