Tokyo Weekender - October 2017
A day in the life of a geisha. Find your perfect Kyushu. Plus Q&A with anime director Keiichi Hara, are robots taking our jobs?, Explore Japanese cuisine at GINZA SIX, and Tsukuda guide
A day in the life of a geisha. Find your perfect Kyushu. Plus Q&A with anime director Keiichi Hara, are robots taking our jobs?, Explore Japanese cuisine at GINZA SIX, and Tsukuda guide
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ART & THEATER<br />
“CREATION IS A SOLITARY PURSUIT, LOVE IS WHAT BRINGS YOU CLOSER TO ART”<br />
Fans of the work of Yayoi Kusama, rejoice: a museum dedicated to the artist’s work opened this month. Along with a store<br />
selling articles that feature Kusama’s well known polka dots and other visual hallmarks and a floor dedicated to large-scale<br />
installation pieces, the inaugural exhibition at the Yayoi Kusama Museum will highlight the artist’s latest series of paintings,<br />
“My Eternal Soul.” However, fans be warned: due to the museum’s popularity, tickets are sold two months in advance, and<br />
they sell out very quickly. Yayoi Kusama Museum Until February 25, 2018 yayoikusamamuseum.jp<br />
Yayoi Kusama, Pumpkins Screaming about Love Beyond Infinity, <strong>2017</strong>, mixed media, variable size, ©Yayoi Kusama<br />
THE ART WORLD<br />
OUR PICK OF THE CITY’S BEST EXHIBITIONS<br />
Compiled by Alec Jordan<br />
Metalwork, Kengo Takahashi, origin as a human, 2015<br />
AMAZING CRAFTSMANSHIP!<br />
– FROM MEIJI KOGEI TO<br />
CONTEMPORARY ART<br />
When it comes to craftsmanship, Japan<br />
exists on a plane of its own. Over the<br />
centuries, artisans who work with metal,<br />
wood, ceramics, and other materials have<br />
collectively refined their techniques and<br />
redefined the boundaries of the possible.<br />
This exhibition looks at the fine line<br />
between craft and fine art, with colorful<br />
examples of Meiji period objects drawn<br />
from a variety of different disciplines and<br />
meticulously crafted pieces of modern art<br />
that are made with a skill and an attention<br />
to detail that would have made artisans<br />
of generations proud. Mitsui Memorial<br />
Museum Until December 3<br />
www.mitsui-museum.jp/english/english.html<br />
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