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14 best art exhibitions to see in Tokyo in 2026

Picasso and Paul Smith, Edo masterpieces, young British artists and sexy robots – Tokyo’s art slate looks packed this year

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16 best art exhibitions in Tokyo right now

What's on right now at Tokyo's most popular art museums and galleries

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13 best free museums in Tokyo

Here are our favourite free museums in Tokyo for art, food, history, science and even taxidermy parasites

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5 best art day trips from Tokyo

These destinations for art and museum lovers are less than two hours from Tokyo, with art by Yayoi Kusama and Rothko

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The Edo-Tokyo Museum will finally reopen in March 2026

The history museum’s long-awaited reopening arrives this spring, complete with a free 100-day commemorative event

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Capcom’s creative legacy comes to life at the gaming giant’s Tokyo exhibition

‘Capcom Creation’ showcases the world-conquering studio’s craftsmanship through some of its most iconic titles

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This 'My Melody & Kuromi' pop-up exhibition in Shibuya is dangerously kawaii

'Miniature Wonderland' celebrates the duo's stop-motion Netflix series released earlier this year

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Evangelion celebrates its 30th anniversary in style with this massive Tokyo exhibition

Discover three decades of groundbreaking visuals and world-building at this comprehensive celebration of the anime phenomenon

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Sorayama: Light, Reflection, Transparency -Tokyo-

Having spent over four decades redefining the relationship between art, technology and desire, Hajime Sorayama is one of Japan’s most celebrated...

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Andrius Arutiunian: Obol

Andrius Arutiunian (born 1991) is an Armenian-Lithuanian artist and composer whose practice unfolds at the intersection of sound, ritual and speculative...

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M. K. Čiurlionis: The Inner Constellation

Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis (1875–1911) is one of Lithuania’s most celebrated cultural figures, a visionary who fused painting and music...

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From Kiyochika to Hasui: Ukiyo-e and Shin-Hanga Woodblock Prints from the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art

This winter, the Mitsubishi Ichigokan Museum, Tokyo presents a landmark exhibition tracing the evolution of Japan’s landscape printmaking from the...

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YBA & Beyond: British Art in the 90s from the Tate Collection

Emerging in the wake of the Margaret Thatcher era, the Young British Artists (YBAs) and their contemporaries embraced shock, irreverence and entrepreneurial...

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Nakajo Sings, Nakajo Dances – Rhythms of Letters, Pictures and Shiseido

The historic Shiseido Gallery presents a tribute to the visionary graphic designer Masayoshi Nakajo. Five years after his passing, the exhibition revisits...

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Insects: An Exhibition by Takeshi Yoro and Kenji Kohiyama – Look, Feel, and Think

Creepy-crawlies in all their vivid and alien-like forms take centre stage at ‘Insects’, a special exhibition on show from March 21 to May 24 on...

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Eric Carle: Art, Books, and the Caterpillar

Did you even have a childhood if you didn’t turn the hole-punched pages of The Very Hungry Caterpillar? Originally published in 1969, this...

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Hirohiko Araki’s JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure

Hirohiko Araki began serialising JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure in Weekly Shonen Jump in 1986, launching a saga that has since spanned decades, generations...

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Ron Mueck

Ron Mueck has long been celebrated for redefining figurative sculpture through extraordinary craftsmanship and emotional acuity. After early work in film and...