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Mariko Kobayashi participates as the supporter of KOGEI ARTISTS LEAGUE 2025-26.  The ‘MUFG Kogei Project’ is an initiative that MUFG（Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group）has been advancing since 2023 as part of its social contribution activities, supporting the “tradition and innovation” of Japanese traditional craft（”kogei”）.  ‘KOGEI ARTISTS LEAGUE’ is a program that supports the exhibition and sales opportunities for the next generation of artists. In addition to Yuji Akimoto

Rhizomatiks will participate in the ‘Special Talk Event’ at Kyoto University on December 17, 2025, focusing on their recent AI activities. The event is organized by Kyoto University Graduate School of Management’s Endowed Chair on “Curation Theory, Practice, and Management” and Institutional Advancement and Communications.  The event is divided into three sessions, featuring discussions on the development background of the AI artwork recursive, currently on display at Kyoto

Tomokazu Matsuyama has received the Pen Creator Award 2025. This award honors creators across all genres for their achievements, and this year five individuals and groups, including Matsuyama, were selected.  As a singular artist who continuously reimagines the world through the lens of identity, Matsuyama held his first large-scale solo exhibition in Tokyo, ’FIRST LAST’. In parallel with

Limited edition prints by Keita Morimoto, Jewel Box and Evening Embers, will be available exclusively through AVANT ARTE for 48 hours from 19:00（JST）on December 9, 2025.   Through the symbolic use of light, Morimoto merges its sacred and natural connotations with the stark realities of consumerism, creating works that resonate with both historical depth and modern complexity.  Evening Embers, one of the

KOTARO NUKAGA Roppongi, KOTARO NUKAGA Tennoz and KOTARO NUKAGA Three will be closed from December 27, 2025 to January 5, 2026 for Winter holiday.  We hope the New Year finds you well and look forward to seeing you soon.    KOTARO NUKAGA 

KOTARO NUKAGA is pleased to announce that Kizuka-song, a major work by Kazuhito Kawai will be collected by the National Crafts Museum.   After studying contemporary art in London, Kawai encountered his new medium which was ceramics and experienced the liberation of his creativity allowing him to find a breakthrough. His ceramic works, characterized by dynamic colors and shapes, show various expressions of ugliness and beauty, grotesqueness and pop appeal, and express his

N project is pleased to present ‘Being There‘, a solo exhibition by Rei Kizumoto, at KOTARO NUKAGA Three from December 6, 2025 – January 24, 2026. Born in Shiga Prefecture in 1998, Rei Kizumoto completed her MA in Oil Painting, Kyoto University of the Arts in 2023. She is currently based in the Kansai region. Her practice involves cutting felt—a material

KOTARO NUKAGA is pleased to announce our participation in ‘KOGEI Art Fair Kanazawa 2025’, Japan’s only art fair dedicated to crafts held in Hyatt Centric Kanazawa, Kanazawa, Japan from November 28 to 30.   KOTARO NUKAGA will present works by four artists: Mariko Kobayashi, Nanami Inoue, Yohei Chimura and Teppei Miyake.  Mariko Kobayashi employs textile-based methodologies,

Tomokazu Matsuyama will participate in ‘Artist Talk: Tomokazu Matsuyama with Sharon Matt Atkins’ at Liu Shiming Art Foundation（USA） on November 20, 2025. As Deputy Director for Art at the Brooklyn Museum, Sharon Matt Atkins is a distinguished curator who has organized major exhibitions including ‘JR: Chronicles’（2019）, ‘Swoon: Submerged Motherlands’（2015）, and ‘Ai Weiwei: According to What?’（2014）.

KOTARO NUKAGA is pleased to present ‘Annie Morris and Idris Khan A Petal Silently Falls,’ a two-person exhibition running from October 29 to December 26, 2025. Both born in the United Kingdom in 1978, Morris is known for her sculptural series Stack, which places vibrantly colored spheres atop one another, while Khan is renowned for his serene works in blues and grays. Each has established an