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Art Galleries
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21_21 Design Sight
People interested in the hard-
ware will have great fun picking
up and testing all the equipment
on display
(see p103)
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P3 - Art and Environment
Issey Miyake's work inspired
the design of this superb build-
ing, created by architect Ando
Tadao. The gallery-cum-studio also
operates as a research center
and workshop, bringing together
artists, craftspeople, and
designers with companies and
consumers.
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Map C6 • 9-7-6 Akasaka,
Minato-ku • 3475-2121 • Open 11am-8pm
Tue-Sun • Adm • www.2121designsight.jp
Devoted to exploring the
environment through art, this
gallery holds exhibitions of video
art, sound installations, and
documentary work. Past shows
have included the series “Project
for Humankind” and “Project for
Extraterrestrials.”
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Map C3 • Tocho-ji
Temple, B1, 4-34 Yotsuya, Shinjuku-ku
• 3353-6866 • Open 10am-6pm
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Spiral
Designed by leading architect
Fumihiko Maki, this multipurpose
gallery presents art, music, film,
and theater. A spiral ramp curves
above an elegant first-floor café,
leading visitors into the main
gallery spaces
(see p95)
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Pentax Forum
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The Tolman Collection
This gallery has 2,000-plus
contemporary Japanese prints,
aquatints, etchings, lithographs,
and woodblocks. Signed and
numbered editions of work by
artists such as Araki Shinko and
Gojo Miki are also included.
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Map E6 • 2-2-18 Shiba Daimon,
Minato-ku • 3434-1300 • Open 11am-
7pm Wed-Mon • www.tolmantokyo.com
Exhibitions of Japanese
and world photography - from
monochrome documentary to
digitized semi-graphic work -
is shown in this eclectic gallery.
Paintings displayed in Pentax Forum
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Unique woodblock prints by the late American Clifton Karhu are
on display at The Tolman Collection.
