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Events

2012

Wish You Were Here

Wish You Were Here

16 November 2012 - 25 November 2012

Australian artist Courtney Coombs is coming to Tokyo in November for a solo exhibition and to host a short series of events.     Coombs i...


SuperDeluxe 10th Anniversary Live

SuperDeluxe 10th Anniversary Live

2 November 2012

Australian electronic media artist Pia Van Gelder is scheduled to perform at the SuperDeluxe 10th Anniversary Live!  As a new standard-bearer ...


ALBARE iTD  - Special Australian Show Case -

ALBARE iTD - Special Australian Show Case -

1 November 2012 - 2 November 2012

Born in Morocco and growing up in Israel and Lyon in France, Albare subsequently migrated to Australia where he was the first person to promote aci...


Sounds of Weather

Sounds of Weather

30 October 2012 - 3 November 2012

The Sounds of Weather project (2011-2012), a cross-cultural collaboration between RMIT University (Melbourne, Australia) and Musashino Art Universi...


Tarryn Gill, The Great Northern

Tarryn Gill, The Great Northern

27 October 2012

Tarryn Gill, "The Great Northern" "The Great Northern" is a video work shot on location during a one month residency at the Banff Centre, Alberta, ...


"other lives" Jenny Watson

"other lives" Jenny Watson

3 October 2012 - 22 October 2012

8/ ART GALLERY/ Tomio Koyama Gallery is presenting "other lives", a solo exhibition by Australian artist, Jenny Watson from October 3 (Wed) until O...


Peter Grimes

Peter Grimes

2 October 2012 - 14 October 2012

Opera fans in Japan will have the rare opportunity to see the first full-scale opera masterpiece Peter Grimes by Benjamin Britten, one of the ...


Miss Tanaka

Miss Tanaka

26 September 2012 - 30 September 2012

This marionette performance tells the story of pearl divers in Australia, focusing on Kazuhiko, a child born of Australian Aboriginal and...


These Fleeting Few

These Fleeting Few

19 September 2012 - 23 September 2012

‘Leaves painted white and suspended from cicada legs cover the wall of the gallery; miniscule, atom-like pencil marks gather together and spr...


6 countries, 6 styles

6 countries, 6 styles

14 September 2012 - 24 September 2012

The works of six well-known ceramic artists from six different countries will be showcased together in Tokyo at the “6 Countries, 6 Styles&rd...


Shonah Trescott "Drawn into the Light"

Shonah Trescott "Drawn into the Light"

11 September 2012 - 8 December 2012

Ando Gallery is pleased to announce "Drawn into the Light", a second solo exhibition by Australian artist, Shonah Trescott. Ms Trescott was born in...


Australian Jazz Journey 2012

Australian Jazz Journey 2012

8 September 2012 - 15 September 2012

The Australian Embassy, Tokyo, and NHK Enterprises, Inc. have worked on a number of projects to introduce Australian jazz to Japan since the Austra...


ELECTRIC EMPIRE

ELECTRIC EMPIRE

17 August 2012

Popular Australian trio Electric Empire (formed in 2009) will hold a special one-night-only encore performance as a follow-up to three highly accla...


18th JAALA International Art Exhibition

18th JAALA International Art Exhibition

12 August 2012 - 19 August 2012

Australian artists from Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Co-operative, one of Australia's longest running Aboriginal owned and operated art galleries, h...


Aboriginal Cultural Week Vol.2

Aboriginal Cultural Week Vol.2

28 July 2012 - 5 August 2012

Australia's Indigenous people have been living in harmony with nature for more than 50,000 years. Many Indigenous peoples continue t...


Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia 2012

Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia 2012

15 June 2012 - 30 June 2012

Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia 2012 opening soon in Harajuku and Omotesando The fourteenth annual Short Shorts Film Festival – founded...


Aboriginal Cultural Week Vol.1

Aboriginal Cultural Week Vol.1

29 May 2012 - 3 June 2012

Australia's Indigenous people have been living in harmony with nature in Australia for more than 50,000 years. Although some Indigenous people...


Alicia King at TWS Creator in residence

Alicia King at TWS Creator in residence

8 May 2012 - 3 August 2012

Alicia King is taking part in Tokyo Wonder Site(TWS)'s Exchange Residency Program and is staying at TWS Aoyama: Creator-in-Resi...


'Oranges and Sunshine' (Film)

'Oranges and Sunshine' (Film)

Starting 14 April 2012

The powerful and provocative Australian-British co-production Oranges and Sunshine will be in Japanese cinemas from 14 April, 2012. It is based on ...


Australia at ART FAIR TOKYO 2012

Australia at ART FAIR TOKYO 2012

30 March 2012 - 1 April 2012

ART FAIR TOKYO 2012 will be held over three days this year during the spring cherry blossom season. For its seventh edition, the fair will present ...


'Remembering Babylon' published in Japan

'Remembering Babylon' published in Japan

Starting 29 February 2012

One of the masterpieces of contemporary Australian fiction, David Malouf's Remembering Babylon, is now available in Japanese. The translation &ndas...


'The Hunter' (Film)

'The Hunter' (Film)

Starting 4 February 2012

The Hunter is a powerful psychological drama that tells the story of Martin (Willem Dafoe), a mercenary sent from Europe by a mysterious biotech co...


'Animal Kingdom' (Film)

'Animal Kingdom' (Film)

Starting 21 January 2012

Animal Kingdom, a powerful Australian crime drama, will be released in Japan in January 2012.  The film explores the tense battle between a cr...


Oren Ambarchi - Shows in Japan

Oren Ambarchi - Shows in Japan

19 January 2012 - 30 January 2012

Oren Ambarchi is an Australian sound artist with a longstanding interest in transcending conventional instrumental approaches.  Mr Ambarchi wi...


The Novocaines - Shows in Japan

The Novocaines - Shows in Japan

11 January 2012 - 15 January 2012

The Australian rock band The Novocaines will perform live in Japan from 11 to 15 January 2012.  The band was originally formed in the small fa...