Tokyo

The German director discusses his latest Oscar-nominated film and adopting the philosophy of a Tokyo toilet cleaner

From Arisa Kumagai’s ecclesiastical symbolism to Rika Minamitani’s carnivalesque paintings, here are the shows to see in Japan’s capital

From Nerhol’s impressionistic abstractions to Cai Guo-Qiang’s AI generated firework explosions

At SCAI Piramide, Tokyo, six artists have selected previously unseen photographs by Akasegawa that reflect the dizzying range of his work and his trenchant critique of capitalism

At Komaba Museum, Tokyo, a retrospective showcases the late postwar artist and theorist’s dedication to transforming polarized media representations

The paintings and woodcuts at Tokyo’s Taka Ishii Gallery miss something in their nostalgia for an older vision of image-making

At Mujin-to Production, Tokyo, the artist’s Clockwork Orange-like experiments confront us with the visceral traumas of war

The mural depicts a dystopian Tokyo hosting the 2020 Olympics

‘It’s a sinewy and organic thing, almost threatening, in an otherwise boring district of embassies and hotels’

A recent show traces the creative legacies of an artist and an architect who helped shape Japan’s futurist aspirations

Blum & Poe, Tokyo, Japan

Our picks of the best recent and current shows in the Japanese capital

A guide to the best current shows in the capital of Japan

Taka Ishii Gallery Photography / Film, Tokyo, Japan

Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan

Various venues, Tokyo, Japan

The provocative works of the Japanese collective Chim↑Pom

Various venues, Fukushima & Watari Museum, Tokyo, Japan

How artists and photographers in Japan have responded to the disasters of 3 March 2011

The Japanese artist discusses photography and the viewer as an intermediary