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Japanese Design Today 100
August 6 – October 30, 2014 The Japan Foundation, Toronto The exhibition Japanese Design Today 100 was first organized in 2004 and has been touring the world for the last ten years. This is a newly organized version of the … Continue reading →
Culture Days at JFT
Join us at The Japan Foundation during Culture Days for special opening hours, gallery tours of Japanese Design Today 100 and Awaodori dance performances in the library Founded in 2009, Culture Days is a non-profit organization dedicated to building a … Continue reading →
Free
Open late for Nuit Blanche
The Japan Foundation, Toronto will be open late for Nuit Blanche, October 4-5, 2014. Gallery hours: 7 pm - 1 am Library hours: 7 pm - 11 pm
Ryoji Ikeda and Walter Jule: Threshold
A Print Exhibition co-presented by University of Alberta and The Japan Foundation November 5, 2014 – January 29, 2015 The Japan Foundation, Toronto proudly presents Threshold, an exhibition featuring the artwork of Ryoji Ikeda and Walter Jule, two pioneers in … Continue reading →
Free
Byobu Screen Exhibition by Alejandro Bertolo
Alejandro Bertolo, who signs his works “Bokuma (Ink Horse),” started his training in Japanese painting at the age of 19. He learned sumi-e and nihonga painting with the Japanese artists Tazuko NIIMURA, Sho FUNAKI and Hiroshi YAMAMOTO. He studied Japanese … Continue reading →
Free
Poster Exhibition: Getting the Big Picture in B-Zero
The Japan Foundation, Toronto 2 Bloor St. East, 3rd Floor, Toronto, ON, CanadaMay 6 - June 30, 2015 The Japan Foundation, Toronto In 1953, the Nissenbi (Japan Advertising Artists Club) Poster Competition set the entry format size as B1 (103 cm × 72.8 cm). This format quickly became the standard for posters … Continue reading →
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Handcrafted Form: Tradition and Techniques
The Japan Foundation, Toronto 2 Bloor St. East, 3rd Floor, Toronto, ON, CanadaPeople in Japan are surrounded by utilitarian craft objects that have been brought into being and nurtured within their daily lives. By making the most of the raw materials of each craft—ceramics, textiles, metal work, lacquerware, wood and bamboo work, … Continue reading →
Free
Reflecting on the Past/ Reflecting on the Future: Hyogo Aid ’95 Revisited
The Japan Foundation, Toronto 2 Bloor St. East, 3rd Floor, Toronto, ON, CanadaApril 13 - May 13, 2016 The Japan Foundation, Toronto The works exhibited here form a set of posters, compiled as an initiative of the Hyogo Aid ’95 Committee in 1996. In order to support the victims of the Great … Continue reading →
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Yakishime Ceramic Exhibition
The Japan Foundation, Toronto 2 Bloor St. East, 3rd Floor, Toronto, ON, CanadaMay 24 - August 18, 2016 The Japan Foundation, Toronto YAKISHIME—Earth Metamorphosis focuses on the yakishime ceramic technique in which unglazed wares are fired at extremely high temperatures of 1,200-1,300˚C. While one of the most basic or primitive means of … Continue reading →
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