3331 Arts Chiyoda

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Yayoi Kusama, Love Is Calling, 2013. Installation view. Photo by M-KOS

Summer in Tokyo started off cooler than usual in the first few weeks of our stay, followed by heatwaves shining through the city streets, filled with polyphonic soundscapes of cicadas. Luckily most art spaces were still open despite the solstice mood, for M-KOS to present its Tokyo art marathon report:

Mori Art Museum celebrates its 10th anniversary with the exhibition entitled “All You Need Is LOVE” showcasing about 200 artworks such as modern masters Marc Shagall, Constantin Brancusi and Fridha Karlo, contemporary greats David Hockney, Yayoi Kusama and Jeff Koons, as well as younger generations Richard Billingham, Shilpa Gupta and Masashi Asada and â€œvirtualâ€ popstar Miku Hatsune. The exhibition was laid out over five sub-themed to include: What is Love?; A Couple in Love; Love is Losing; Family and Love; Love Beyond. (through 1 September 2013)
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3331 Arts Chiyoda is a former junior high school transformed into a vast art complex, opened in 2010. The venue inhabits a number of art galleries, design offices, a wood workshop, artist studios, a library, a roof top organic garden as well as a café and restaurant. Although the space is owned by local government and there are many community based programs, it is actually run by a private association. M-KOS visited the featured show 3331 Independents Scholarship (7â€“29 January 2012) at the main gallery, an annual open submission where eight finalists were selected individually by seven different juries and audience voting.
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