Several of my recent columns have dealt with new art spaces and centers in Tokyo. Today I want to wrap that up with a look at a gallery that has shunned the relocation trend by remaining in the city's original contemporary art district -- Ginza.
Twelve years ago, Ginza was the start and finish point for any Tokyo gallery tour -- almost all the best spaces were there. But back then the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo and the Mori Art Museum didn't exist. Now, galleries in Kiyosumi and Roppongi cluster round those big spaces. It makes sense, as they can harvest the bling of a major exhibition by showing and selling a participating artist.
But Ginza is still very much on the art map. It has some of the only worthwhile rental spaces for exhibitions, such as Gallery K, a respected corporate gallery in Shiseido, and everal smallish but excellent commercial spaces, such as the Koyanagi and the Nakamura -- and the one with the name that makes it clear it was there first: the Tokyo Gallery.
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