After the Great Eastern Japan Earthquake and tsunami, the art scene in Tokyo was struck by cancellations, postponements and confusion as it attempted to make sense of the disaster and worked on ways to contribute to the reconstruction of the Tohoku region of Japan.
Japan's largest commercial international art fair, Art Fair Tokyo, was postponed as its venue, Tokyo International Forum, was earmarked as a temporary shelter for refugees. Roppongi Art Night, too, was canceled as part of a drive to conserve energy while the nation struggled to deal with the consquences of the ensuing Fukushima nuclear powerplant failure.
With Japan clearly still at its most vigilant, would it be in bad taste to hold a commercial art fair now?
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