Care to take a guess what the new exhibition "Tokyo, Tokyo and Tokyo" at the Tokyo Photographic Art Museum is about? In fact there are two exhibitions with the same name running concurrently, so it's "Tokyo, Tokyo and Tokyo" and "Tokyo, Tokyo and Tokyo."
It may be that someone at the museum took a leaf out of Matsuo Basho's book, when the overwhelmed haiku poet could only exclaim "Matsushima ah!" repeatedly, when confronted with Matsushima's famous scenic landscape in Tohoku. Or perhaps it's a nod to 1980s pop hit "New York, New York (So Good They Named it Twice)." Wherever the inspiration came from, the title of the museum's second big exhibition after a two-year break for renovation is resoundingly, exuberantly clear.
With Tokyo being the object of so many excellent photographers' interest over the last 150 odd years, it's entirely legitimate that the museum should be bringing it home. What's on display in the first exhibition, displayed on the third floor, is a selection from the museum's world-class permanent collection, featuring some of the biggest names in art photography, who also happen to have done some of their best work in Tokyo.
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