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Tokyo

RX Japan Opens Visitor Registration for the International Jewellery Tokyo Autumn Show

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IJT Autumn 2024 promotional graphic listing October 23–25 at Pacifico Yokohama, Japan, beside a crowded exhibition aisle.

RX Japan is excited to announce the opening of visitor registration for the 12th International Jewellery Tokyo Autumn (IJT AUTUMN 2024), set to take place on October 23rd-25th at Pacifico Yokohama. This prestigious event, a highlight in the global jewellery industry calendar, will showcase around 810,000 exquisite jewellery items, including rare gemstones, coloured diamonds, pearls, luxury watches, and more.

Pixels and Paint: Mixed Media Artist Nancy Jo Ward Debuts at Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum

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Colorful portrait of a person with hair in two buns and layered necklaces against a turquoise background.

California-based mixed media artist Nancy Jo Ward is bringing her evocative portraits to the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum for Japan’s 23rd International Art Exchange Exhibition from June 15-20, 2024. Ward creates rich, emotionally resonant figurative art using a hybrid approach that includes digital drawing, painting, and the use of gold and silver foils. Blurring the lines between pixels, paint, and algorithm, she shapes unique images that delve deep into the minds and hearts of her subjects.

Ninjin Art makes a big splash at Tokyo’s Flying Teapot

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Reg Cleet meets his first alien in Ninjin Art’s The Night Turns (Mandelgrün).

Ninjin Art’s newest animation ‘The Night Turns (Mandelgrün)’ has picked all the right numbers for its premiere at The Flying Teapot, a key Tokyo locus for the Japanese avant-garde art scene. With a runtime of 3 minutes 52 seconds, ‘The Night Turns (Mandelgrün)’ combines the kimo-kawaii animation of Cornwall’s Ignatius Rake with the haunting synthesizer sounds of London’s Louis S Hill to tell the story of Reg Cleet, a man abducted by telepathic aliens that look like teeth and who want him to marry their queen and seed the next generation of alien/human hybrids.