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In conjunction with Arisa Kumagai’s solo exhibition Heaven Stolen, opening on Saturday, August 23, 2025, Gallery Koyanagi will release a new limited-edition booklet of her works titled Shiro-muku/White Witch.

Drawing on deeply personal motifs, her grandfather dressed in high-end Italian shirt from the family-run boutique, the adorned hands of her mother and other women wearing an eclectic mix of flamboyant jewelry, and flowers offered to her father who died alone, Kumagai’s work reflects universal themes such as wealth and poverty, life and death. Through these intimate recollections, she is transforming private memory into works of art that transcend individual experience.

This upcoming solo exhibition, Heaven Stolen, marks her fourth at Gallery Koyanagi, following Single bed (2019), My yearning to be You (2022), and …apparently God is forgiving (2023).
The new limited-edition booklet titled Shiro-muku/White Witch will carry on 11 selected paintings previously exhibited at the gallery, and newly written poetry by the artist. The front cover features a work from one of her most iconic series, Leisure Class.

The booklet will go on sale from 12:00 PM on Saturday, August 23, 2025, exclusively at Gallery Koyanagi, in a limited run of 500 copies. Among these, 10 will be special editions, each accompanied by one one two original drawing(s).
Additionally, during the opening reception of Heaven Stolen (5:00–7:00 PM on the same day), booklets purchased at the gallery will be signed in person by the artist.

*Prices vary depending on the drawing.
*The original drawings will be exhibited in the Viewing Room at Gallery Koyanagi during the exhibition period.
Please note that there may be a waiting time during busy hours.
*If you are unable to visit the gallery and wish to purchase a booklet, please contact us at: mail@gallerykoyanagi.com.

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example of the original drawings
Arisa Kumagai, Pool side, 2025,. Photo:Hikari Okawara

Hiroshi Sugimoto’s podcast is now available on the Time Sensitive website. In this podcast, Sugimoto discusses his pictures as fossilizations of time through his series, Diorama, Theater, Seascapes and Architecture. For an hour, he talks about his enduring love for collecting fossils to his ongoing projects. Please listen to the podcast from below website and apps. ■Time Sensitive website ■Apple Podcasts　　■Spotify　　■Youtube

Gallery Koyanagi is delighted to announce our new instagram account!
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Gallery Koyanagi will participate in “Art Week Tokyo” from November 2 to November 5. This event is an annual showcase of the creativity and diversity of contemporary art in Tokyo. Throughout this period, Gallery Koyanagi will be continuing its presentation of the exhibition “Arisa Kumagai | …apparently God is forgiving.”
Also, during this event, the exhibition “Worlds in Balance: Art in Japan from the Postwar to the Present” will be held at Okura Museum of Art, exhibiting one of Sugimoto’s Opticks.

“Art Week Tokyo”
Thursday, November 2 – Sunday, November 5, 2023 *no closing days
10:00–18:00
*Please note that Gallery Koyanagi will have special opening hours during this period.

AWT FOCUS “Worlds in Balance: Art in Japan from the Postwar to the Present”
Thursday, November 2 – Sunday, November 5, 2023
10:00–18:00 (Last admission at 17:00)
Okura Museum of Art

Gallery Koyanagi will participate in Art Week Tokyo, an annual showcase of the creativity and diversity of contemporary art in Tokyo, from Thursday, November 3 to Sunday, November 6, 2022.
During this period, the gallery will continue presenting the exhibition “HIROSHI SUGIMOTO | OPERA HOUSE”.
Also, Art Week Tokyo’s video program presents “KEIN LICHT. (No Light) — From the place where I am standing now” by Anri Yanase. The program is on view at SMBC East Tower in Marunouchi with 18 Japanese and international artists’ video works.

“Art Week Tokyo”
Thursday, November 3 – Sunday, November 6, 2022

Art Week Tokyo Video Program
“Working, Crawling” Curated by Adam Szymczyk
Wednesday, November 2 – Sunday, November 6, 2022 / 10:00–18:00
Earth Garden, SMBC East Tower 1F
Videos: Anri Yanase “KEIN LICHT. (No Light) — From the place where I am standing now” and 17 others

The Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo will present the first large-scale museum exhibition in Japan by Christian Marclay.
The exhibition is to introduce the artist’s diverse and innovative practice, exhibiting a wide range of his oeuvre from early works, influenced by conceptual art and punk music, large-scale installations built from samples of image and sound information, and more recent works that reflects upon the anxieties permeating our contemporary world.

“Christian Marclay Translating”
Saturday, November 20, 2021 – Wednesday, February 23, 2022
Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo

Gallery Koyanagi will participate in Art Week Tokyo, a showcase of the creativity and diversity of the Japanese contemporary art scene, from Thursday, November 4 to Sunday, November 7, 2021.
During this period, the gallery will continue presenting the exhibition “Akiko Hashimoto｜I saw it, it was yours.”.

“Art Week Tokyo”
Thursday, November 4 – Sunday, November 7, 2021
10:00–18:00
Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery and Watari-um open from 11am.