Andrew Maerkle is a writer, editor and translator. He lives in Tokyo, Japan.
At SCAI Piramide, Tokyo, six artists have selected previously unseen photographs by Akasegawa that reflect the dizzying range of his work and his trenchant critique of capitalism
A lecturer of multilingual students at Tokyo University of Arts, Andrew Maerkle reflects on how translation of art criticism can be emancipatory
A retrospective at Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo struggles to convey the collective’s energy and impact
The closure of part of the 2019 Aichi Triennale reflects a broader climate of aggression, censorship and nationalist revisionism
How progressive pedagogy was eventually co-opted by the war machine in 1930s and ’40s Japan
Ahead of Art Fair Tokyo, here are the exhibitions not to miss in the Japanese capital
What three shows about Japanese art from a pivotal decade tell us about the selective memory of cultural institutions
This year's edition of the Busan Biennale, South Korea, finds eerie resonances of cold war divisions in present-day art and politics
Japan’s growing number of art festivals tread a precarious path between state-sponsored leisure-culture and soft-power machinery
A guide to the best current shows in the capital of Japan
A city of creativity and resilience
The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan
Cooperation and dissent in Koki Tanaka’s precarious tasks
Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan
The anarchic 1920s Tokyo art movement Mavo and the internationalism of the Japanese Avant-garde
The Japanese artist discusses photography and the viewer as an intermediary
Contemporary Art Gallery, Art Tower Mito, Japan
