Art
Moja
Masumi and Haru issue a sonic punch to the gut
Thomas Demand
Real or fake? Should we care?
Goya and Spanish Painting in the Louvre
Enjoy a famous artwork in solitude
Bootsy Collins
Storied bassist Bootzilla
Madchester Night 2012
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Stand Alone Zone
Enter the unknown zone
Peverelist
Forget Skrillex—this dubstep pioneer delivers the original Bristol sound
Japanese Crossing Borders
Asia as Dreamed by Craftspeople
Outlook Festival
Europe’s largest bass music and culture fest
Japan Blues & Soul Carnival
The country’s longest running music festival
Otomo Katsuhiro Genga
Manga: the Akira creator’s influence
Hokuo Music Night 2012
Cold Scandinavia a hotbed of pop music
Tomes for the Tots
Carp streamers and genki matters
Kat DeLuna
The Kat jumped over DeLuna
Gruff Rhys
Super Furry Animals’ frontman shows solidarity with the Manics
Nihon no Kawaii
The roots of cute
Macbeth
An innovative and accessible production of the Scottish Play
Asobi Seksu
NYC band with Japanese singer
Japan On Foot
A tale of two women and 7,500km
Charlotte Perriand et le Japon
Le Corbusier’s interior designer
W feat. Sasha
The prog-house giant renews his ties to Womb
Moonface
With Siinai: Heartbreaking Bravery
Whisky Live 2012
Single malt heaven
Fire!
Swedish avant-garde jazz plus Jim O’Rourke
Art Award Tokyo Marunouchi 2012
Do an art walk under Tokyo station
A View From the Sky
Ukiyo-e visions of Edo
Arty
Russia’s first DJ superstar
Eli Walks
Deep, dark beats from a young Japanese-American
Lee Bul
The Mori shows the feminism and femininity of the avant-garde Korean artist
Ben Skepper
Avant-garde cellist at Kono Hachiman shrine
Pandora & Betty Poison
An Italian/Belgian beast with two backs brings the carnage
Rojin Shinpi
The ever-growing demographic refuses to be ignored
Sacred Thing
Dark play butoh style
Metamorphose
The rave moves indoors