Culture
Omiya Bonsai Art Museum
Art and nature battle it out in Saitama
Intimate Apparel
Racial tensions underline this New York-set play performed by veteran cast
Jianping He
Head to Berlin-based Chinese graphic designer's first show in Japan
Photography Today 4
In their present endeavors to meet the world
The xx
Witness the surefire kerfuffle of English soft-pop band The xx
Hot Chip
So, who’s the hottest chip?
DJ Munoz
London Calling turns five
Christian Joy
Brooklyn’s fresh, electrified ’00s look
Drum & Bass x Dubstep Warz 2012
The stage is set for a battle of UK bass-music generations
MOT Collection
Recent acquisitions include Kapoor and Nara
Berlin: From Renaissance to Rococo
Italian meets N. European renaissance
The Beach Boys
Reticent mastermind Brian Wilson and surviving co-members
Miina
Got yourself a living doll
Hikariyami
Experimental dance backed by experimental music
Garo no Yakai
Ginza's fine-art smorgasbord
Root & Branch presents UBIK
Sample-heavy house from the West Coast
Bernard Purdie
Old-school funkmaster
Sato Sakura Museum Tokyo
Tokyo’s newest museum brings Nihonga to Nakameguro
The Temper Trap
The Temper Trap
Krush.19
Japan’s premier kickboxing event
Marco Latrach
The Chilean house honcho helms this year’s Patagonica fundraiser
John Digweed
The house veteran plays this weekend’s Big Beach
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