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Tuesday
Dec022025

Yayoi Kusama 'Praying For World Peace In The Sunlight' Print Available

Artist: Yayoi Kusama
Title: Praying For World Peace In The Sunlight
Medium: Giclee Print on Synthetic Paper
Size: 59.4 x 74.1 cm
Edition: UNSURE
Price: ¥15,400

Tuesday
Dec022025

Yayoi Kusama 'Pumpkin' (Silver) Print Available

Artist: Yayoi Kusama
Title: Pumpkin (Silver)
Medium: Giclee Print on Synthetic Paper
Size: 59.4 x 54.6 cm
Edition: 500
Price: CHF 2,200

   

Tuesday
Dec022025

Yayoi Kusama 'Pumpkin' (Yellow) Print Available

Artist: Yayoi Kusama
Title: Pumpkin (Yellow)
Medium: Giclee Print on Synthetic Paper
Size: 59.4 x 54.6 cm
Edition: 500
Price: CHF 2,200

   

Tuesday
Dec022025

Yayoi Kusama 'Pumpkin' (Blue) Print Available

Artist: Yayoi Kusama
Title: Pumpkin (Blue)
Medium: Giclee Print on Synthetic Paper
Size: 59.4 x 54.6 cm
Edition: 500
Price: CHF 2,200

   

Yayoi Kusama is a globally celebrated contemporary Japanese artist whose prolific career spans painting, sculpture, installation art, film, photography, and writing. Born in Matsumoto, Japan, in 1929, Kusama’s work is instantly recognizable for its obsessive repetition of dots and nets, motifs she has used since childhood as a way to cope with hallucinations. These patterns reflect her lifelong struggles with mental illness, a deeply personal element central to her artistic expression.
Kusama moved to New York City in the late 1950s, where she quickly became a fixture in the avant-garde scene, associating with artists like Andy Warhol and Claes Oldenburg. She was a pioneer of the pop art movement, minimalism, and feminist art. During the 1960s, she gained notoriety for her provocative "happenings," public performances often involving nudity and body painting, which protested social and political issues of the time.
Upon returning to Japan in the 1970s, Kusama voluntarily admitted herself to a psychiatric hospital, where she has lived by choice ever since, working from a nearby studio. This institutional setting has not hindered her productivity; rather, her later career has seen a massive resurgence in global popularity.
Her most famous creations include the "Infinity Mirror Rooms," immersive installations that use mirrors and lights to create the illusion of infinite space, completely enveloping the viewer in her signature polka-dot world. These installations have become cultural phenomena, drawing immense crowds to museums worldwide. Kusama’s art explores themes of infinity, self-obliteration, and the cosmos, offering a vibrant, playful, yet profound commentary on life and death. At over 90 years old, Yayoi Kusama remains a vital, active force in the art world, with her highly distinctive style continuing to captivate audiences and inspire generations.
Saturday
Nov292025

Yusuke Hanai 'Heart To Heart' Sculpture + Print Application Ending Soon

Artist: Yusuke Hanai
Title: Heart To Heart
Medium: Vinyl Figure + Giclee Print
Size: 9.6 Inches (7 x 5 Inch Print)
Edition: 500
Price: HK$2,980

Yusuke Hanai, born in Kanagawa, Japan, in 1978, is a highly sought-after artist and illustrator recognized for his unique graphic style that merges Japanese aesthetic sensibilities with retro American illustration. His work is heavily influenced by the counterculture movements of the 1950s and 1960s, including surfing, psychedelic rock, and the Beat writers like Jack Kerouac. Hanai's artistic journey began when he was inspired by the work of legendary Grateful Dead album cover artist Rick Griffin, which led him to move to San Francisco in 2003 to study illustration at the Academy of Art.
Hanai's signature style features pared-down lines and a cast of recognizable, often grumpy, "slacker" characters that capture humorous and poignant moments of the human condition. These figures are not typically superheroes but rather ordinary people dealing with life's ups and downs, reflecting Hanai's belief that everyone is unique and imperfect. His art often contemplates the relationship between man and nature, showcasing themes of perseverance, balance, and the importance of human connection amidst chaos and struggle.
Active both in Japan and internationally, Hanai has showcased his paintings, drawings, and sculptures in galleries and exhibitions across cities like New York, London, Paris, and Tokyo. A significant part of his career involves extensive collaborations with major brands such as Vans, Uniqlo, Beams, and Nixon, which have brought his distinctive artwork to a global audience. Hanai, who is also a devoted surfer, finds inspiration in everyday life and the diverse personalities he encounters, aiming to create art that is "solid and beautiful" and encourages a positive attitude. His work for an elementary school mural program in California also highlights his commitment to helping children through art education.
Saturday
Nov222025

Keita Morimoto 'Evening Embers' Print Available

Artist: Keita Morimoto
Title: Evening Embers
Medium: Gold Shimmer Layer on Giclee Print
Size: 53 x 65 cm
Edition: TIMED
Price: €817

 

*available for 48 hours at 8am EST on December 9th, 2025

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Keita Morimoto is a celebrated Japanese contemporary painter, renowned for his evocative cityscapes and portraits that merge classical painting techniques with scenes of modern urban life. Born in Osaka in 1990, he immigrated to Canada as a teenager, receiving his Bachelor of Fine Arts from OCAD University in Toronto in 2012, before eventually returning to Tokyo in 2021 where he is currently based. 
Morimoto's distinctive style is characterized by his mastery of chiaroscuro the dramatic use of light and shadow drawing inspiration from Dutch Golden Age painters like Rembrandt and early 20th-century American Realist Edward Hopper. He uses these historical methods to illuminate contemporary subjects, such as neon signs, vending machines, and lonely street corners, transforming everyday urban scenes into something mysterious and profound. His work often explores themes of urban isolation and the search for human connection amidst consumer culture, creating a "cinematic quality" in his compositions. 
His paintings, which incorporate subtle references to anime and street fashion, have been widely exhibited internationally and are part of numerous permanent collections, including the High Museum of Art and the ICA Miami.
Wednesday
Nov122025

Yusuke Hanai 'Cooperation' Sculpture Application Ending Soon

Artist: Yusuke Hanai
Title: Cooperation
Medium: Bronze Sculpture
Size: 15.9 x 30 x 15.9 cm
Edition: 18
Prices: $12,000

  

Yusuke Hanai is a Japanese artist born in Kanagawa in 1978 whose friendly figures and wavy landscapes channel 1960s California surf culture. At seventeen he discovered the psychedelic concert posters of Rick Griffin and felt an instant pull toward bold outlines, sun baked palettes and storytelling line work. That passion led him to San Francisco in 2003 to study illustration at the Academy of Art, where nights spent sketching buskers and oceanfront drifters shaped his compassionate cast of characters.
Hanai returned to Japan with a signature style that mixes ukiyo e simplicity with skateboard graphics. His recurring everyman, a round nosed wanderer with floppy hair, appears in wood panel paintings, large wall murals and limited silkscreens, often shown sitting quietly with coffee, casting a fishing line into impossible waves, or simply gazing at wide open skies. Flat color blocks and rhythmic contour lines give the scenes a mellow pulse, while subtle shadows hint at inner solitude, balancing cheerfulness with contemplation.
Exhibitions in Tokyo, New York, London and São Paulo have carried his vision far beyond coastal Japan, and collaborations with Uniqlo, Greenroom Festival and Vans have placed his art on shirts, sneakers and hotel walls, proving that handmade warmth can thrive in commercial contexts. Whether he is carving a small wooden fish, printing a three meter woodcut, or painting a live mural while surfers wait for waves, Hanai invites viewers to slow down, breathe salty air and remember that quiet moments hold their own quiet power.
Tuesday
Apr292025

Anthony Sunter 'Tokyo Japan Sunrise' Available

Artist: Anthony Sunter
Title: Tokyo Japan Sunrise
Medium: Acrylic Pen, Aerosol, Archival Roller Pen on Paper
Size: 50 x 70 cm
Edition: UNIQUE
Price: £350

Wednesday
Jan252023

Malleus 'Japan Vol. 1' Print Set Available

Artist: Malleus
Title: Japan Vol. 1
Medium: Digital Giclee Prints
Size: (4) 32 x 40 cm Each
Edition: Open
Price: €100

Friday
Aug162013

Roamcouch 'When You Wish Upon A Star' Sepia Print Available

Artist: Roamcouch
Title: When You Wish Upon A Star - Sepia
Medium: 17 Colour Screen Print
Size: 70 x 50 cm
Edition: 50
Price: $300

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