In 2026, 15 years after the Great East Japan Earthquake, contemporary artist Tatsuo Miyajima will exhibit his art project “Sea of Time – Tohoku” at CASA CUCINELLI TOKYO (art space) on the B2F of Brunello Cucinelli Omotesando Store. The exhibition will run from May 31 (Sun) to December 31 (Thu), 2026, with the works on display and for sale being replaced in the first and second halves.
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Brunello Cucinelli Japan's Support Activities for Tohoku ReconstructionINCONTRO CON L'ARTISTA Art Project Connecting Japan and Italy with Artists
As a bridge between Japan and Italy, CASA CUCINELLI TOKYO (art space) at Brunello Cucinelli Omotesando store will develop an art project titled “INCONTRO CON L’ARTISTA: Encounter with Artists” from 2021. The art project titled “INCONTRO CON L’ARTISTA” is being developed.
In addition, Brunello Cucinelli Japan held a symposium in Sendai in 2016, five years after the earthquake. In 2016, five years after the earthquake, Brunello Cucinelli Japan has been continuously supporting the recovery of the Tohoku region, starting with a keynote speech by Brunello Cucinelli, the founder of the company, at the Tohoku Reconstruction Symposium held in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture. Brunello Cucinelli hopes that the introduction of the ” Sea of Time – Tohoku ” project, more than 10 years after its conception, will further help to carry on the memory of the victims of the Great East Japan Earthquake.
Dates: May 31, 2026 (Sun) – December 31(Thu), 2026
– First Period: 5/31 (Sun) – 8/31 (Mon)
– Second Period: 9/5 (Sat) – 12/31 (Thu)
* Closed 9/1 (Tue) – 9/4 (Fri) due to the replacement of works in the first and second periods
Location: CASA CUCINELLI TOKYO Art Space, B2F Brunello Cucinelli Omotesando Store (Map )
Opening hours: 11:00 – 20:00
First semester exhibition and sales: ” Life Face for Sea of Time – TOHOKU “, 4 types of drawings with signatures and signatures (all unique pieces)
Second semester exhibition and sales: Special Multiple Art piece for Sea of Time – TOHOKU (title undecided)
Inquiry: 03-5276-8300 (Brunello Cucinelli Japan)
“Sea of Time – Tohoku” project official site is here
Inheriting the experiences and memories of the Great East Japan Earthquake while looking at time and the human life cycleWho is Tatsuo Miyajima, a leading contemporary artist in Japan?
Born in Tokyo in 1957, Miyajima graduated from the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music in 1986. Since receiving attention in the Apertoʼ88, the international art exhibition Venice Biennale for young artists, he has continued to work in Japan and abroad as one of Japanʼs leading contemporary artists. He represented Japan at the Venice Biennale (1999). Solo exhibitions include: Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art (1990); Hayward Gallery, London (1997); Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery (2000); Art Seongjae Museum, Korea (2002); Municipal Museum of Contemporary Art, Rome (2004); Contemporary Art Gallery, Art Tower Mito, Japan (2008), Australian Museum of Contemporary Art (2016), among others. His works are in the collections of the Tate Gallery in London, the State Museum of Modern Art Munich, the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, and many public artworks, including the exterior wall of TV Asahi in Roppongi Hills, Benesse Art Site Naoshima, Tokyo Opera City, and the Rheum Museum of Art (Seoul, Korea). Miyajima’s work is represented by digital counters (LEDs) based on three concepts: ” It keeps changing,” ” It relates to everything,” and ” It lasts forever. Each number flickers at a different rate and shows no 0 (zero), suggesting the continuity, eternity, and relationship of time and the human life cycle. He is also known as the initiator of “Reviving Time: The Kaki Tree Project,” in which seeds are extracted from the fruit of persimmon trees that were exposed to radiation in Nagasaki during World War II, and saplings are grown and planted around the world. Currently, he is promoting the “Sea of Time – Tohoku” project to create a new Tohoku by passing on the experiences and memories of the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake to the future.
