The six STARS lighting up Japanese contemporary art

Mori Art Museum director Mami Kataoka wants Japan to feel more of Asia's art vibrations

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Mori Art Museum Director Mami Kataoka stands before an installation by Yayoi Kusama, part of the Tokyo museum's current exhibition STARS: Six Contemporary Artists from Japan to the World. (Photo by Yuki Kohara)

ERI SUGIURA, Nikkei staff writer

October 12, 2020 09:00 JST

TOKYO -- As countries throughout the Asia-Pacific make a bigger push for contemporary art, Japanese artists and art museums today should leverage more of the region’s emerging power to sustain their own growth.