Painting, photography and installations from emerging and experienced artists have made for a strong start to the Kiyosumi galleries' first spring season.
It is almost five months since four of Tokyo's leading contemporary art galleries and four smaller ventures moved into the white warehouse on the east side of the Sumida River, and it's already clear they are becoming more comfortable with their new spaces.
ShugoArts is the brainchild of Shugo Satani, whose father opened one of the city's first avant-garde galleries in Ginza back in 1978. The junior Satani has come into his own as a gallerist over the years, and the current Masato Kobayashi exhibition shows confidence.