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Featuring Some of Japan’s Top Art Talent, Earthquake-Postponed Art Fair Tokyo 2011 Opens

TOKYO.- Earlier this year, the effects of the Great East Japan Earthquake led to the postponement of ART FAIR TOKYO, which had been established as an art event held annually during the cherry blossom season. In spite of the postponement, ART FAIR TOKYO 2011 will take place at the Tokyo International Forum and feature 133 galleries covering a wide range of artworks from antiques, arts and crafts, nihonga, and modern art to contemporary art. In addition, they are currently planning a program of related-events including talk series and charity programs. Those events will be themed on the notion that art can contribute to the recovery efforts for a society in the midst of this crisis by functioning as an interactive platform to exchange various ideas. Despite the current situation, ART FAIR TOKYO will continue to seek to demonstrate the attractions of Tokyo, Japan’s capital city, where traditional and