by Sophie Caraan

Japan’s leading Contemporary Art galleries, Mizuma Art Gallery and Kaikai Kiki Gallery, made their presence known at Art Basel Hong Kong 2019 as thousands of attendees flooded the sprawling Hong Kong Exhibition & Art Centre.

Mizuma Art Gallery celebrated their 25th anniversary with an all-Japanese exhibition, particularly Akira Yamaguchi and Aida Makoto as their key artists. “We actually do have a strong presentation because all these artists really were kind of the backbone to how the gallery started,” they explained. “We’ve worked with Aida Makoto since he was very young. He’s been shown in many museums and we’ve been supporting him throughout his career.”…

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