Anti-Action: Women artists challenge postwar avant-garde art in Tokyo

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Tokyo's National Museum of Modern Art will host "Anti-Action," an exhibition exploring women artists' responses to postwar avant-garde art. The exhibition, running December 16, 2025, to February 8, 2026, highlights artists who challenged the male-dominated "action painting" trend by developing their own unique artistic approaches. It features works by 14 artists, including Yayoi Kusama, and aims to reinterpret Japanese art history through a gender studies lens, showcasing overlooked contributions.


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