About ART & DAY: Why We Collect What We Collect

ART & DAY is an online gallery based in Tokyo, focused on contemporary art with roots in experimental post-war movements — mail art, Fluxus, Informel, and the networks that connect artists across borders.

Our Position

We don't stock everything. We represent a small number of artists whose practices we believe in deeply, and we maintain those relationships over time rather than rotating through whatever is currently trending. The result is a focused inventory — fewer works, but each one something we can speak to honestly.

Every artist we represent has an institutional record we can document: museum collections, significant exhibitions, published catalogues. We think this matters — not because it's the only measure of artistic value, but because it gives collectors a verifiable basis for their purchase.

Our Curation Principles

Three movements shaped our sensibility:

• Fluxus: The post-war avant-garde that insisted art could be made of anything — a postcard, a score, a set of instructions — and that the idea was as important as the object.
• Mail Art: The international network of artists who used postal systems as both medium and distribution, building connections that preceded the internet by decades.
• Zine Culture: Self-published, outside institutions, made to be shared rather than sold. The anti-commercial impulse that keeps art honest.

The artists we work with — Ryosuke Cohen, Matthew Rose, Nicolas Journoud, Alexandre Imai — each connect to these traditions in different ways.

OIL by 美術手帖 Certification

ART & DAY is a certified gallery of OIL by 美術手帖, the online sales platform of Bijutsu Techo — Japan's oldest and most authoritative art publication (founded 1948). This certification is a public assurance of the gallery's curatorial standards and operational practices.

DDP Shipping

We ship all works on a DDP (Delivered Duty Paid) basis — meaning all import duties, customs fees, and taxes are included in the listed price. There are no additional charges at delivery. We do this because we think international buyers shouldn't have to deal with customs paperwork or surprise fees when they're buying art.

Contact

If you have questions about a specific work, an artist, or the gallery, use the contact form. We respond within 1–2 business days, in English or Japanese.