The National Art Center, Tokyo is pleased to announce the special exhibition Prism of the Real: Making Art in Japan 1989–2010 to be held from Wednesday, September 3, to Monday, December 8, 2025. This exhibition examines the practices of more than 50 artists from Japan and abroad, exploring art that emerged in Japan and how Japanese cultural expression inspired the world between 1989, when the Showa era (1926-1989) ended and the Heisei era (1989-2019) began, and 2010.