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A massive ‘thank you’ to everyone who came out to celebrate the reopening of NowHere and the opening of Toshihisa Yoda’s...
06/11/2026

A massive ‘thank you’ to everyone who came out to celebrate the reopening of NowHere and the opening of Toshihisa Yoda’s exhibition ‘Continuum-Today’ we couldn’t have asked for a warmer welcoming to our new Tribeca home, and we’re so grateful for all the support.

We’d also like to thank all of our collaborators who made this happen: The Yoda family, Kiyo Shinoki + Taku Sando team (food), Miki Yamato (photos), SOTO SAKE, PYNE Emily Pynenburg (floral arrangements) and all of those who joined our celebrations.

We’re open 11am -6pm Tuesday- Saturday so come by and say hello.

In 1966, Toshihisa Yoda boarded a ship bound for America with two suitcases packed with paint and personal belongings. D...
06/09/2026

In 1966, Toshihisa Yoda boarded a ship bound for America with two suitcases packed with paint and personal belongings. During the two-week voyage, he recalls a rare feeling of calm — the stillness before a life of sustained artistic exploration.

Six decades later, that commitment remains unbroken.

Yoda’s paintings always return to a few enduring questions: What can a line do? How can color subtly impact the eye? How can geometry feel alive? How can repetition generate surprise? Rather than following the arc so often imposed on artists — early breakthrough, middle plateau, late repetition — his work has followed the cyclical rhythms of nature.

His relationship to what he once called “city nature” is the key to understanding these paintings. Carrying an attentiveness to seasonal change, plant structure, and organic rhythm from his rural upbringing into urban life, there is a meditative humility at the center of his practice — a quiet regard for the passage of time.

Toshihisa Yoda’s exhibition Continuum, 1967–Today is on show now at our new Tribeca home (40 Lispenard St).

Painting credits:
Slide 1 Untitled #67-8, Oil on Canvas (1967)
Slide 2 Untitled #70-15, Acrylic on Canvas (1970)
Slide 3 Untitled #70-12, Acrylic on Canvas (1970)
Slide 4 Untitled #70-11, Acrylic on Canvas (1970)

06/02/2026

Final Open Studio before the summer break
📍 Suite 434, 20 Jay St, DUMBO
🗓 Thursday June 4 | 6–8PM

This Thursday is your last chance to step inside Maiko Kikuchi’s DUMBO studio before First Thursdays takes its summer break.

Come see Kojiki de Creation, her work in progress drawing on Japan’s oldest mythological record up close, through video, objects, and masks.

Toshi’s life: 1960s-1990sIn 1966, Toshihisa Yoda left Japan. He arrived in New York City in 1967 and embedded himself in...
05/29/2026

Toshi’s life: 1960s-1990s

In 1966, Toshihisa Yoda left Japan. He arrived in New York City in 1967 and embedded himself in the downtown art scene at one of its most electric moments, committed from the start to an uncompromising vision that drew equally from Japanese tradition and the visual language of the city around him.

These images trace those early years, the move, the neighborhoods, the work, his family, his lofts, and the city he arrived in as an outsider and spent sixty years making his home.

This summer, we celebrate his ongoing legacy. Continuum, 1967–Today opens June 4 at NowHere, 40 Lispenard St, Tribeca, and is a survey of six decades of work by an artist whose presence helped define the very history we were built to honor.
The exhibition is presented in two parts:

[Part 1] 1960s–1990s: June 4 – July 2 | Tue–Sat
[Part 2] 2000s–Today: July 9 – August 7 | Mon–Fri

Opening reception:
Wednesday June 10th, RSVP via link in bio

No extremities were lost and many new friends were gained! 🪓Thank you to Future Fair and everyone who stopped by Booth ...
05/18/2026

No extremities were lost and many new friends were gained! 🪓

Thank you to Future Fair and everyone who stopped by Booth R13 over the past few days! It was such a joy to share exonemo’s Hach/et with you.

Watching people engage with the work, spend time with it, talk about it, ask questions, that’s what it’s all about. The conversations and reactions made the whole experience.

A huge thank you also to the publications and platforms that covered and supported our work the fair:
The Wall Street Journal
Observer
Whitehot Magazine
ArtRabbit
ArtMajeur
My Modern Met

See you next time

05/13/2026

It’s happening!
Decals are up, see you for the grand opening June 10th
RSVP via link in bio

Opening exhibition announcementToshihisa Yoda: Continuum, 1967-TodayFor nearly sixty years, Toshihisa Yoda has painted i...
05/04/2026

Opening exhibition announcement

Toshihisa Yoda: Continuum, 1967-Today

For nearly sixty years, Toshihisa Yoda has painted in New York—steadily, on his own terms, and largely outside the fluctuations of fashion.

Opening our new space at 40 Lispenard Street, Continuum, 1967–Today presents a long-overdue survey of his practice through 30 selected works, from the 1960s to the present.

Presented in two parts, the exhibition traces the continuity of Yoda’s abstraction.

June 4 – August 7, 2026
Opening Reception: Wednesday, June 10, 6–8 PM
NowHere, 40 Lispenard Street, New York
Info via link in bio

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Painting titles (in order of appearance)
Untitled #70-11, 1970
Untitled 1976, 1976
Untitled #80-W1, 1980
Untitled #04-01, 2004
Umbrella Plant #22-03, 2022
Umbrella Plant #22-03, 2022
Artwork photo credit: Miki Yamato
Portrait photo credit: Fumi Nagasaka

What a weekend. 🌀Six shows. Six full houses. We are genuinely moved.This was Maiko Kikuchi’s first open studio and her ...
04/20/2026

What a weekend. 🌀

Six shows. Six full houses. We are genuinely moved.
This was Maiko Kikuchi’s first open studio and her debut performances of ‘Kojiki de Creation’ and she set an incredibly high bar.

Drawing on Japan’s oldest mythological record and weaving it through video, objects, and masks into something so unique and hilarious, Maiko showed us what this work-in-progress is already capable of becoming. We can’t wait to see where it goes.

Thank you to every single person who came through Suite 434 this weekend. The energy you brought into that room made these performances what they were.
And thank you to for your continued support — we’re looking forward to a wonderful year of creations together.

04/13/2026

🎭 [Free live event this weekend]

Maiko Kikuchi Maiko Kikuchi brings ‘Kojiki de Creation’ to life this weekend at DUMBO Open Studios Art in DUMBO, a work in progress drawing on Japan’s oldest mythological record, woven through video, objects, and masks into something surreal and transportive.

🕐 Catch a showing Saturday April 18 or Sunday April 19, 1–6PM at Suite #434, 20 Jay St.

Public showings at 2PM & 3:30PM are free, first come first served.

NowHere community members are also invited to a special 5PM performance both days — link in bio to secure your seat. Saturday is nearly full, so don’t wait.

DUMBO Open Studios
🗓️ April 18–19
📍 Suite #434, 20 Jay St, Brooklyn

04/10/2026

A video recap of our public projection show with MOTOMICHI / 元道.

A huge thank you to cass for making such a sweet video, to Shirley at Bank Art Gallery and TeddCycle for being so generous with your time and space to Awesome Newburgh for supporting this project, and to all those who came by to see what we were up to! A real team effort for a great little town!

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Thursday 11am - 6pm
Friday 11am - 6pm
Saturday 11am - 6pm
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