Artist Takao Tanabe turns 100

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Happy 100th birthday to legendary artist Takao Tanabe!
Iconic painter Takao Tanabe turned 100 on Sept. 16, 2026. Curators Kiriko Watanabe and Sherri Kajiwara discuss his live and ongoing legacy on CBC North by Northwest with Margaret Gallagher.

Listen to the recording online.

Tak Tanabe seated in a wheelchair alongside Sherri and Karah, all smiling and holding glasses of wine at an indoor event.
From Left: Karah Foster, Takao Tanabe, and Sherri Kajiwara.

The catalog for his current exhibition at the Audain Art Museum, Takao Tanabe: Inside Passage (2026), as well as the 2016 Nikkei National Museum catalog, Takao Tanabe: Sumie Ink Brush Paintings as well as the art print (unframed) are available at our museum shop.

Takao Tanabe books on the bookshelf in the museum shop.

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