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Entrance to an exhibition with large black lettering on the glass reading “Alan Kitching: A Living Legacy of Letterpress,” with gallery tables and colourful typographic artworks visible inside.

Alan Kitching: Living Legacy of Letterpress

Start date: 13 October 2026
End date: 21 October 2026
Time: 11:00 am – 6:00 pm
In-person at ddd gallery, 3F COCON KARASUMA, 620 Suiginya-cho, Karasuma-dori Shijo-sagaru, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto City 600 8411, Japan
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Entrance to an exhibition with large black lettering on the glass reading “Alan Kitching: A Living Legacy of Letterpress,” with gallery tables and colourful typographic artworks visible inside.

Alan Kitching’s first full scale exhibition in Japan brings a vast array of his work to an international audience.

Alan Kitching has had a long and eventful creative life. His latest adventure is a big exhibition at the ddd gallery in Kyoto, Japan, entitled ‘Alan Kitching: Living Legacy of Letterpress’. The show features more than 80 works that span his career from the 1960s to earlier this year.

Opening hours and closures
Tuesday-Friday: 11:00am-7:00pm
Saturday, Sunday, and National Holidays: 11:00am-6:00pm
Closed: Monday

There will be a gallery talk and closing party taking place in the Kyoto gallery on 21 October (4:30pm-7pm). Registration begins here on 14 September. Alan Kitching will be speaking at the event, along with graphic designer Duncan Brotherton. More information here.