Founded in 1967 in Ginza, the heart of Tokyo, Whitestone Gallery is one of the pioneering galleries in Japan. During early years, the gallery’s main focus is more on promoting Nihonga and L’Ecole de Paris art works, and then it gradually shifted to the significant modern and contemporary Japanese artists, e.g. Recently, along with these postwar Japanese artists and rising talents from contemporary
art scene, Whitestone gallery has especially concentrated on introducing the avant-garde artist group “GUTAI Art Association” to the collectors, e.g. Jiro Yoshihara, Kazuo Shiraga, Atsuko Tanaka, Shozo Shimamoto and Chiyu Uemae. In 2012, the gallery opened the Karuizawa New Art Museum in Karuizawa city, the most renowned resort area in Japan. The mission of the museum is to reframe Japanese art into a global conversation on artistic innovation, at the same time, to encourage community based enlightenment of art through various public programs. Karuizawa New Art Museum held an exhibition “Gutai-jin” in 2015, gathered over than 120 works from the Gutai maestros. This exhibition not only displayed the museum’s academic success in depth, but also established the gallery’s leading position in Gutai art. Based on the belief in “Art has no boundaries”, Whitestone Gallery is very active in participating art fairs for years in order to broaden the global market. The footprints have reached out worldwide, including New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami, London, Cologne, Moscow, Sydney, Rio, Dubai, Singapore, Jakarta, Seoul, Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Taipei, Kaohsiung, and etc. Regarding overseas art spaces, Whitestone Gallery opened its first overseas gallery in 2015 in Wong Chuk Hang, an emerging art district in the south of HK Island. By establishing itself in the local community, Whitestone Gallery is rapidly expanding its core areas of Asian art. The gallery also commissioned Kengo Kuma, the famous architect in charge of the 2020 Olympic venues in Tokyo, to design the third international base in Taipei, Taiwan, which opened in the spring of 2017. The Singapore art space is about to open in January 2023, and preparations are ongoing for several international locations. Continue to advance the global operations of Whitestone Gallery. Cultivating cooperation and collaborating with international art talents to create the dialogue between West and East.
白石畫廊於1967年在東京的最核心地帶銀座成立，是日本具有前瞻性的畫廊之一。畫廊早年推廣傳統日本畫及巴黎畫派作品，隨即將重心轉移至現代及當代出色的日本藝術家，如﹕草間彌生。近來，除了這些戰後的前輩藝術家及正嶄露頭角的當代藝術新星，白石畫廊更專精於推介日本重要前衛藝術團體「具體美術家協會」的藝術巨作，如﹕吉原治良﹑白髮一雄﹑田中敦子﹑嶋本昭三﹑上前智祐…等。
2012年白石畫廊在日本著名的度假勝地輕井澤創建了新藝術美術館。美術館的使命在於，以革新的方式重塑日本藝術且進行國際對話，同時藉由公眾活動促進在地的美術啟蒙。2015年，新藝術美術館舉辦｢具体人｣大展，全面展出了具體派藝術大師逾120件的作品。此一富里程碑意義的展覽，不但表現了美術館於學術研究上的精深，更奠定了白石畫廊在具體派藝術的領導地位。
秉持著｢藝術無國界｣的信念，白石畫廊多年來積極參與海外的藝術博覽會，拓展國際市場，足跡遍布紐約﹑芝加哥﹑洛杉磯﹑邁阿密﹑倫敦﹑科隆﹑莫斯科﹑雪梨﹑巴西﹑杜拜﹑新加坡﹑雅加達﹑首爾﹑北京﹑上海﹑香港﹑台北及高雄等地。
海外藝術空間部分，2015年，白石畫廊第一家海外經營的畫廊在香港島南部的藝術新興區黃竹坑開幕，2018年更在香港藝術及品質生活的黃金核心地段H Queen 設立空間。藉由在地紮根，白石畫廊正與各個亞洲的藝術核心區域，快速同步成長。畫廊更力邀負責2020年東京奧運會場館的建築大師隈研吾，設計於2017年春開幕的台灣台北第三個國際據點。2023年一月，新加坡的藝術空間也即將開幕，多個海外據點持續籌備之中。繼續邁進白石畫廊全球化經營的腳步，展開與國際優秀藝術家的合作與東西對話。
