{"id":8,"date":"2018-12-20T11:46:19","date_gmt":"2018-12-20T02:46:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.agat.co.jp\/agat\/english\/?page_id=6"},"modified":"2025-08-19T16:27:43","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T07:27:43","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.agat.co.jp\/english\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>AGA-T was founded in 1996 in the center of Nagoya city in Japan. Without rigidly focusing on genre or period, our gallery has been exhibiting Japanese and European fine art. Each year, we organize over ten exhibitions at our gallery and another three to four in the gallery spaces of leading department store such as Mitsukoshi. It is always our goal to satisfy the needs of our clientele in Japan through our wide selection of works and active events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.agat.co.jp\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01a-1024x640.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.agat.co.jp\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01a-1024x640.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.agat.co.jp\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01a-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.agat.co.jp\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01a-768x480.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.agat.co.jp\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01a-1536x960.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.agat.co.jp\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01a-2048x1280.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In recent years, we concentrated on finding and showcasing young promising Japanese artists. 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