Toshimitsu Imai was an influential 20th-century Japanese painter. Best known for his monumental abstract works, Imai composed his canvases with a combination of thick impasto marks and fluid, inky lines to build chaotic, “allover” compositions.

Gallery Hayashi was established in Tokyo, Japan in 2008 as an art dealer specialising in 20th-century Japanese paintings and drawings. In 2018, co-directors Kohsuke Hayashi and Atsushi Suzuki launched Art Bridge to focus on the practices and artistic development of young emerging artists. GALLERY HAYASHI + ART BRIDGE exhibits the works of major Japanese post-war artists as well as emerging Asian and global contemporary artists.