Pacifico Yokohama may experience some déjà vu when the inaugural Tokyo Gendai (July 7–9) arrives this week. The same venue also hosted the first Art Fair Tokyo back in 1992. While the Japanese art ...
Japan is eager to get back into the global art world with the expanded editions of Art Week Tokyo and Art Collaboration Kyoto. At the launch of AWT Focus, Art Week Tokyo's new curated sales platform, ...
THE magnificent exhibition of classical Japanese painting and sculpture which toured the United States two years ago amazed the American museum public with its revelation of a tradition comparable in ...
The West was trending in Japan 150 years ago. That might seem like a silly way to put it, but it’s also true. After two centuries of isolationist policy, Japan was forcibly opened up to foreign ...
In June, when introducing two special exhibitions to the crowd gathered for an opening reception, Dayton Art Institute Asian Art Curator Peter Doebler asked the audience to bring to mind a McDonald’s ...
Toyo Ito & Associates, Architects, Sendai Mediatheque, Miyagi, Japan (1995-2001); left: exterior view; right: detail of interior support tube (photos ©Naoya Hatakeyama, courtesy of The Museum of ...
Japanese collectors spent billions on European paintings during the bubble economy of the 1980s. Officials today hope to inspire a new generation of art lovers. The artist Yuko Mohri in her studio ...
The Japanese-born art historian Reiko Tomii is one of those researchers who is both passionate about her subjects and recognized among her peers for her meticulous mapping of the cultural-intellectual ...
“Prism of the Real,” on through Dec. 8, explores how artists challenged the structures of power by creating new spaces for dialogue and experimentation. Photo: Keizo Kioku When thinking about art in ...
This work evokes ephemeral beauty unique to Japan, such as the moon in the night sky and cherry blossoms falling. 2. Subway Exit (ZUGAKOUSAKU & KURIEITO) 250 Meters Up! Humorous and impactful. A clear ...
Translation of chapters 7-9 from: Bijutsu no Nihon kin-gendaishi : seido, gensetsu, zōkei = Histories of modern and contemporary Japan through art : institutions, discourse, practice / henshūiin, ...
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