Pierre Bonnard was born in 1867 in France which was one year before the Meiji Restoration in Japan. His father had hoped that Bonnard would become a barrister but clearly Bonnard was destined for the art world. In the early 1890s Bonnard met the ... full story
This summer, a pop-up in the Tokyo Museum of Contemporary Art is slathering another dollop of weirdness onto the city's cultural canvas. It's a show for infants and pre-schoolers that is named "Ghosts, Underpants, and Stars" after the "three keywords ... full story
Paul Gauguin stated “without art there is no salvation” but even in death the “salvation” is mixed for this individual. Likewise, for Yumeji Takehisa even in death you still don't have any real “salvation” when it applies to international recognition ... full story
Something's happening at 3331 Arts Chiyoda. The floor is carpeted with artificial turf, the gallery assistants are sporting bright orange jumpsuits and the walls are painted a cloudless blue. Mobiles and model aircraft are suspended from the ceiling ... full story
Lowry studied at the Manchester Academy of Fine Art and at Salford Royal Technical College. His knowledge of French Impressionism and the influence of Ford Madox Brown and Rossetti on his thinking played an important role. However, Lowry was not ... full story
What happens when a performance art or street intervention doesn't go exactly as planned? Artists end up chasing holy cows or come within an inch of being lynched by angry city residents. We invited three contemporary artists to give us a behind-the ... full story
The Art Gallery of New South Wales in Sydney (AGNSW) has received A$10.8m ($9.9m) from the State government to finance the planning stages of a major expansion project, which would see the construction of a new building and double the size of the ... full story
INSPIRED BY NATURE: Devonport artist Jennifer Frost has an exhibition of art jewellery and artworks opening at Federation Square, Melbourne. Picture: Jason Hollister. HAVING an exhibition in the prestigious location of Melbourne's Federation Square is ... full story
Beijing's street names can be deceptive. Visitors to No 7A Small Arch hutong, just inside the city's second ring road, might get a little more than they bargained for. Long gone is the stone gateway that once marked the entrance to this network of ... full story
... at the University of Hong Kong. Her representative works include Cosmology and Political Culture in Early China, Cambridge University Press, 2000/2006, and the Wuming (No Name) Painting Catalogue, 13 volumes, Hong Kong University Press, 2009.full story
