Originally from Osaka, Japan, Sekino-Bove graduated with a BA in graphic design. She moved to the US to further her studies in advertising however a passion for ceramic art soon blossomed into a career. On the second floor gallery owner Soo Rye Yoo ...full story

The Idemitsu Museum in Tokyo and the Museum of Oriental Ceramics in Osaka, for instance, have acquired some of their masterpieces from Hirano Kotoken. More recently, the gallery also explored the field of contemporary art, supporting young emerging ...full story

Other samples of his work are in the First Lady's Sculpture Garden of the White House, the Smithsonian's National Museum of American Art, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Osaka, Japan and in a number of Texas museums. Training for his exceptional ...full story

By MATTHEW LARKING "Yayoi Kusama: Eternity of Eternal Eternity" at the National Museum of Art, Osaka, presents the "late" style of the internationally renowned artist. The works are nearly all new — the product of a surge of activity from 2004 that ...full story

By ERIKO ARITA The skills involved in making handmade figures of anime characters inspire a respect on par to that of the traditional arts. The craftsmanship, artistic sense and passion surrounding the hobby are qualities that attract people from ...full story

By MATTHEW LARKING Last year was an excellent one for engaging Chinese art in western Japan. A series of exhibitions got underway with the airing of the Ueno Collection at the Kyoto National Museum in January, the superlative holdings of the Osaka ...full story

The young artist first made her splash as part of the Osaka art collective Digmeout. She's done art for music games GuitarFreaks and DrumMania, but her highest profile work to date is lead character and weapon design for Goichi Suda's upcoming ...full story

Tokyo Art Beat's interns conducted a survey earlier this year of its users, hoping to glean information not just about the people who visit the website or use the apps or Art Map, but also about the Tokyo art world in general. ...full story

The company is also looking abroad and established partnership with Universal Studios in Osaka, Japan in September, with an eye on art performances and festivals at first, according to Ni. The group acquired a high-tech entertainment company from ...full story

"We must have gone to every museum and art space in and around Tokyo - we met everyone and saw everything," Robb laughs. "It was an incredible crash course in contemporary Japanese art. What we really noticed was this intergenerational interest in ...full story