Is it your family name or do you acquire the title as masters of the art. There are 70 Katsura masters in Japan. It is a family name hailing from parts of Osaka and Tokyo and the art runs in our blood. Since you have done shows in various parts of the ...full story

It is clearly the metaphysical dimension of art that interests Osaka most, something that may have seemed unfashionable prior to the disaster but in the light of it gave her Triennale a peculiar poignancy. The international contribution was strong, ...full story

The samplers aim to highlight various art forms so that newcomers can get a sense of what they're in for if they choose to see more theater in Japan. The performances taking place at Yamamoto Noh Theater in Osaka this weekend will include rakugo (comic ...full story

His solo show at Osaka Kirin Plaza in 2006, and a 2007 joint show with contemporary artist Ushio Shinohara at Toyota Municipal Museum of Art in Aichi Prefecture, were his most prominent exhibitions. This exhibition is one of the largest to trace ...full story

Tokyo's Mitsubishi Ichigokan Museum will present the Clark exhibition from February 9 to May 26, 2013, followed by an exhibition at the Ando-designed Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art in Kobe from June 8 to September 1, 2013. “Our international tour has ...full story

According to sources well-versed in the art world, the writing style resembles a kind of graffiti -- considered in some circles as avant-garde art -- that was popular in the US in the 1980s. An Osaka Municipal Subway train found tagged with graffiti in ...full story

With a show titled "Ways of Worldmaking," you expect something big and with plenty of diversity — and The National Museum of Art, Osaka, mostly achieves this. Six individuals and three artist groups — all young and up-and-coming ...full story

In 1971, the gallery owner decided to open two branches, in Osaka and Paris; note that the Tamenaga gallery was the first ever Japanese gallery installed in Paris. At the moment, the Tamenaga gallery is managed by the founder's grandson, Tsugu Tamenaga ...full story

With four shows set to open at the Serpentine Gallery in London, Centre Pompidou, Festival d'Automne and Club Marbeuf in Paris, as well as two more in Tokyo and Osaka in the space of a few months, Sala is indeed a busy man. ...full story

Tapié proclaimed Gutai a kindred spirit to Informel, and when he came to Japan in 1957 with Informel painter Georges Mathieu, Gutai artists came to greet him at Osaka Station with flowers. Gutai's work was initially deeply experimental, ...full story