The bridge is also a device to help us see Japanese art better. Cityscapes: "Nihonbashi bridge and Teikoku Seima Kaisha Ltd. buidling," by Hori Kiyoshi (1935). KUBOSO MEMORIAL MUSEUM OF ARTS, IZUMI, OSAKA You might think that the clue is in the name of ...full story

He has also won a number of awards: Winner at the Toyamura International Sculpture Biennial in Japan in 1999; First Prize in the Sculpture Category in a biennial in Alcobendas, Madrid, Spain in 2000; Finalist at the Osaka Triennials in Japan in 1992, ...full story

... Osaka has visited the museum to advise on the installation, interpretation and conservation of the woodblocks. The exhibition will open to the public on July 21 and run through the summer, with an Autumn exhibition called The Art of Advertising, ...full story

Finally, although the Museum of Modern Art in New York has not yet announced it, Doryun Chong, a MoMA associate curator who was formerly at the Walker, is preparing an exhibition focusing on art made in Tokyo from 1955 through 1970. ...full story

"It is the most satisfactory exhibit in the best possible setting," exclaimed Yuka Uematsu, commissioner for the Japanese exhibit and chief curator at the National Museum of Art, Osaka. Tabaimo appeared content with her creation. ...full story

The National Museum of Art, Osaka, (06) 6447-4680, 4-2-55 Nakanoshima, Kita-ku, Osaka; 10-min. walk from Higobashi Station, Yotsubashi Line, or 15-min. walk from Yodoyabashi Station, Midosuji Line. 10 am-5 pm (Fri., till 7 pm). ¥1000. ...full story

First, it attempts to demonstrate that among the set of traditional Eiga attributions only the set of Sixteen Arahats (Rakan) paintings in the Fujita Museum of Art, Osaka, and the Nirvana (Nehan) painting in Daijuji, Mie Prefecture, can be deemed the ...full story

The National Museum of Art, Osaka, (06) 6447-4680, 4-2-55 Nakanoshima, Kita-ku, Osaka; 5-min. walk from Watanabebashi Station, Keihan Nakanoshima Line, or 10-min. walk from Higobashi Station, Yotsubashi Line. 10 am-5 pm (Fri., till 7 pm) ¥420. ...full story

More information on all the galleries is available on Art Osaka's website. The organisers of the events are also hosting “The power of Art to Tohoku”, of which a percentage of all sale proceeds will go to the victims of the recent natural catastrophes ...full story

... Taka Ishii Gallery Tokyo (2009); POSTERIORITY, Daiwa Press Viewing Room, Hiroshima (2009). Recent group shows include Kaza Ana / Air Hole: Another Form of Conceptualism from Asia, The National Museum of Art, Osaka; Quiet Attentions: Departure from ...full story