The Ferguson Center Art Gallery will be presenting works of Toko Shinoda this month on The University of Alabama campus. Shinoda was born in Dairen, Manchuria, in 1913 and moved to Tokyo in 1914. She studied calligraphy from 1919-1935 and then ...full story

From 8 March to 26 May 2013, the Museum of Modern Art in Tokyo will be presenting an exhibition dedicated to Francis Bacon. A celebration of the death of the artist, 20 years ago, was held in 2012. On this occasion, 33 of the painter's works were ...full story

In 1992 architect John Hejduk declared the experience of his work as purely reflective of the times, experienced as if they, his buildings, could be anywhere or of any particular time. They contained something that will always attract and pull you in ...full story

... media was an art form. Surprisingly, the subject matter of those artists in Edo (later Tokyo) closely resembled that of today's popular culture: entertainers, famous actors, beautiful people, sports stars and sumptuous images from the worlds of ...full story

Taiwanese animation artist Tsai Shiu-cheng's "Time of Cherry Blossoms" won the Grand Prix prize in the Open Entries category of the Tokyo Anime Awards (TAA) competition. It is the second work from Taiwan to win the top prize, following "Adventures in ...full story

Some of Tokyo's artistic responses to the postwar period have been part of the exhibit at the Museum of Modern Art, "Tokyo 1955-1970: A New Avant-Garde," closing Monday. This dense exhibition covers a number of art movements that helped launch Tokyo ...full story

This February marks the sixteenth year of the Japan Media Arts Festival, first held in 1997. With the National Art Centre, Tokyo (NACT) as the main venue, additional symposiums, performances, and screenings are also taking place at satellite sites ...full story

The ongoing investigation/crackdown on photographer Leslie Kee and his art book that contained uncensored images of male nudity has led to two arrests at the Tokyo printing company that produced the “obscene” material. The Tokyo Metropolitan Police ...full story

The boundaries of art and pornography in Japan have been tested before: In 2003, a Tokyo High Court banned the sale of a monograph of Robert Mapplethorpe's work published by Takashi Asai on charges of indecency. (This was overturned in 2008 by ...full story

As they wave the stuffed birds from the ground or from the windows of moving vehicles, massive flocks of crows swarm behind them. “We wanted to show how the Tokyo sky really looks,” says art collective member Yasutaka Hayaski. “Tokyo Waka” doesn't do ...full story