Chim Pom's Ryuta Ushiro shows us through the exhibition at Tokyo's Watari Museum of Contemporary Art in Tokyo's hip Shibuya area. He brings us first to a piece comprising several stuffed rats dyed yellow-green and mounted in glass cases in heroic poses ...full story

For all its size and state backing, though, Art Beijing does not draw the city's biggest players. Noticeably absent from the list of exhibitors are some of 798′s best-known names, including the Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing Tokyo Art ...full story

His retrospective, which will include 40 major works filling 16000 square feet of the museum, originated at the Mori Art Museum in Tokyo in 2009. The artist gave it the title “According to What?,” a nod to Jasper Johns, whose seminal painting with a ...full story

He maintained a friendship with!! manga creator and anime director Hayao Miyazaki (another artist initially attached to Little Nemo ) for decades. Otomo's GENGA art exhibit is running at Tokyo's 3331 Arts Chiyoda center until May 30.and more »full story

The Hoki Museum, about an hour's drive from Tokyo, is one of a slew of outstanding new centers that take Japan's reputation for cutting-edge art to another level. Currently, it's taking a fresh look at Realist art through one of the year's must-see ...full story

The selected posters will be on display at the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in Toyama. The museum is located in the corner of Johnan Park near the center of the city. Japan Graphic Designers Association (JAGDA), Tokyo Art Directors ...full story

As far as hitting the right notes emotionally, the Tokyo Dome evening was high C above high C for him too. “The four hits in this atmosphere,” he said, “are feelings that will stay with me.” The frenzy surrounding him on this trip was enough to scare a ...full story

Famed avant-garde artist Yayoi Kusama unveiled her latest works, made of huge balloons, before they are displayed this weekend at an art festival in Tokyo's Roppongi district. Love doll: Avant-garde artist Yayoi Kusama appears Thursday with her latest ...full story

In 2009, Ichiro's image was everywhere on Tokyo's trains advertising a Kirin beer that was touted as the world's first true 0 percent alcohol beer. Besides the Ichiro association, the beer was boosted by awareness of Japan's ultra-strict DWI laws.Ichiro, back on native soilTheNewsTribune.com (full story

A masterpiece by US artist Jackson Pollock is being exhibited at a Tokyo museum in its first trip outside Iran in more than three decades. Museum of Contemporary Art, which has an estimated value of $250 million. "Mural on Indian Red Ground", ...full story