Chim Pom, an art collective that focuses on guerrilla public art projects, is also featured at length. The first artist he interviews is Verbal, best known as part of the rap group Teriyaki Boyz, and his artist wife Yoon. What's striking about their ...full story
A woman takes pictures of goldfish as she visits the 'Art Aquarium' exhibition at Nihonbashi Mitsui Hall in Tokyo on Tuesday, September 6. More than 1000 goldfish are on display at the exhibition running until September 12, 2011. ...full story
An employee displays a gold tooth at a shop that purchases gold in the Ginza district of Tokyo August 23, 2011. By Martin de Sa'Pinto ZURICH (Reuters) - Some of the world's richest families are cutting their holdings in gold to take profits on the ...full story
It was a move made necessary due to the restrictive system of patriarchy and seniority that ruled the Tokyo art scene of the time. Although Japan was at the fore of postwar avant-garde art, such an art form was not considered a socially acceptable ...full story
The Pola Museum of Art in Hakone, a mountain resort town just west of Tokyo, said the 37 pieces were part of a gift from a private collector within Japan but declined to name their nationality. "These were completely unknown before, so we were quite ...full story
100 of the sets were presold at a special "Millennium Souvenir" retrospective exhibition dedicated to Kon's works, which was held from August 12 through August 24 at the Shinjuku Ophthalmologist Gallery in Tokyo. The other 200 sets have been on sale ...full story
26 2011 at 9:30 AM Artist Yuko Yabuki was born and raised in Japan, and studied at Tokyo Women's Art College, but the painter, who's been living in Phoenix since 1995, says she continually learns new things about Japanese art from tattoo artists. ...full story
... the building will feature a façade of the Tokyo-based starchitect's signature latticed wood, along with a number of new amenities including a roof-deck sculpture garden, a transparent elevator, a grand staircase, and a café. The Aspen Art Museum, ...full story
But the strength of this model is that it nonetheless acknowledges the necessary distinctions among art, entertainment and community outreach. Designed by Tokyo-based architects Atelier Bow-Wow, the Lab (or "traveling toolbox") is a two-story, ...full story
More than 200 paintings, drawings and sculptures by students from elementary and high schools in Soma, Fukushima Prefecture, will be on display in Tokyo at the Fukushima Kids Art Exhibition. The works help shed light on their ...full story
