The participating galleries are Osaka City Museum of Modern Art; The Museum of Modern Art, Shiga; Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art; The Museum of Modern Art, Wakayama; The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto; and The National Museum of Art, ... full story
I also opened an art gallery in Osaka that I painted all red called the Red Museum. When I wear red, I don't feel like I'm getting older. Do you ever not wear red? Only if I'm going to a funeral. Why are you in New York? I'm doing an art project where ... full story
The teaching of these and others sympathetic to the nihonga enterprise at the Tokyo Art Institute and the Academy helped nurture a new generation of younger artists, notably Shimomura Kanzan, Yokoyama Taikan and Hishida Shunso. The first room of the ... full story
On January 25th, three days after his 85th birthday, legendary artist Shozo Shimamoto died of heart failure. A memorial event titled Shozo-ism was held at Hotel Novotel Koshien, Osaka West in Japan on March 13th. Another memorial is ongoing. Quoting ... full story
In 2012 Burns received the inaugural Fugitive Structures commission at Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation and designed the winning entry in The Architecture Foundation's invited competition to transform Gibbon's Rent into a public garden. In 2011 he ... full story
The Japanese artist began her career in the late 1940s in Kyoto, but was quickly inspired by the unconventional style of abstract expressionists in the United States. Kusama moved to New York in 1957, showing her works besides the likes of Andy Warhol ... full story
“Shangaa: Art of Tanzania.” More than 150 objects, from the 19th century to today, showcase the traditional arts of Tanzania, illustrating how its art channels healing energy, embodies authority, addresses the spiritual and celebrates life. June 8 to ... full story
OSAKA--It was an e-mail inquiry from a reader that alerted us to an intriguing piece of art sitting quietly atop a building in Honmachi, the bustling business district here in Osaka. Called the "Honmachi Building," the modest nine-story structure ... full story
“In late April, we are also bringing the New City Art Fair to Osaka, where there are a very small number of contemporary galleries in relation to its population. We are also exploring the possibility of having a Kansai-based art fair that might combine ... full story
By now, the looks, character and history of Gutai, the post-World War II Japanese art movement born in 1954 in Ashiya, between Osaka and Kobe, are familiar to regular viewers of modern-art exhibitions in Japan. Last summer's “Gutai: The Spirit of an ... full story
