It's a performance art piece modeled after Yoko Ono's 1964 work “Cut Piece,” which she premiered in Kyoto, Japan, and repeated at least a half-dozen times with slight variations. In it, she knelt onstage while audience members snipped pieces from a ...full story

... given a Lifetime Achievement Award by the International Centre of Photography and his work has been the subject of solo exhibitions at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; The Cartier Foundation, Paris; and The National Museum of Art, Osaka.full story

"I started with a very kind of, a revelation at the time of the “Out of Action” show and I saw Fontana working in Milan, and Shimamoto working in Osaka and realizing that at the same time, 1950, they were both doing these remarkable works, that ...full story

... given a Lifetime Achievement Award by the International Centre of Photography and his work has been the subject of solo exhibitions at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; The Cartier Foundation, Paris; and The National Museum of Art, Osaka.full story

Also, they're associated with everything from good luck and happiness to prosperity and abundance — so it's not hard to imagine that, beyond the fun factor, these art installations are a welcome addition to the streets of Osaka. * Susan DeFreitas ...full story

The reference is to Ogata Korin, an artist central to its history. Korin, born in Kyoto in 1658, the son of a wealthy cloth merchant, studied painting under teachers associated with the conservative, Chinese-influenced Kano family style favored by the ...full story

The ceremony will be presented in the Wind in the Pines Hut, which was built for the museum in Kyoto, Japan, and reassembled on the museum grounds. Admission is free but seating is limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis. Guests are ...full story

The city of Kyoto will entertain visitors with Kyoto International Performing Arts Festival from Saturday until Oct. 28. In addition to performances by artists from Brazil, Britain, Germany, Ireland, Japan and Singapore, various lectures, exhibitions ...full story

Manga is a type of comic book which conforms to a style of Japanese art that dates back to the late 19th century. Since the 1950s, the medium has grown to become one of the most popular reading forms in the region with people of all ages indulging in ...full story

It will be fascinating to see how Ikezawa's creative way of improvising complements Amplified Elephant's avant-garde sound art. Ikezawa is a renowned figure in Tokyo's experimental music scene and plays in a lot of bands including Oncenth Trio and OKHP.full story