A particularly striking piece is the video installation Love/Sex/Death/Money/Life by the Kyoto based internationally renowned artist-collective DumbType. It was first shown in 1994 following the former director Teiji Furuhashi's announcement in 1992 ...full story

Other samples of his work are in the First Lady's Sculpture Garden of the White House, the Smithsonian's National Museum of American Art, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Osaka, Japan and in a number of Texas museums. Training for his exceptional ...full story

Nothing can match visiting a Shigemori garden, but Tokyo's Watari Museum of Contemporary Art (Watarium) has found a way to bring Shigemori's garden to the viewer. As well as a comprehensive visual history of Shigemori's work, including photographs, ...full story

By MATTHEW LARKING "Yayoi Kusama: Eternity of Eternal Eternity" at the National Museum of Art, Osaka, presents the "late" style of the internationally renowned artist. The works are nearly all new — the product of a surge of activity from 2004 that ...full story

The "Love @ Osaka Project" at Osaka Station City has started, aiming to celebrate Valentine's Day this month and White Day on March 14, the final day of the event. Part of the event is a "Love Photo" project, seeking photographs of your special ones ...full story

By ERIKO ARITA The skills involved in making handmade figures of anime characters inspire a respect on par to that of the traditional arts. The craftsmanship, artistic sense and passion surrounding the hobby are qualities that attract people from ...full story

By MATTHEW LARKING Last year was an excellent one for engaging Chinese art in western Japan. A series of exhibitions got underway with the airing of the Ueno Collection at the Kyoto National Museum in January, the superlative holdings of the Osaka ...full story

So there is a Japanese tradition in my work. I really like zen gardens and I often visited them in Japan, in Kyoto. And there is peace there. What do you want your audience to understand about you as an artist? I want my paintings to convey peace, ...full story

In the hills of East Tennessee, art vastly different from the familiar was on display in the Ewing Gallery. Hideki Kimura, contemporary printmaker and professor of printmaking at Kyoto City University of the Arts, gave an insightful lecture into the ...full story

The Katsura Rikyu garden at the Imperial Villa in the ancient capital of Kyoto again claimed second spot in the ranking, followed by Ritsurin Park in Kagawa Prefecture. Famed for its arched bridge and the excellence of the pruning of its pines, ...full story