Art was originally a way to share ideas with others and record information for the future. But how images or symbols are actually interpreted has always depended on the viewer and his or her personal experience. Tomoko Kawao, an artist based in Kyoto, ...full story

Charles Jones, of Boston, created Kyoto, the elephant (pictured). "The gas mask for an elephant in the show is very, very interesting and is getting a lot of attention," she said. "The story behind the piece is quite a tale, and I think that many would ...full story

From its original base in Kyoto to its later establishment in Edo, present-day Tokyo, the Kano school held a firm grip on the Japanese art world from the middle of the Muromachi Period (1392-1573) to the Meiji Era (1868-1912) — a grip ...full story

He co-directed the Center for Asian Arts and promoted cultural exchange between the US and Japan. One of his projects was running the Kyoto Program, wherein University of Washington students studied in Kyoto under the foremost figures in Japanese ...full story

The company is also looking abroad and established partnership with Universal Studios in Osaka, Japan in September, with an eye on art performances and festivals at first, according to Ni. The group acquired a high-tech entertainment company from ...full story

"We must have gone to every museum and art space in and around Tokyo - we met everyone and saw everything," Robb laughs. "It was an incredible crash course in contemporary Japanese art. What we really noticed was this intergenerational interest in ...full story

In August, artist Mithu Sen built another Taj Mahal in Poland. This one was bleeding. It lamented all it saw. In April, she flew to Taipei with sheets of Kyoto paper pasted on light boxes. These showed painted images of chirping birds and uprooted ...full story

The world record for netsuke sold at auction was broken three times during the sale: a rare ivory netsuke of two recumbent stallions by Masanao, one of the great Masters of the Kyoto period, sold for £169250. Selling for £193250, an ivory netsuke of a ...full story

Is it your family name or do you acquire the title as masters of the art. There are 70 Katsura masters in Japan. It is a family name hailing from parts of Osaka and Tokyo and the art runs in our blood. Since you have done shows in various parts of the ...full story

It is clearly the metaphysical dimension of art that interests Osaka most, something that may have seemed unfashionable prior to the disaster but in the light of it gave her Triennale a peculiar poignancy. The international contribution was strong, ...full story