Baron Osuna, from the Kyoto-based Super Window Project, placed a €5000 ($6920) floor sculpture by Sandrine Pelletier in the Caldic Collection. "I like the intellectual flavor of the fair," said Osuna, who is also showing works by Soshi Mastunobe and LG ...full story

The samplers aim to highlight various art forms so that newcomers can get a sense of what they're in for if they choose to see more theater in Japan. The performances taking place at Yamamoto Noh Theater in Osaka this weekend will include rakugo (comic ...full story

During his retirement, well into his 90s, Pei has worked on three structures, said Goldberger: the Miho Museum in Kyoto, Japan, the Suzhou Museum near his childhood home in China, and finally his masterpiece, the Museum of Islamic Art in Doha. ...full story

His solo show at Osaka Kirin Plaza in 2006, and a 2007 joint show with contemporary artist Ushio Shinohara at Toyota Municipal Museum of Art in Aichi Prefecture, were his most prominent exhibitions. This exhibition is one of the largest to trace ...full story

Jeff Shore is Professor of Zen in the Modern World at Hanazono University, Kyoto, Japan. He has studied and practiced Zen Buddhism for almost 40 years. Cost: $10, $7 for members, in advance and at the door. Also on display is the exhibit “Small ...full story

Tokyo's Mitsubishi Ichigokan Museum will present the Clark exhibition from February 9 to May 26, 2013, followed by an exhibition at the Ando-designed Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art in Kobe from June 8 to September 1, 2013. “Our international tour has ...full story

According to sources well-versed in the art world, the writing style resembles a kind of graffiti -- considered in some circles as avant-garde art -- that was popular in the US in the 1980s. An Osaka Municipal Subway train found tagged with graffiti in ...full story

Oct 21, 2011 (Japan Times - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- Osaka's Keihan Electric Line might not seem like the ideal gallery space, but the city's Art Area B1 is hoping to change that. "Nishino Travelers: Where is your ...full story

Unsurprisingly, no Americans were hiding out at Tokyo and Kyoto-based Taka Ishii Gallery either. But that's nothing new to director Jeffrey Rosen. “We're a Japanese gallery so we're on the periphery,” he said. “It's not like there are people running to ...full story

Where human figures are represented in the collection, it is generally due to their association with an animal or imaginary creature. he top lot of the sale, a finely detailed ivory netsuke of a stag by the Kyoto master Okatomo, late 18th/early 19th ...full story