The set also includes 12 different miniaturized storyboard packs, each with about 60 pages of art — enough for half a segment from an episode. 16 different illustrated cards with shiny holograms round out the set. Each 7000-yen (about US$91) box comes ...full story

Now, he's about to publish himself a real wingdinger of an art book. For the past year-plus, the 26-year-old voyeur has been working as an English instructor in the small Japanese town of Tango-Hanto, Kyoto prefecture. When he's not posting up in the ...full story

Tabaimo said the piece was inspired by the six years she spent living in Tokyo. “You get a glimpse of your neighbors and you begin to characterize them,” she said. “Your imagination takes flight.” For many viewers, Tabaimo's appeal starts with her ...full story

With a show titled "Ways of Worldmaking," you expect something big and with plenty of diversity — and The National Museum of Art, Osaka, mostly achieves this. Six individuals and three artist groups — all young and up-and-coming ...full story

In 1971, the gallery owner decided to open two branches, in Osaka and Paris; note that the Tamenaga gallery was the first ever Japanese gallery installed in Paris. At the moment, the Tamenaga gallery is managed by the founder's grandson, Tsugu Tamenaga ...full story

Across the road from the formidable ramparts of the Imperial Palace, the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, features a terrific retrospective by the Japanese-born, long European-resident painter and sculptor Leiko Ikemura. ...full story

This US premiere of Kobayashi's latest work explores the fragile beauty of maiko from Kyoto by by juxtaposing them with classic fashion poses and stark silhouettes. The exhibition will be open Oct. 7 to 23 in the George J. Doizaki Gallery/South Gallery ...full story

With four shows set to open at the Serpentine Gallery in London, Centre Pompidou, Festival d'Automne and Club Marbeuf in Paris, as well as two more in Tokyo and Osaka in the space of a few months, Sala is indeed a busy man. ...full story

Tapié proclaimed Gutai a kindred spirit to Informel, and when he came to Japan in 1957 with Informel painter Georges Mathieu, Gutai artists came to greet him at Osaka Station with flowers. Gutai's work was initially deeply experimental, ...full story

Eriko Osaka, the exhibition's director general, is also director of its main venue, the capacious Yokohama Museum of Art. Outlining some of the difficulties she and her team faced, she says, “Our press conference to announce the programme was scheduled ...full story