Wakabayashi will also discuss how these innovative ideas are being passed to the young generations, based on his ongoing career as a professor at the Kyoto University of Art and Design. “I'm very proud to present this special event in cooperation with ...full story

All profits from the sale of the benefit poster will be donated to Architecture for Humanity and its team of local pro bono building professionals in Kyoto, Osaka, Sendai and Tokyo for long-term reconstruction efforts.and more »full story

At the ARTZONE Gallery in Kyoto City, Japan, Tato Architects managed to construct an intriguing and (remarkably) structurally sound installation using 3M's wonderful invention. Tato was commissioned to create an art installation that set the backdrop ...full story

... fourth installment of this large-scale art event, differs from its predecessors in that it is being held primarily in a venue designed for showing art — the Yokohama Museum of Art. This has allowed the curators — the director general, Eriko Osaka ...full story

The public lecture offers insight into the design and production process of the often complex and intricate work on display in his current solo exhibition titled "Synthesis" at the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo. Nawa grew up in the Kansai region and ...full story

Suzuki and Choshi are studying at Okazaki University and both are from cities in Aichi prefecture, between Tokyo and Osaka. Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki also is from Aichi prefecture. Suzuki and Choshi said O Bon, too, ...full story

4. The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto; (075) 761-4111; Okazaki Enshoji-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto; 10-min. walk from Higashiyama Station, Tozai Line. 9:30 am-5 pm (Fri., till 8 pm) ¥1300. Closed Mon. www.momak.go.jp.full story

OSAKA — Sculptures adorning the sidewalks along Osaka's Midosuji street were found clad in red one morning in July, sparking speculation as to who did it and why. Art on art: A sculpture featuring two ballerinas dancing on a pedestal is seen along ...full story

This year, the Triennale is being held at the Yokohama Museum of Art and the NYK Waterfront Warehouse. The director general is Eriko Osaka, director of the Yokohama Museum of Art and the event's artistic director is Akiko Miki, chief curator at the ...full story

Takagi's exhibition "Blender" is the latest public art project to come to Times Square. Artist Hidemi Takagi found this Colombian guava paste in Hamilton Heights, Manhattan. (Hidemi Takagi) Takagi, who was born in Kyoto, Japan and now calls Brooklyn ...full story