Fans of vintage Japanese comics can now get a high degree in the art form. Kyoto Seika University, a private college in western Japan, is launching the nation's first doctoral program in manga, according to Australia's The Age. ...full story

The Osaka City Museum of Modern Art, now at the planning stage, will be built in the Nakanoshima district of Kita Ward, a narrow sandbank between the Dojima and Tosabori rivers that is considered by many as a symbol of Osaka. This exhibition, which is ...full story

NATIONAL MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, KYOTO The power of smell to conjure up nostalgic states and delicate yearnings is something that has long been recognized in Japanese culture, where the appreciation of fragrances was developed into kodo (the way of ...full story

After concluding at the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography on June 5, the "Exhibition of the JPS" will tour to the Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art in Nagoya (July 7-10), Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art (Aug. 9-14) and Hiroshima Prefectural Art ...full story

The Japanese capital of Tokyo has traditionally been seen as the centre of the country's art scene, but a major event in Kyoto is aiming to steal the limelight. Art Fair Tokyo is the biggest international art fair in Japan, but it had to be cancelled ...full story

Art views: "Real World 01, #041" (2006) by Seung Woo Back, one of the participating artists in Art Fair Kyoto. COURTESY OF MISA SHIN GALLERY Japan's largest commercial international art fair, Art Fair Tokyo, was postponed as its venue, ...full story

His most recent paintings in his solo exhibition at the imura art gallery, kyoto also show glimpses from behind his now all female figures. Part of this alludes to the young womenswear fashion show Tokyo Girls Collection, a contemporary phenomenon for ...full story

However, he became more well-known in the local and international art communities for his experimental, independent animation works. His one-man animation shows travelled from Tokyo and Kyoto to Sweden, Denmark, France, Germany, and the Czech Republic. ...full story

Born in Osaka she began her classical ballet training at age three. She has studied old Japanese mythological dances and undertook a multi-year pilgrimage, performing in every prefecture of Japan, and deepening within her the skill and spirit of Mai, ...full story

Strongly influenced by Pablo Picasso, he is known for his abstract paintings and sculptures, including his “Tower of the Sun” erected for the Osaka Expo in 1970. “Myth of Tomorrow,” created in Mexico in 1968-69, went missing for years but was ...full story