Batta Mon works that will be on display at an Osaka art gallery in November are pictured in this photo courtesy of artist Mitsuhiro Okamoto. ...full story

For the past three years in Tokyo, the end of October has meant one thing in the city's art world, and it's not Halloween. ...full story

Born in Osaka, the artist moved from Japan to Germany in 1997, to study under the performance art maven Marina Abramović. For one of her early works, ...full story

Diedo Moriyama is also exhibited with Nobuyoshi Araki at Taka Ishii, showing for the first time at FIAC alongside fellow Tokyo galleries, Tomio Koyama and ...full story

Nihonga tends to geographically divide between the city rivalries of Kyoto and Tokyo (though others such as Osaka might make strong bids) each with their ...full story

An amusing example can be found displayed at the Tomio Koyama Gallery, which is running an Aoki exhibition concurrent with another at eN arts in Kyoto. ...full story

... of the Jury Committee of the Asian Art Biennale Eriko Osaka of Japan and Prof Rafiqun Nabi were also present as guests of honour at the inauguration. ...full story

Similar events have been held in Gwangju and Busan in South Korea, Shanghai and Guangzhou in China, as well as in Taipei and Singapore. ...full story

"The Avant-Garde of Nihonga 1938-1949" at the National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto takes issue with nihonga (Japanese-style painting) of ...full story

... Yabuuchi is renowned for his unique wooden carvings and teaches art conservation and restoration at Tokyo University of the Arts. Hailing from Osaka, ...full story