A significant portion of the rest comes from the International Research Center for Japanese Studies in Kyoto. Clark's preferred definition of shunga is “sexually explicit art”—with the emphasis on “art.” He observes that “the combination of something ...full story
Osaka was obsessively in love withkabuki… its actors and dramas… with the milieu of the theatre and the associated bohemian world of arts appreciation, poetry cliques and modern ideas. Woodblock printing more or less ceased to exist for several years ...full story
Being a city filled with diverse culture and creativity, Mumbai will witness a week-long celebration of Art, uniqueness and culture through GoodHomes forArt-an initiative by GoodHomes magazine commencing from 25th November to 1st December, in order to ...full story
George Souris wants Sydney's cultural insti tutions to grow so they can overcome the arts world behemoths in Melbourne, Brisbane and Hobart, but they will increasingly have to find private money to fund their operations. The Arts Minister wants the Art ...full story
Far removed from the familiar world of Archie or Walt Disney, manga finds new fans who are choosing careers to cash in on the growing popularity of the Japanese subculture. Yolande ... Nineteen-year-old Pracheta Banerjee began to seriously think of a ...full story
"I often say that I don't take people's portraits, but cities'," she explains of her images from London, Barcelona, Naples, Tel Aviv, Venice, Hanoi and more. The work is intimate yet also has a sense of energy and rhythm as the breeze blows her ...full story
In 2007, he travelled to the world capital of art, New York, to continue acquiring knowledge in The School of Visual Arts and in The Art Students League, where he was introduced by the artist C. Hantman and received the explicit recognition of his ...full story
Thirty-fouryear-old architect and designer Ashiesh Shah and the restaurant's owner, Mishali Sanghani are her collaborators on a first-in-Mumbai public art project. Photographer Chirodeep Chaudhuri's pictures, Rehaan Engineer's drawings on brown ...full story
Born in Aichi Prefecture and graduating from Kyoto City University of Arts (M.A.) she has brought in katazome, a traditional dyeing method in Japan, to the world of painting, and has created new contemporary art. She has won 19 prizes including Kyoto ...full story
The Delhi-based art collector Kiran Nadar describes India's often lacklustre museum scene more politely: “India has a great heritage of art, but unfortunately it's kind of lost at the moment. Museums are not on people's agendas, especially in Delhi. In ...full story
