"A Close Look at Kyoto's Painting Studios" at the Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art is concerned with Kyoto gadan (modern nihonga [Japanese painting] circles), an appellation coined in 1911 at a lecture by the principal of the Kyoto Municipal Special ...full story
By Ellen Himelfarb. While Hong Kong's art world has seen a steady stream of gallery openings in recent years, its cultural rival Singapore is hoping to vault ahead with its freshly opened 4,800sq m contemporary art hub of 13 international galleries.full story
In 1962, she returned to Tokyo where she extended her New York performance at the Sogetsu Art Center. In 1964 she performed Cut Piece in Kyoto and Tokyo and published Grapefruit. At the end of that year she returned to New York, and in 1965 and 1966 ...full story
In 1962, she returned to Tokyo where she extended her New York performance at the Sogetsu Art Center. In 1964 she performed Cut Piece in Kyoto and Tokyo and published Grapefruit. At the end of that year she returned to New York, and in 1965 and 1966 ...full story
It's a performance art piece modeled after Yoko Ono's 1964 work “Cut Piece,” which she premiered in Kyoto, Japan, and repeated at least a half-dozen times with slight variations. In it, she knelt onstage while audience members snipped pieces from a ...full story
The reference is to Ogata Korin, an artist central to its history. Korin, born in Kyoto in 1658, the son of a wealthy cloth merchant, studied painting under teachers associated with the conservative, Chinese-influenced Kano family style favored by the ...full story
The ceremony will be presented in the Wind in the Pines Hut, which was built for the museum in Kyoto, Japan, and reassembled on the museum grounds. Admission is free but seating is limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis. Guests are ...full story
The city of Kyoto will entertain visitors with Kyoto International Performing Arts Festival from Saturday until Oct. 28. In addition to performances by artists from Brazil, Britain, Germany, Ireland, Japan and Singapore, various lectures, exhibitions ...full story
Manga is a type of comic book which conforms to a style of Japanese art that dates back to the late 19th century. Since the 1950s, the medium has grown to become one of the most popular reading forms in the region with people of all ages indulging in ...full story
It will be fascinating to see how Ikezawa's creative way of improvising complements Amplified Elephant's avant-garde sound art. Ikezawa is a renowned figure in Tokyo's experimental music scene and plays in a lot of bands including Oncenth Trio and OKHP.full story
