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Japanese Art in a Dramatic Period of History: Yokoyama Taikan - Modern Tokyo Times kyoto
6th November 2013

The Japanese artist Yokoyama Taikan (1868-1958) was born in the year of the Meiji Restoration which was meant to usher in a period of new dynamics related to modernity. It is factual that many major changes did occur during the Meiji period but ... full story
VOX POPULI: The difference between good and bad art - Asahi Shimbun kyoto
28th October 2013

A group of boisterous drunken men twirl around as they two-step across Kyoto's Gojo-ohashi bridge on their way back from a "hanami" cherry blossom viewing party. Also dancing wildly while waving their fans are the men guiding a "mikoshi" portable ... full story
Kohei Nawa Shifts Stereotypes and Shapes - New York Times kyoto
29th October 2013

Born just outside the ancient capital of Kyoto in 1975 as the youngest of three children to schoolteacher parents, Mr. Nawa studied at the Kyoto City University of Art, and counts the art of Buddhism and Japan's native Shintoism as among his early ... full story
Shunga secrets bared between the covers - The Japan Times kyoto
2nd November 2013

That's because it's the lavish accompaniment to its new exhibition, “Shunga: Sex and Pleasure in Japanese Art.” Almost every one of those hundreds of pictures, including some in glorious, meter-long fold-out, is an example of the titular Japanese ... full story
Journeys in Japanese Prints - Modern Tokyo Times kyoto
19th October 2013

This endeavour, when printed, became his famous and immensely popular work The 53 Stations of the Tokaido Road, and it was to change the whole course of landscape art in Japan and elsewhere as its popularity… its unique vision grew. Hiroshige's ... full story
A Goddess Descends To Art In 'Seiobo There Below' - NPR kyoto
26th September 2013

In each chapter (or story), set in locations as far afield as Venice and Kyoto and in periods from prehistory to today, we encounter artists struggling to create beauty amid the pressures of daily life, and ordinary people striving to concentrate on ... full story
Paris's Pompidou Centre: Go for the Art, Leave with a Pillow - Condé Nast Traveler kyoto
17th September 2013

I'm a sucker for a souvenir cushion. The second day that I lived in Dubai, I bought a snazzy little gold-threaded number emblazoned with the face of the UAE's fabulously fierce founding father, Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, complete with Ray-Ban ... full story
Sydney's New Global Art Fair - Wall Street Journal (blog) kyoto
20th September 2013

Although Sydney has a well-respected biennale, this is the city's first premium art fair. International galleries from 11 countries represent about a third of the exhibitors, including Hong Kong's 10 Chancery Lane, London's Paragon Press, the ... full story
Photographer Jacqueline Hassink offers a unique look at Kyoto's temples and ... - wallpaper.com kyoto
13th September 2013

When we last caught up with Jacqueline Hassink, the Dutch photographer had published the sequel to her landmark project on Europe's boardrooms. She had also wrapped another major body of work: 'View, Kyoto', a beguiling photo essay exploring ... full story
The nature of Japanese lacquer art - The Japan Times kyoto
14th August 2013

1984) is a lacquer artist, though not one who accords specific primacy to that medium. His fourth show at Kyoto's eN arts in Kyoto, is predominantly photographs. Drawn from the artist's “Connect” series, these images show a combination of his carefully ... full story
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