OSAKA--Indian artist and child advocate John Devaraj saw a natural connection between war and child labor when he saw an exhibition on World War II at Peace Osaka on a visit here in August 2011. That led Devaraj, who has been actively spreading voices ...full story

Matsutani is an Osaka-born, Paris-based artist and second generation member of the influential, post-war Japanese Gutai Art Association. Meaning “embodiment”, Gutai was founded in the 50s by a group of Japanese artists who had a fascination with the ...full story

While it may not be the most conceptual public art installation of all time, a six-story-tall traveling rubber duckie is causing a frenzy along the banks of Hong Kong's Victoria Harbour. The massive bath toy, created by the Netherlands's Florentijn ...full story

Shinko Shashin (new photography) had supplanted Geijutsu Shashin (art photography) after the “German International Traveling Exhibition” had stopped in Tokyo and Osaka in 1931, and numerous photographic magazines sprouted up across Japan.full story

It's a weeknight and there's a full house at Tokyo jazz club b-Flat. The drinks are flowing, and people are letting their hair down after a busy day at work. But you can hear a pin drop as veteran American jazzman Lew Tabackin coaxes delicate notes ...full story

Abu Dhabi-born Bin Hamad, whose love for the art form was bred while at university in Osaka, Japan, said it's been a dream come true. “I fell in love with anime in Japan and studied sketching and character design for two years,” he said. “I could have ...full story

The participating galleries are Osaka City Museum of Modern Art; The Museum of Modern Art, Shiga; Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art; The Museum of Modern Art, Wakayama; The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto; and The National Museum of Art, ...full story

I also opened an art gallery in Osaka that I painted all red called the Red Museum. When I wear red, I don't feel like I'm getting older. Do you ever not wear red? Only if I'm going to a funeral. Why are you in New York? I'm doing an art project where ...full story

In 2012 Burns received the inaugural Fugitive Structures commission at Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation and designed the winning entry in The Architecture Foundation's invited competition to transform Gibbon's Rent into a public garden. In 2011 he ...full story

On January 25th, three days after his 85th birthday, legendary artist Shozo Shimamoto died of heart failure. A memorial event titled Shozo-ism was held at Hotel Novotel Koshien, Osaka West in Japan on March 13th. Another memorial is ongoing. Quoting ...full story