Hokkaido (北海道, Hokkaidō) is the second largest, northernmost and least developed of Japan's four main islands. Its weather is harsh in winter with lots of snowfall, below zero temperatures and frozen seas, while in summer it does not get as hot and humid as in the other parts of the country. With its unspoiled nature, many national parks and rural landscapes, Hokkaido attracts many ...
Lawrence Journal-World: Two special exhibitions opening Thursday at Spencer Museum of Art to highlight contemporary Japanese and Asian-American art
Some of the works of Japanese-American artist Jimmy Tsutomu Mirikitani are seen on display for the special exhibition “Street Nihonga: The Art of Jimmy Tsutomu Mirikitani” at the Spencer Museum of Art ...
Two special exhibitions opening Thursday at Spencer Museum of Art to highlight contemporary Japanese and Asian-American art
CNN: How this cult Japanese artist’s eerie paintings foretold our digital malaise
In the land of Hello Kitty, kawaii (“cute”) culture and the Neo-Pop art of 1990s Japan, Tetsuya Ishida was an outlier. The surrealist artist, who died in 2005 aged 31, wasn’t a loner, according to ...
Artnet: How Takashi Murakami Is Using A.I. to Reimagine Japanese Art History
Japanese artists Iwasa Matabei (1578–1650) and Takashi Murakami, though separated by centuries, converge in a singular, uncanny moment in Gagosian’s latest exhibition: “Japanese Art History à la ...
Approaching Japan's artistically diverse and politically entangled history of art is a formidable task, not least because English-language art history publications on the multifaceted subject are few ...
The New York Times: Japan Once Dominated the Art Market. Is the Country Ready for a Comeback?