The Naoshima New Museum of Art focuses primarily on Asian contemporary art. This is because, in addition to our expectations that art from these regions will grow in interesting ways going into the ...

Japan’s iconic terraced rice paddies are held in place by traditional stone walls. But the craft of building these walls is a dying art. Reporter Hannah Kirshner recently traveled to Fukuoka ...

Set against the traditional cityscapes of Toyama, Ishikawa and Fukui, GO FOR KOGEI transforms the familiar, everyday environment by weaving contemporary craft and art into the rhythms of daily life.

The exhibition 'The Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain by Jean Nouvel' will be on show until 14 September 2025 on the Island of San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice Ellie Stathaki is the Architecture & ...

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Once polluted and suffering from depopulation, Naoshima has become Japan's hottest contemporary art enclave – and there are signs that life there may be finally rebounding. Shinichi Kobayashi ...

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iPhone fans in Japan don’t have to dig as deep into their pockets, with a new survey showing that they sell for about 20 percent cheaper in their country than the rest of the world. The direct ...

Among them was Foujita, whose place in art history is complicated by his role in Japan’s war effort: He dedicated his wartime practice to glorifying the efforts and bravery of the Imperial Army ...

Higashiyama was a contemporary of Yasushi Sugiyama, Togyū Okumura, and Maeda Seison. Throughout his career, he was honored with the Japan Art Academy Prize, the Order of Culture, the Mainichi Art ...