Japanese collectors spent billions on European paintings during the bubble economy of the 1980s. Officials today hope to inspire a new generation of art lovers. The artist Yuko Mohri in her studio ...

Japanese Yokai art provides an intriguing window into the country's amazing folklore, embodying the spirit of mythical ...

The Jomon era is one of the oldest known periods of civilization in Japan. Discover how these early people expressed their ...

Fairgoers at Tokyo Gendai in 2024. Courtesy of Tokyo Gendai. While South Korea’s art scene has been stealing the spotlight in recent years, Japan is staging a quiet yet deliberate comeback.

After a difficult couple of years, Japan’s festivals are back and this year the Reborn-Art Festival takes centre stage. This special event uses the power of art to regenerate communities in the ...

Japan’s art market has outperformed the global industry over the past five years, according to a new report from art economist Clare McAndrew. While global sales ticked up just 1 percent from ...

Learn about Japanese art with a focus on the environment, notions of the body, historical crises, and new research findings. Japan’s changing landscapes and local ecologies affected both imagery in ...

And like the “Tale of Genji,” which looks at art inspired by Japan’s most revered novel, the “Life of Animals” uses a thematic approach to give a substantial overview of the history and ...

Portland Art Museum's current exhibition, Poetic Imagination in Japanese Art showcases work spanning a millennium with pieces dating as far back as 750 AD to the most recent from 1961.

Author and curator Rosina Buckland’s book joins a steadily growing number of titles dispelling the whitewashed argument that Japanese art of the historical Meiji era of 1868 to 1912 resulted ...

Dwight Hwang has mastered gyotaku art, which is the Japanese version of taxidermy. The Orange County artist's work can be found in restaurants and scientific research.