In Japan, manhole covers transform the streets into open-air galleries. Colourful, intricate and full of poetry, they both ...

This exhibition highlights both iconic and lesser-known aspects of Japanese culture through paintings and ceramics from the Freer Gallery of Art Collection. Learn about Japanese art with a focus on ...

Turns out she was like most visionaries – way ahead of her time. Thus began The Verne Collection. The couple accrued woodblock prints, paintings, sculptures – including those by Hiroshige, Hokusai, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Opened by Michelin-star chef Hiroki Odo, this restaurant combines the culinary and art worlds by offering Japanese cuisine inside ...

RESOBOX (GMAP) is a Japanese art gallery and cultural center located one block from the Queensboro Plaza station. Run by Fumio Tashiro and Takashi Ikezawa, the space – which takes its name from the ...

Japan’s art market has long lagged behind its strong national reputation for culture. Despite boasting the third-largest GDP, Japan currently accounts for only about 4 percent of the global art market ...

While South Korea’s art scene has been stealing the spotlight in recent years, Japan is staging a quiet yet deliberate comeback. A recently published study by Dr. Clare McAndrew (the brains behind the ...

Takesada Matsutani is a Japanese painter, sculptor, and printmaker belonging to the second-generation group of avant-garde Gutai artists. Inspired by glue as a medium, Matsutani is best known for his ...

Yayoi Kusama’s work is part of the exhibition “Guggenheim Pop: 1960 to Now.” ...

Roughly one-third of the exhibitors were new to the fair, signaling growing interest in reaching Japanese collectors. Still, some galleries chose not to return, underscoring the challenges the market ...

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 ...