Interview: Ryo Sehata, cellotape artist

Ryo Sehata with his work "Rolling Sculpture 20" Stuck on cellotape Ryo Sehata is that often-mentioned but seldom-enco...

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Exhibition: Tabaimo

Yudangami (Careless Hair), 2009 A leading contemporary artist dissects Japan's "lost generation" For the Frankfurt School o...

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Exhibition: Henri Riviere

Aspects of Nature: the Twilight, 1898 France's 'Little Hokusai' gets the star treatment in Hayama Whenever an exhibition of l...

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Exhibition: Someno Collection

Miwa Jusetsu, Inochi-no-kaika, tea bowl with notched foot, Hagi ware, Oni-hagi type, 2003 Slapdash ceramics stir the mind at the National ...

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Exhibition: Nude Photography

28°26' North Latitude, by Yoshihiro Tatsuki, 1970 New technology spreads fastest if it can be adapted to a sexual purpose. Without the ...

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Exhibition: Zeshin Shibata

The lusciousness of lacquer delights at the Mitsui One of the most common pieces of advice given to prospective art collectors is to acqui...

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Exhibition: Bones

A surreal and innovative exhibition in Roppongi takes a fresh look at "internal design" You probably made up your mind about bon...

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Exhibition: Fuchu Biennial

There is a philosophical conundrum that runs: "If a tree falls in a forest with no one to hear it, does it make a sound?" The po...

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Exhibition: Sumida River

Aftermath of the Disaster (1924) by Yoson Ikeda A century down along the Sumida In most of the great European capitals, wide, impressive r...

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The Chrysanthemum and the Rose: Japan Year 2001

This crossculutral affair is blooming lovely LONDON -- Anybody turning up at London's Hyde Park to walk their dog on the morning of Sa...

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Exhibition: Akira Kurosawa

The Storyteller's Storyboards Film director Akira Kurosawa (1910-1998) is perhaps more famous outside Japan than any other of...

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Takanori Oguiss: The Japanese Utrillo

When I first saw the oil paintings of Paris by the Japanese artist, Takanori Oguiss (1901-1986), I was strangely reminded of the neutron...

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Exhibition: Ryusei Kishida

Road Cut through a Hill (1915) by Ryusei Kishida Innovation and Exploration: Kishida's short but brilliant career When Japan opened up...

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Exhibition: Tokimune Hōjō

Leaves left by the divine wind When England was conquered by the Normans in 1066, it was profoundly changed. We might expect the same to h...

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Exhibition: Ukiyo-e at the Turn of the 20th Century

Sight at Ochanomizu (1880) by Kiyochika Kobayashi Ukiyo-e reflects turn of century mood changes across Japan The Meiji period is considere...

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Exhibition: Samurai Swords

The heart of the samurai and the soul of the swordsmith Modern warfare is increasingly being depersonalized by long range missiles, so-cal...

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Interview: Katsura Funakoshi

Two Heads are Better than One. What distinguishes an artist from a craftsman? Well, an obvious difference is the pricing of their ...

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Exhibition: Baur Collection

Ukiyo-e treasures make brief return The Baur Collection of ukiyo-e by several of Japan's top masters is this country's own version ...

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EXHIBITION: SHINSUI ITO

A passionate embrace of Nihon Shinsui Ito (1898-1972) was a central figure in Japan's artistic identity crisis during the 20th ...

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