It is a picture-book perfect shrine. Tiny and tranquil, it is framed by a red gateway at the top of a winding forest path. But there is one surprising intrusion on the scene: a shiny Coca-Cola bench matching the vermilion hue of the shrine ...

“You know ‘e is a crazy man,” Fredette, a feisty, flame- haired assistant, warns in a French accent as she hands over a yellow hard hat. “A mad man. Un fou. And very, very busy. You must be quick.” And so it is something ...

Say the word “opera,” and a string of flamboyant images spring to mind, from vivid stage sets to dramatic divas — unless it’s the world of opera as seen through the singular gaze of artist Sophy Rickett. Known for exploring the tensions between light ...

Foil Gallery in Higashi-Kanda Closes in 8 days The view out of the windows of mental institutions is the provocative starting point for “Inside-Out” (¥2,500), a new photographic book by the German-based artist Hiroko Inoue. A selection of Inoue’s images are on display till ...

Record bankruptcies around the world. Tumbling shares. Spiraling debt. Soaring unemployment. Escalating homelessness. And? A blossoming art scene.

The world economy appears to be in free fall. Temperatures are plummeting toward zero, too. Work is stacking up perilously on the desk. Christmas celebrations and bonenkai (forget-the-year party) hangovers are setting in. Does this sound familiar? Few modern urbanites are immune to the ...

Wander past a certain kimono store in Aoyama and center stage in the window is a riotous splash of canary- yellow cotton, with bright cubes of grass green and swirls of earthy brown. A tribal red-and-black obi tied high around the waist completes a ...

A rising full moon against a twilight sky and a shimmer of pink on the surface of the sea. So far, so postcard. But this is no regular Japanese beauty spot. Just visible in the distance is a clutch of white chimneys jutting into ...

With its smooth curves, honeycomb fabric and splashes of gold glitter, the apparently abstract sculpture takes center stage in the gallery. Lurking beneath its enigmatic surface, however, lies something more ordinary: a Daffy Duck toy standing on a plastic step. In his latest solo ...

‘I’m not always a stray dog. Sometimes I’m a cat,” says Daido Moriyama. “Or an insect.” A stray dog with piercing eyes and a hint of a snarl may be the most famous of the monochrome images captured by the Japanese master of black ...