Friday, Nov. 20, 2009
"2012" / "Infestation"
Back to sleep folks — it's only the end of the world, yet again
The new-agers have been talking for ages about the magic year 2012, which is both the end of the Mayan ...
Friday, Nov. 20, 2009
What lies behind the eccentric?
By MATTHEW LARKING
The German philosopher Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel wrote that what is "familiarly known" is not "properly known," just for the ...
Friday, Nov. 20, 2009
Rediscovering Rebecca Horn
By ANDREW MAERKLE
If you've been paying attention to recent contemporary art, both in Japan and abroad, you might be struck by the ...
Friday, Nov. 20, 2009
Musette delivers taste of France
By YUNG-HSIANG KAO
Louis Vuitton may have charmed Japanese wallets, but if Dominique Cravic and Daniel Colin have their way, musette will soon ...
Friday, Nov. 20, 2009
Imperial treasures shown in full glory
A rare artistic celebration of the 20th anniversary of the Emperor's enthronement
By MICHAEL DUNN
Few objects have surfaced from early Imperial tumuli as, being graves of an extant family, excavation is at present prohibited ...
Friday, Nov. 13, 2009
Hollywood fails to take the Chinese out of Wayne's world
By KAORI SHOJI
Wayne Wang has a special position in American cinema — though drawing story and characters with the compassionate warmth that ...