Art Jun 15, 2013

Time for a fresh look at the life and art of L.S. Lowry

by Rachel Cooke

In a somewhat stark meeting room at Tate Britain, the curators of its forthcoming L.S. Lowry show, T.J. Clark and Anne M. Wagner, are attempting, at my request, to extol the artist’s virtues to me. It’s a complicated business. For one thing, I have ...

Asia Pacific Jun 8, 2013

Aboriginal artist gets high-profile Paris display

Australia has been challenged to match France’s promotion of Aboriginal art after the inauguration of a landmark work in Paris. Gija artist Lena Nyadbi’s “Dayiwul Lirlmim” (“Barramundi Scales”) will be seen by millions of visitors to the French capital for decades to come as ...

National Jun 8, 2013

'Recycle Art' exhibition opens at Tokyo gallery

A unique art exhibition featuring works made from recycled commodities opened Wednesday at a small Tokyo gallery, with 33 cartoonists and animators contributing their creations. Among over 60 showpieces at the eighth “Recycle Art Exhibition” are a dress made from white plastic grocery bags, ...

National Jun 8, 2013

Dancer says imagination is key to a full life

by Seana K. Magee

As a toddler, Yuriko Kikuchi lost her sisters and father to illness in California, was raised by relatives in Japan and then returned to the West Coast to face internment at a World War II relocation camp — all before realizing her dream to ...

National Jun 4, 2013

Japan-born, Kaitani-trained ballerina hits stride in S. Korea

by Chihiro Inoue

Choi Tae-ji, a Japanese-born South Korean prima ballerina, has dedicated herself to developing ballet in her country, once described by South Korean media as a “ballet desert” because of its failure to produce any great dancers. The 53-year-old director of the Korea National Ballet ...

Asia Pacific May 26, 2013

Artists vie for global exposure

Having taken five Volkswagen Beetles and compressed them into spheres, artist Ichwan Noor was always going to grab attention at the inaugural Hong Kong Art Basel.

Offbeat May 19, 2013

Voyeuristic photos anger New York neighbors

Residents of a New York City apartment building are up in arms over an exhibition of candid photographs one of their neighbors took of them without their knowledge or permission. “The Neighbors,” a gallery show of the pictures surreptitiously taken by American photographer Arne ...

Review Apr 14, 2013

An era of Tokyo art worth another look

by Stephen Mansfield

Like Britain, Japan is subject to the polarizing forces of the orthodox and radical, the two balancing the flabby middle.

World Apr 9, 2013

Backlash to Thatcher sparked cultural revolution

As well as overhauling Britain's economy, Margaret Thatcher triggered a cultural revolution by igniting a creative burst of anger at her policies, including slashing arts funding.

National Apr 9, 2013

Geisha establishments begin wooing women

by Hiroshi Inoue

Faced with flagging demand from their usual customer base of wealthy male patrons, a number of establishments employing traditional geisha entertainers are enthusiastically courting interest in their services from women. Last summer, Hamacho, a “ryotei” (traditional high-class restaurant) in Kochi, began offering a women-only ...

Offbeat Mar 30, 2013

What sculpture reveals about sex and the Romans

by Carrie Vout

Nothing is more likely to inspire us to see for ourselves than a warning about the effects of looking. Take the media interest this month when it was revealed that the British Museum’s exhibition, “Life and Death in Pompeii and Herculaneum,” is to include ...