Japan’s art institutions struggle to cope with the COVID-19 crisis
Since the quarantine of the Diamond Princess, Japan has gone from being one of the world’s most at-risk countries to lucky outlier, to being again fearful of COVID-19 getting out ...
Lee Ufan: The same but different
Lee Ufan’s new paintings look very different depending on where you are standing. From a distance, when you can take in several of the large canvases at the same time, abstract shapes seem to emphatically announce themselves as existing; however, they are also pointedly ...
A sea change for Japanese sculptors
"Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe 2020" in Western Australia, brings together eight Japanese sculptural works, including Harayuki Uchida's new 2.5-ton stainless-steel kinetic "Merry Gate."
Bamboo crafts: Woven into Japan's art history
The Abbey Collection takes viewers through a modern history of bamboo crafting, from its late recognition as fine art in the 19th century to the elaborate artistic creations of today.
'Masterpieces from the National Gallery, London'
March 3-June 14 This is the National Gallery of London's first large-scale presentation of masterpieces to be shown outside of the United Kingdom. Sixty one works are being brought to Japan, covering seven themes: the Italian Renaissance, Dutch painting of the Golden Age, Van Dyck ...
Feb. 26-June 14 Scottish-born Peter Doig grew up in Trinidad and Tobago and Canada, studied at the Chelsea College of Art and Design (now University of the Arts London) in the U.K. and has been based in Port of Spain since 2002. His landscape paintings, ...
'Encounter with Aesthetics: Giving His Heart to Master Paintings — Adachi Zenko's Eye for Beauty'
March 1-May 31 To celebrate the Adachi Museum of Art's 50th anniversary, this exhibition showcases some of its founder's favorite works. Zenko Adachi (1899-1990) collected works by artists affiliated with important Japanese schools of art, including Takeuchi Seiho, Uemura Shoen, Kansetsu Hashimoto and Shiho Sakakibara. ...
Barry McGee: Painting outside the lines
"Potato Sack Body" can be enjoyed as a semi-abstract display of shapes and colors, but there are also cryptic artifacts, notations and visual references. If you lived through the '60s and '70s, the overall design and color palette will remind you that those decades ...
Feb. 21-April 12 Founded in 1996, the Pola Art Foundation has been involved in supporting emerging artists for nearly 25 years. One of its projects helps nurtures artists under the age of 35 by sponsoring overseas residencies, giving them the opportunity to encounter different experiences ...
'Grandpa Was Born Yesterday: Seiko Kajiura Exhibition'
Feb. 22-March 15 After graduating from Tokyo University of the Arts, Seiko Kajiura studied sculpture and casting at the Institut Seni Indonesia Yogyakarta in Indonesia. She later established the casting studio Jagung Bakar in Yogyakarta and based herself there until she returned to Japan in ...
Feb. 8-March 15 Female artists have struggled against discrimination throughout the history of art, and still do today. As part of the "Art Link Tochigi 2019" project, and in conjunction with the "Sano Recovery Project," the city's restoration efforts after last year's Typhoon Hagibis, this exhibition ...
Japan's postwar aesthetics: compelling if not confusing
The NMAO attempts the difficult task of discerning the "underlying presence of Japanese aesthetics in postwar art.
