Japan's premier art collective teamLab celebrates 20 years with a spot of tea and a Miami bash
Marking 20 years, teamLab has a lot to be proud of when it comes to making an impact on the international art scene. The collective's success was not a foregone ...
Yayoi Kusama's dots and flowers breathe life into pandemic-hit New York
The avant-garde artist's signature motif has been taken to the New York Botanical Garden.
Japanese gallery to restore famous A-bomb paintings for first time
The set of 15 works titled "The Hiroshima Panels" by the late Iri and Toshi Maruki, who were nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1995, have severely deteriorated.
Becoming Isamu Noguchi: The making of a sculptor
Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum’s exhibition showcases the ways in which Japanese culture influenced Isamu Noguchi’s career as an artist who created works to be “lived,” not merely “seen.”
‘Culture Gate’ brings top-flight artworks to Japan’s airports
Dozens of works are now on display in terminal buildings across Japan as part of a major media arts exhibition split between seven airports and one international cruise port.
Tokyo's art scene looks back at recent history
Asian artists and curators examine the present through the lens of the past.
TeamLab and TikTok team up for immersive sauna exhibition in Tokyo
"Reconnect: Art with Rinkan Sauna" promises visitors an otherworldly visual experience
One year into pandemic, the art world adapts to survive
The art community is reeling from the impact of lockdowns, travel bans and social distancing, but buying by the ultrawealthy has held up.
Bewitching, beguiling and downright disturbing: Unconventional views of beauty in Japanese art
The upcoming exhibition at the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, presents artwork that pushed the boundaries of how beauty was portrayed from the mid-19th century until around 1930.
Digital piece by Beeple sells for $69 million, blasting crypto art records
The price tag isn’t just an unprecedented price for a so-called non-fungible token, it’s an unprecedented price for a new artist.
Country flags reimagined as samurai ahead of the Olympics
World Flags, a Tokyo-based project, transforms flags into anime characters to familiarize people with other nations and their cultures.
Art project encourages evacuees of disaster-hit Fukushima town
Murals have been painted on buildings on the main streets of Futaba in an effort to maintain morale among evacuees who hope to return.
