Art | WEEK 3 Mar 17, 2013

How an American collector brought Jakuchu to Tohoku

by Edan Corkill

Including loans from each of Japan's six national museums as well as the Imperial Household Agency, "Jakuchu's Here!" represents to a gift from Japan's art establishment to an audience that it has neglected for decades.

Art | WEEK 3 Feb 17, 2013

Art disaster turns out to have a silver lining

by Edan Corkill

A dozen paintings hang from the white walls of a gallery at the Museum of Modern Art in Hayama, Kanagawa Prefecture. Mostly prewar works by artists involved in the Proletarian movement, who focused on depictions of factory and farm laborers, the paintings are like ...