National Nov 5, 2020
Museum and train line seek crowdfunding cash to wrap train in art
Under the crowdfunding scheme organizers aim to collect at least ¥2.5 million ($24,000) by Dec. 18 to fund the work on the Ibara Railway.
Asia Pacific Oct 6, 2020
An antelope, a lonely figure, a family linking arms — Kanniga Premjai shines her flashlight across a cave to reveal long-hidden paintings, a stunning discovery for Thailand's scrappy team of archaeologists. For months, Kanniga and her small team have combed Sam Roi Yot National Park, ...
National / Media | Japan Pulse Jul 25, 2020
Illustrator Tokyo Genso presents images of a deserted capital that have never looked more timely
by Kaori Shoji
The global pandemic has inspired some artists around the world to work on projects reflecting the anxiety and isolation of life under lockdown in recent months. Others, however, have found inspiration in the tranquility that descended on the country’s cities when businesses closed and ...
National Jul 16, 2020
Japan top court rejects ‘vagina kayak’ artist’s obscenity appeal
Megumi Igarashi distributed online data that could be used to make 3D reproductions of her genitalia in October 2013 and March 2014.
National Jul 12, 2020
Hours after the gallery held a preview event on Thursday, a crowd had gathered ready to pounce on the artworks.
National Jun 28, 2020
Performing arts thrown lifelines in Japan as virus puts damper on entertainment
The support ranges from funding online streaming events as alternatives to live performances to producing television programing that features local artists.
World Jun 10, 2020
Artist Banksy offers his take on toppled statue of English slave trader
The toppling of a statue of a 17th century slave trader in the English port city of Bristol was hailed by some as a long-overdue reckoning with Britain's imperalist past and denounced by others as a criminal act. Now one of Bristol's most influential figures, ...
World / Social Issues Mar 14, 2020
Russian LGBT activist faces porn trial for vagina drawings
by Anna Malpas
Yulia Tsvetkova posted delicate drawings and embroidered images of vulvas on a social media page called "Vagina Monologues" that she hoped would help lift the taboo on women's bodies. Instead, the Russian artist and campaigner for women's and LGBT rights has been put under house ...
World Mar 4, 2020
The Louvre museum in Paris reopened to the public Wednesday after management took steps to allay staff fears over the coronavirus spread which had sparked a two-day work stoppage. In a statement, the world's most visited museum said that faced with the "legitimate concerns" of ...
Entertainment News Feb 16, 2020
A new Valentine's Day work by U.K. street artist Banksy, showing a young girl firing a slingshot of flowers, has been defaced after appearing on a building in western England. A photograph circulating on social media showed abusive graffiti likely directed at local authorities in ...
World / Crime & Legal Jan 18, 2020
Stolen Gustav Klimt painting found two decades later in wall outside Italian museum
A painting found stashed inside a wall at an Italian museum has been confirmed as the stolen "Portrait of a Lady" by Austria's Gustav Klimt, prosecutors said Friday, two decades after the artwork went missing. The century-old painting was discovered concealed in an external wall ...
National Dec 18, 2019
Controversial art festival with 'comfort women' statue had 'many faults,' says Aichi review panel
A review panel formed by the Aichi Prefectural Government has slammed a high-profile art festival held every three years in the prefecture, saying that the event, which sparked controversy for featuring a statue symbolizing "comfort women," had many faults in its displays and preparations. The ...