Illustrator Tokyo Genso presents images of a deserted capital that have never looked more timely
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 ...
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.
Hours after the gallery held a preview event on Thursday, a crowd had gathered ready to pounce on the artworks.
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.
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, ...
Russian LGBT activist faces porn trial for vagina drawings
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
An Indonesian cave painting that depicts a hunting scene could be the world's oldest figurative artwork, dating back nearly 44,000 years, pointing to an advanced artistic culture, according to new research. Discovered two years ago in the cave Bulu Sipong 4 on the island of ...
Homeless Santa? Banksy reindeer mural goes viral amid rough sleeping crisis
A mural by anonymous British street artist Banksy depicting a homeless man being pulled by two reindeer has gone viral on social media, as the number of homeless deaths in the country hit a new high last year. A video of the living artwork, which ...
