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Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Apr 14, 2014
Nakako Hayashi's delicate war against big fashion
The world's garments might be made in factories, but fashion is made in the media. In an age when trends coalesce and melt away in the time it takes to put a "#" in front of a keyword, an age when fashion has the potential to be more democratic and idiosyncratic than ever, isn't it strange then, that...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Feb 22, 2014
Joni Waka: 'Learn to be happy with only one rice ball'
I have never grown up and never hope to, as dreams and fantasies tend to wilt and die in the harsh reality of adults.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Jan 5, 2014
Museum refuses to bat an eyelash with controversial new acquisitions
The Victoria and Albert Museum has tossed a grenade into the debate on the ethics of cheap fashion with two controversial acquisitions. The museum wants to add a pair of Katy Perry false eyelashes to its collection, along with some jeans sold by cut-rate clothing retailer, Primark, and made in the Rana...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / TELLING LIVES
Jan 3, 2014
Drawing out the demons and dreams of Fukushima
Artist Geoff Read is currently focused on helping Fukushima's children articulate their hopes and fears. As he explains, 'In my Strong Children Japan Project, the most important thing the pictures can do is to help these children have a safer childhood.'
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 23, 2013
Woman who 'found' Renoir at flea market disputes museum's claim
Martha Fuqua, "Renoir Girl," has denounced as "improperly authenticated" a museum's evidence that it owns the long-lost Renoir painting she claims and has asked a judge to dismiss the Baltimore Museum of Art's motion for summary judgment.
WORLD
Nov 12, 2013
Artist nails his genitals to Red Square
A Russian performance artist nailed his genitals to the ground in Moscow's Red Square to protest Russia's "police state" as the country marked national police day.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Sep 29, 2013
Tattoos make inroads with 50 and older crowd
Thirty years ago, a good girl didn't walk into an establishment plastered with images of dragons and flames, hike her shirt up over one shoulder and let her body be injected with ink. Especially not if she was, like Darlene Nash, a 57-year-old grandmother.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jun 15, 2013
Time for a fresh look at the life and art of L.S. Lowry
In a somewhat stark meeting room at Tate Britain, the curators of its forthcoming L.S. Lowry show, T.J. Clark and Anne M. Wagner, are attempting, at my request, to extol the artist's virtues to me. It's a complicated business. For one thing, I have the impression that they regard enthusiasm as infra...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Apr 14, 2013
An era of Tokyo art worth another look
Like Britain, Japan is subject to the polarizing forces of the orthodox and radical, the two balancing the flabby middle.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 30, 2013
What sculpture reveals about sex and the Romans
Nothing is more likely to inspire us to see for ourselves than a warning about the effects of looking. Take the media interest this month when it was revealed that the British Museum's exhibition, "Life and Death in Pompeii and Herculaneum," is to include a "parental guidance" notice. The reason? An...
Japan Times
Events / Events In Tokyo
Mar 22, 2013
G-tokyo art fair makes a change
This year, four-year-old art fair G-tokyo boasts that it will turn over a new leaf with some radical changes.
LIFE / Lifestyle
Feb 19, 2013
Sewing words for thought
Some words can evoke powerful images, values and stereotypes that have crept into our subconsciousness to sometimes dictate the way we think or behave. For Ruri Clarkson, this is something that needs to be challenged in Japan, and which she does herself with art.
Japan Times
Events / Events In Tokyo
Feb 8, 2013
Diary 2.0 work among pieces at art festival
Keeping a diary no longer needs to be a solitary activity. The popularity of social networking services, for example, has allowed people to post their thoughts for the world to see — which could be anything from gossip to fomenting revolution.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Feb 8, 2013
The unexpected awaits at Media Arts Festival
When asked to describe his latest film in one word, director Shunichiro Miki repeated what most cinema critics worldwide had said after their own somewhat botched attempts to describe it: 'Indescribable.'
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art / Japan Pulse
Oct 29, 2012
Today's J-Blip: Red Bull Curates Canvas Cooler Project
Red Bull, patron of freefalling and freestyling in various forms, invites Japan-based artists to get creative with its drink coolers.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art / Japan Pulse
Aug 16, 2012
Today's J-blip: rrrrrrrroll
A Japanese animated GIF collection has the internet buzzing . . . or is that rrrrrrrrrolling?
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art / Japan Pulse
Apr 20, 2012
Kokeshi back in style with a new look
Once sinister-looking souvenirs, kokeshi make a comeback.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art / Japan Pulse
Mar 7, 2012
15th Japan Media Arts Festival
Creators of interactive technology and cutting-edge eye candy get their week in the spotlight.
CULTURE / Japan Pulse
Mar 9, 2011
Taro Okamoto towers above 2011
An NHK drama rekindled interest in Sakamoto Ryoma in 2010; will a new series do the same for artist Taro Okamoto in 2011?
CULTURE / Japan Pulse
Feb 25, 2011
Techno Shugei weaves craft into circuitry
Homespun crafts and ingenuity meet DIY electronics and kawaii geekery in techno shugei.

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