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PICASSO

Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World / The Year Ahead
Jan 5, 2025
'Guernica' is always with us
How do we account for the past year, almost nine decades after "Guernica," when all the boundaries of horror have been pulverized?
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Nov 29, 2016
Cubism in Japan: Picasso's Impact
Until Jan. 29
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Apr 19, 2016
'Artists in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction: From Picasso to Warhol'
April 23-June 5
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Apr 7, 2015
Art's 20th-century identity crisis
The 20th century is rather like the teenager who never grew up — a century that saw itself as perpetually young, as the "modernist" culmination of history rather than part of the historical process. In short, an age guilty of "chronocentricism." But, like all the other centuries, culled and packaged...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Apr 7, 2015
'Cezanne'
April 4-Sept. 27
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Sep 18, 2014
'The Human Image: Picasso, Matisse, Warhol'
Pablo Picasso's "Rape of the Sabine Women" is being brought to Japan for the first time. This work, inspired by Nicolas Poussin's "The Abduction of the Sabine Women" and Jacques-Louis David's "The Intervention of the Sabine Women," depicts a tale of Ancient Rome, when the city's men forcibly took a neighboring...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jun 11, 2014
'Ballets Russes: The Art of Costume'
Russian ballet group Ballets Russes, founded by renown impresario and art critic Sergei Diaghilev (1872-1929) was not an ordinary troupe. It collaborated with many young individuals from various disciplines, including artists Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse and Georges Braque, composer Igor Stravinsky and...
A prophesied disaster (likely) won’t strike Japan this weekend
A viral manga prediction of a July 5 disaster has gripped Japan with anxiety and triggered an economic impact, but experts warn that while such dates are unreliable, the threat of a massive earthquake remains real. 
Magnitude 5.5 earthquake jars Tokara Islands amid flurry of seismic activity
A strong quake struck off the Tokara Islands on Thursday afternoon, with the island chain having recorded around 1,000 earthquakes since a burst of seismic activity first began on June 21.
Japan to require flight passengers to keep power banks within sight
The transport ministry has announced new regulations requiring flight passengers to keep power banks within sight to mitigate fire risks while on board planes.
Ghibli’s Isao Takahata exhibit shows how beloved anime is made
“The man who planted Japanese animation” exhibition includes a variety of sketches, drawings and animation cels from Isao Takahata films such as color design for characters by Michiyo Yasuda from "Grave of the Fireflies."
Residents of Tokara Islands begin evacuation as seismic swarm continues
Details about evacuations from Akuseki Island, located in the Tokara island chain in Kagoshima Prefecture, is seen written on a whiteboard in the city of Kagoshima on Thursday.
Ghibli’s Isao Takahata exhibit shows how beloved anime is made
“The man who planted Japanese animation” exhibition includes a variety of sketches, drawings and animation cels from Isao Takahata films such as color design for characters by Michiyo Yasuda from "Grave of the Fireflies."
Flag football facing challenges and opportunities ahead
Japan’s women’s flag football team at the 2025 International Bowl in Los Angeles in June. The sport is enjoying continued growth in the country.
From Hokusai’s Great Wave, shinkansen to One Piece: a cultural treasure box for Lego Japan
Michael Ebbesen, general manager of Lego Japan, says Lego bricks based on Japanese culture have a rich global appeal and are sellable around the world.
With farmed fish, RelationFish swims against the tide in fine dining
Chef Hideaki Matsuo (middle) and the staff of Oseto Suisan Fisheries prepare to check on their sustainably farmed fish.
As Southeast Asia heats up, a Japanese cooling giant sees a major opportunity
An employee of Daikin Cambodia explains the use of different tools during an air conditioner installation training session in Phnom Penh. Daikin is one of Japan’s oldest air conditioning companies, but as Japan’s population falls, the firm is keying in on overseas growth.

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