Art / Openings In Tokyo Mar 14, 2017

'Old Masters from the State Hermitage Museum'

by Yukari Tanaka

March 18-June 18 Founded in 1796 from the personal collection of Catherine the Great of Russia (1729-1796), the State Hermitage Museum is renowned for its extensive collection of exhibits, and is often cited as one of the best museums in the world. It houses more ...

Art Feb 9, 2016

Dutch painters cut from the same canvas

by C.B. Liddell

The first noticeable thing about the exhibition "Vermeer and Rembrandt: the Masters of the 17th Century Dutch Golden Age" at the Mori Arts Center Gallery is the juxtaposition of the names. Vermeer's name comes before that of Rembrandt, marking him as the leading Dutch ...