Contemporary Japanese art is in a transitional phase. Western styles and techniques are being assimilated, sometimes with too great a degree of imitation.

Pictures of Belonging at the Smithsonian American Art Museum spotlights Miki Hayakawa, Hisako Hibi, and Miné Okubo, three ...

Many of today’s Japanese artists are recreating and developing ancient crafts in their work. For them, “tradition” is not a relic of the past but a living, constantly evolving idea.

Galleries Art Week Tokyo’s Third Edition Boasts ‘Glocal’ Ambitions to Bridge Japanese Contemporary Art With the International Market. Japan is eager to get back into the global art world ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. This month, a new gallery is opening in London’s Fitzrovia, devoted to contemporary art. Nothing new, you might ...

The exhibition “Meiji Modern: Fifty Years of New Japan” is at the Smart Museum of Art at the University of Chicago. By Lori Waxman PUBLISHED: May 7, 2024 at 5:30 AM CDT ...

The Madison Museum of Contemporary Art debuted “Bird and Blossom,” an exhibition of woodblock prints depicting simple relationships in the natural world, on Jan. 24. Curated by Eleanor Pschirrer-West, ...

Japanese collectors spent billions on European paintings during the bubble economy of the 1980s. Officials today hope to inspire a new generation of art lovers.

Many of today’s Japanese artists are recreating and developing ancient crafts in their work. For them, “tradition” is not a relic of the past but a living, constantly evolving idea.