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Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Dec 4, 2014
Isn't it time to take art out of storage?
Tokyo's art scene has always comprised many hubs, and it's about to get a new one — one that promises to be among the most exciting.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Dec 4, 2014
'The Imaginary World of Fumio Nambata'
Fifteen years is a short time for an artistic career, but for prolific painter Fumio Nambata (1941-1974), it was long enough to complete more than 2,000 works before his untimely death at age 32.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Dec 4, 2014
'The Power of a Pencil: Susumu Kinoshita and Yoshio Yoshimura'
A special exhibition focusing on pencil works, "The Power of Pencil" features the drawings of Susumu Kinoshita and Toshio Yoshimura. Both artists focus on portraits for this show, though each produces very different works. Kinoshita illustrates models, capturing their lives through the careful observation...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Nov 28, 2014
A modern annex for an old favorite
I always feel a little inadequate arriving at the Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum, shambling up its gravel drive in my slovenly journalist garb and running one hand over my face to check if I've shaved that day. It's such an elegant venue that I feel I really should be arriving in more style, possibly...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Nov 27, 2014
'Explore! Experience! Edo-Tokyo'
The Edo-Tokyo Museum is closing its fifth- and sixth-floor exhibition rooms for renewal (to reopen on March 28 next year) but it stresses that this will not have a negative effect on its current exhibition. Instead, it's bringing most of the permanent exhibits to the first floor for "Explore! Experience!...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Nov 27, 2014
'Group Show of Contemporary Artists 2014'
In support of the activities of up-and-coming artists across the country, Tokyo Metropolitan
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Nov 27, 2014
'Heartwarming, Gentle Japanese Paintings'
Being able to fully enjoy Japanese paintings may seem a bit daunting when its aesthetics and subjects seem so far from popular contemporary art. The Adachi Museum of Art, however, suggests that Japanese-style painting is not as different as you may think.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 24, 2014
Swiss museum to accept art trove, return Nazi-looted works
A museum in the Swiss capital has agreed to accept an art trove bequeathed to it this year by German collector Cornelius Gurlitt, and vowed to return any works in the horde seized by the Nazis.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 21, 2014
Irish-American abstract artist Sean Scully sets sights on China
Irish-American abstract artist Sean Scully counts Irish rocker Bono among his pals and collectors. He wouldn't be unhappy if some of China's 1.4 billion people also took a shine to his art being displayed at a retrospective in Shanghai later this month.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Nov 20, 2014
'Otomo Yoshihide: Between Music and Art'
The work of sound artist Yoshihide Otomo, who is best known recently for his score for the 2013 hit TV drama "Amachan," is being showcased in this exhibition designed to explore the strong relationship between music and art.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Nov 20, 2014
Treasures worth standing in line for
There is a fundamental problem with the Tokyo National Museum (TNM), which I come up against time and time again. In a nutshell, the venue is too big for its exhibits and too small for its audience. This is underlined yet again by the latest exhibition "National Treasures of Japan."
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Nov 20, 2014
'The World of Kenji Ekuan: A Great Master of Design, Hiroshima Produced'
One of the pioneers of Japanese industrial design, Hiroshima-based artist Kenji Ekuan may not be a household name, but his works are. He designed the famous glass Kikkoman soy-sauce bottle with its bright red cap, the JR Narita Express train, the Yamaha VMAX motorcycle and many more objects that are...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Nov 20, 2014
'Rei Naito: The Emotion of Belief'
After three years of renovation work, the Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum is reopening on Nov. 22 with an additional wing, which will be the venue for the museum's new lineup of contemporary art, videos and performing-arts projects.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Nov 13, 2014
Uffizi highs of the Renaissance
There's something quaint about the main painting at the "Galleria Degli Uffizi: Arte a Firenze da Botticelli a Bronzino — verso una 'Maniera Moderna' " exhibition now showing at the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Art. The work, "Pallas and the Centaur" (c. 1480-85), a large canvas by the Italian Renaissance...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Nov 13, 2014
'Ikiru Monotachi e: The message from the nature'
Himeji City Museum of Art has been holding exhibitions featuring contemporary artists from Harima and Tajima in Hyogo Prefecture since 1986. This year, under the theme "Ikiru Monotachi e" ("To living things"), the exhibition explores the value of life and our environment through the works of four artists...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Nov 13, 2014
'La Chalcographie du Musee du Louvre'
As the largest museum in the world, the Louvre houses some of the greatest masterpieces — Leonardo da Vinci's "Mona Lisa" and the ancient Greek statue "Venus de Milo" to name a couple. This show focuses on chalcographic works, such as lithographic prints, from the museum's extensive yet less well-known...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Nov 13, 2014
'Narahara Ikko: Domains'
It has been 56 years since photographer Ikko Narahara's early masterpiece "Oukoku (Kingdom)" (1958) has been shown in Tokyo.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Nov 6, 2014
Beneath the disarray lies a struggle
One of the joys of covering a Willem de Kooning exhibition, such as the one at the Bridgestone Museum of Art, is catching up with the jargon that surrounds his work. As he was a leading light of New York's postwar abstract expressionist movement, who later veered in the direction of figurative art, de...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Nov 6, 2014
'100th Anniversary of the Birth: Oyamada Jiro'
This year marks the 100th since the birth of Surrealist artist Jiro Oyamada, who is known for his dark, socially conscious and despairing themes that were likely influenced by his life experiences.
Tokyo Metro’s overseas efforts begin in earnest with London deal
Tokyo Metro will soon have a role in the running of London's Elizabeth Line, a major train route serving the U.K.’s capital city and environs.
Man charged with murder allegedly made victim date other men for money
A car carrying suspect Ryotaro Masuda, who was indicted for allegedly beating his 25-year-old girlfriend to death, leaves the Shibuya Police Station in Tokyo on Thursday.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an airstrike in Dnipro on Thursday.
Ex-yokozuna Kitanofuji dies at 82
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The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
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Shohei Ohtani wins National League MVP award
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The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
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Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.
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