In London, the Japanese multimedia artist and designer adds his own touches to important artworks from his country’s history. An installation view of “Japanese Art History à la Takashi Murakami” at ...

In Japan’s premodern era, people began and ended their lives surrounded by screens. Women gave birth between screens that were covered in cranes and tortoises, animals thought to bring good fortune, ...

Takashi Murakami knows how to work his magic to brighten people’s mood wherever he goes. Take his recent whirlwind trip to London, for example. It was almost impossible to spot a non-smiling face at ...

From the Mori Art Museum in Roppongi to teamLab Planets Borderless, these are the nine best museums in Tokyo, spanning ...

Gagosian’s Grosvenor Hill gallery in London will present ‘Japanese Art History à la Takashi Murakami’, a new exhibition opening on December 10 where the renowned artist reimagines traditional Japanese ...

Her Brush is kin with the growing number of women-only presentations that reveal a fact hiding in plain sight­­: great women artists existed everywhere at all times. The political and socio-historic ...

Japanese art has an allure that transcends time, from the resplendent beauty of paintings on golden screens to the elegant lines of ikebana flower arrangements. In modern times, new technologies are ...

Yūzū Nenbutsu Engi (Origins of the Yuzu Nenbutsu Sect) 融通念仏縁起 (detail), Handscroll, Kamakura or period, 14th century, Japan, Ink, color, and gold on paper, National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian ...

Postwar Japanese art has been largely misunderstood and selectively interpreted, according to Alicia Volk, professor of Japanese Art at the University of Maryland. Monday’s lecture, titled “Art in the ...

Katsushika Hokusai’s Japanese woodblock print colloquially known as “The Great Wave” stands as one of the most famous and widely reproduced images in the world. The famed composition crops up on ...

The leading authority on Japanese art history, from earthenware figurines in 13,000 B.C. to manga and modern subcultures, tells the story of how the country has nurtured unique aesthetics, prominent ...