We profile Japan’s new prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, meet Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson, report from Vienna and ...

Prized pieces held by the Okada Museum of Art in Japan are being auctioned to settle a $50 million legal bill owed by the ...

Hand-hewn from timber, expressive faces and dynamic motifs emerge in the works of Kigaku – Re(a)lize – at FUMA Contemporary ...

Imagine having one foot firmly in the modern world and the other planted deep in the realm of folklore and fantasy. A ...

Yoshitomo Nara’s current exhibition at the Orange County Museum of Art, “I Don’t Want to Grow Up ,” captures the ...

Jewelry design Monica Rich Kosann collaborated with the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston to create a collection of jewelry ...

Nikon has been in business for 108 years creating not just cameras for the consumer market but advanced precision optics for ...

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These parachutes may be full of holes, but they really hit the mark. Inspired by the Japanese art of kirigami, or paper cutting, scientists made parachutes that open automatically when dropped. And ...

Hokusai’s classic Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji series of woodblock prints has been incorporated into just about every object imaginable — from electric guitars to bras — to give them that extra ...

“Prism of the Real,” on through Dec. 8, explores how artists challenged the structures of power by creating new spaces for dialogue and experimentation. Photo: Keizo Kioku When thinking about art in ...

Japan’s cultural treasure troves are scattered across the archipelago. These are regional art festivals, often tucked away in the mountains or found on the streets of rural villages. The festivals ...