Monocle

Highlights from Monocle Radio: A new leader in Japan, artist Olafur Eliasson and Art Basel Paris

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

Izumi Kato’s Hybrid Totemic Forms Trace Possible Paths of Ecological Survival

Through fluid forms and radiant color, Kato translates spiritual and biological evolution into a visual language of ...

Museum’s Treasures to Be Sold as Founder Faces $50 Million Legal Bill

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

A Japanese Exhibition Places Contemporary Woodcarving Within the Continuum of Art History

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

This Japanese Artist Uses Traditional Painting Styles In Modern Ways, Here Are 52 Of Their Best Works

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