Yuka Sakuma is a painter and illustrator based in Nagoya, Japan. Inspired by the nihonga school, her work has been exhibited at home and abroad. We caught up with her to discuss the origins of her art ...

The rising Chinese artist Chen Fei recently opened his first institutional show at the Consortium Museum in Dijon ...

Green art conservation methods developed by EU researchers are setting new standards and proving useful far beyond museums, ...

The Floating World” transports visitors to a time when Japan was emerging from the feudal era and modern cities were booming.

The Floating World,” a multimedia extravaganza inspired by the art of 18th- and 19th-century Japan, is on view through September at the Cleve Carney Museum.

Some celebrities are more than just performers—they’re also talented visual artists. Discover the stars who pursue painting ...

Through stylised landscapes, scenes of everyday life and fantastical visions, Hokusai laid the foundations for a modern graphic touch still found in contemporary art far beyond the Nipponese shores.

When he opened the store, one of his first three employees was a Japanese man, Hara Kitsue. As Liberty became, as Oscar Wilde ...

Obata, detained in a World War II internment camp for people of Japanese descent, urged turning to "Great Nature" to ...

With no solid object of fixed colour against which to correlate, "blue" has historically had the capacity to range loosely over the colour spectrum. In the case of Japan, "ao" denoted a range of blue ...

Forgery scandals, pioneering female painters, and the intersection between art and politics are among the season’s hot topics ...