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Gripping paintbrush and crayon, the artist known as Thumbelina splodges and splats with merry abandon, the one-year-old star of a Tokyo exhibition that goes on way past her bedtime. Abstract ...

This photo taken on April 8, 2025 shows 21-month-old artist “Thumbelina” (L) using a brush to paint alongside her mother (R) at the family’s home in Tokyo. (Photo by Richard A. Brooks / AFP ...

Tokyo (AFP) – Gripping paintbrush and crayon, the artist known as Thumbelina splodges and splats with merry abandon, the one-year-old star of a Tokyo exhibition that goes on way past her bedtime.

The core collection housed in this 1959 Le Corbusier-designed building, Japan’s only national museum devoted to Western art, was assembled by Kawasaki shipping magnate Matsukata Kojiro in the ...

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known as the cradle of the art deco movement. ‘Roaring’ brings this brief but richly stylish era back to life. Jonathan Bell has written for Wallpaper* magazine since 1999, covering everything from ...

This 1933 art deco mansion, fronted by both a Western-style rose garden and a Japanese stroll garden, was once the home of Prince Asaka Yasuhiko – the uncle of Emperor Hirohito – and his wife ...