Asia Society is proud to present Meiji Modern: Fifty Years of New Japan. This exhibition reevaluates a seminal era of turmoil, creativity, and transformation in Japan spanning the mid-nineteenth to ...

Asia Society presents a fresh look at the art of Japan’s Meiji era (1868-1912), a period of unprecedented cultural and technological transition, in the landmark exhibition Meiji Modern: Fifty Years of ...

The West was trending in Japan 150 years ago. That might seem like a silly way to put it, but it’s also true. After two centuries of isolationist policy, Japan was forcibly opened up to foreign ...

MIMOCA, the Marugame Genichiro-Inokuma Museum of Contemporary Art, was established in 1991 through the collaboration of Marugame and painter Genichiro Inokuma. The large, white canvas-like facade ...

"Vase With Blossoming Flowers" (1890s) stands at nearly 6 feet tall, around the corner from a marked entrance into "Meiji Modern: Fifty Years of New Japan" at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. If you ...

In June, when introducing two special exhibitions to the crowd gathered for an opening reception, Dayton Art Institute Asian Art Curator Peter Doebler asked the audience to bring to mind a McDonald’s ...

In a circular glass landmark by SANAA, Kanazawa’s contemporary art museum is quietly growing its collection. Photo: WATANABE Osamu, courtesy of 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa In ...

“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 ...

Some exhibitions start with a friendship. Prism of the Real: Making Art in Japan 1989-2010, a spectacular survey of Japanese contemporary art and how it interacted with the rest of Asia and the world, ...

The delicate, woven wire sculptures of Japanese American artist Ruth Asawa (1926–2013) are having a major moment at New York’s Museum of Modern Art, where the late Bay Area artist’s first posthumous ...

From ultra-modern Tokyo to bucolic Beppu, the art of Japanese living offers a visionary path forward. The iconic Tokyo Tower in Japan can be seen from an array of locations around the city. At over ...