AAN November 2021
Cover: Asian Photographers on Prix Pictet Short List. Profile: the artist Tatsuo Miyajima. The world of Isamu Noguchi in London. Hokusai’s The Great Picture Book of Everything. An interview with the ceramicist Akiko Hirai. Japanese narrative art in Zurich. From the Archives: Shintoism and the myriad gods of Japan. Japanese contemporary lacquer: the shell-matching game in Melbourne. Tokyo Art & Photography in Oxford. NYC auction reviews. Auction previews and gallery shows in New York. Exhibitions: NY Central Library’s Treasures, Japanese basketry in Geneva, Tajik gold in Paris and contemporary art in Pennsylvania. Artist exhibitions: Koshiro Onchi, Kazumi Amano, and Masanari Murai. Islamic Arts Diary.
Tokyo: Art & Photography is a celebration of one of the world’s most dynamic cities. Artworks span the Edo period (1603-1868) to the contemporary photography of Daido Moriyama and Mika Ninagawa. The exhibition looks at a city which has undergone… Continue reading
An exhibition celebrating the Japanese American sculptor Isamu Noguchi (1904-1988), one of the most experimental and pioneering artists of the 20th century, is currently on show in London. This is the first touring retrospective of the artist in Europe for 20… Continue reading
The latest exhibition at Museum Rietberg is concerned with Japanese ‘narrative images’ (monogatari-e) in Japanese art. Love, Fight, Feast – The World of Japanese Narrative Art is inspired by some of the greatest scenes found in classical Japanese literature, Buddhist… Continue reading
The group of 103 rare brush-drawings for the Great Picture Book of Everything by Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849), recently purchased by the British Museum, are currently on display until January 2022. The drawings, which are mounted on card, also… Continue reading