Traditional Arts
TOKYO – The history of art in Japan seems almost inseparable from the country’s most iconic natural landmark – Mount Fuji. From Katsushika Hokusai’s “Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji,” depicted in ukiyo-e woodblock prints, to recent pop-culture interpretations...
WHAT: “Edo Pop: The Graphic Impact of Japanese Prints”’WHEN: March 9 – June 9, 2013WHERE: Japan Society, 333 East 47th Street, New YorkWHY THIS SHOW MATTERS: Ukiyo-e woodblock prints, with their boldly colored, minimal perspective-shifting portrayals of 15th...
The neolithic craft of Japanese tōgei (pottery) morphs into a contemporary approach under Takuro Kuwata’s experimentation with traditional methods. “Flavor of Nature” is Kuwata’s first solo exhibition at Salon94 Bowery and in the...
WHAT: “Henry Darger: Landscapes”WHEN: December 13, 2012 – February 2, 2013WHERE: Ricco/Maresca Gallery, 529 West 20th Street, New YorkWHY THIS SHOW MATTERS: The mystical landscapes painted by one of the most prolific self-taught artists in history, Henry...
Watercolor has long been dubbed the most difficult medium among artists. British artist Alexander Creswell is a contemporary master of the medium, having traveled the world painting some of the largest works in watercolor to date. He has even invented custom...
Selling the art collection of former tax lawyer Ross Clarke and his wife Rona Clarke in Brisbane was always going to be a gamble for Melbourne-based Mossgreen Auctions. Although the couple are based in Queensland and are well known in their home state,...
Ochre and Ink, a movie celebrating the extraordinary story of the cross-cultural friendship and artistic collaboration of Chinese artist Zhou Xiaoping and Australian Aboriginal artist Johnny Bulunbulun, has captured the hearts of audiences around the world....
Big hART, Australia’s leading arts and social change company, has launched an iPad/iPhone app that allows users to paint watercolours on their phone in the style of contemporary Aboriginal watercolour artists such as Albert Namatjira, Elton Wirri, Kevin...
Tiwi artist Timothy Cook has won the $40,000 29th Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award with a very traditional, natural pigment painting titled Kulama depicting the designs applied to the bodies of men during the coming of age...
Usually a major donation to a museum is cause for celebration, but the recently announcement that Boston's Museum of Fine Arts had received a gift of 34 West African artworks from Robert Owen Lehman is provoking as much criticism as...
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