Art
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Beneath the Great Wave: Hokusai and Hiroshige review – how two Japanese masters reinvented art
Whitworth, ManchesterHokusai’s breathtaking woodblock print may be ubiquitous today but, as this startling sho…
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‘Letting the sound happen around you’: powerful sonic memorial remembers the dead
Jacqueline Kiyomi Gork has created a sound installation emulating second world war spaces: a Japanese internme…
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Samurai review: Japan’s lethal warrior class are shown in all their sexy, demonic glory
British Museum, London Extraordinary battle armour, complete with moustachioed masks, enlivens this scintillat…
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The world’s most sublime dinner set – for 2,000 guests! Hyakkō: 100+ Makers from Japan review
Japan House, LondonThe fruit of a two-year odyssey through the workshops of artisans using ancient techniques,…
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Yoshitomo Nara review: cutesy terrors swear, smoke, play guitar and burn down houses
Hayward Gallery, LondonThe Japanese artist’s instantly recognisable delinquent infants fill a huge show that a…
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‘A knife crime waiting to happen’: how Yoshitomo Nara became Japan’s most expensive artist
The veteran punk painter’s twisted cherubs are a far cry from the tasteful, beautiful Japanese art that usuall…
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Hiroshige: Artist of the Open Road review – ‘I could look forever at these passing moments in cosmic colours’
British Museum, LondonThe Japanese master’s weightless gaze birthed not only French impressionism but also the…
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Yayoi Kusama: why this 96-year-old artist’s show is the most popular in Australian history
By the time the NGV exhibition of works by the Japanese favourite ends, more than half a million people will h…
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Japanese Art History à la Takashi Murakami review – the opposite of refinement
Gagosian Grosvenor Hill, LondonThe Tokyo-born pop artist who has worked with Louis Vuitton, Billie Eilish et a…
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What a carve up! Playful, intricate Japanese leaf art – in pictures
Almost every day for the past five years, the Kanagawa-born artist Lito has drawn an image on to a leaf – usua…
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Unseen wonders: 70 years of Japanese female photographers – in pictures
Japanese photography has traditionally been dominated by men – but a new collection, I’m So Happy You Are Here…
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‘A true multi-sensory experience’: the Met celebrates Japanese poetry, calligraphy and painting
In an immersive and transporting new exhibition, three key areas of Japanese art are brought together and prai…
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‘I make reality out of fantasy’: Hiroshi Sugimoto on fooling the world with his camera
As his survey opens in Sydney, the legendary photographer talks about using light and shadow to bring the dead…
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Yoshida review – brilliant prints bleached of historical colour
Dulwich Picture Gallery, London Three generations of a family of artists are presented without the tumultuous …
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Japan’s floating world, Britain’s lakes of paint and California’s sculpted light – the week in art
Also, a newly restored first world war masterpiece and a 400-year-old portrait of one of the world’s first pro…
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‘I try to photograph the unseen’: Michael Kenna on 50 years of shooting breathtaking landscapes
A new book celebrates half a century of work by the landmark English photographer, who has captured everything…
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‘This environment is normal in Tokyo’: Jeff Liang’s best phone picture
When the Taiwanese photographer lived in Japan, he found the working days were long and conforming was essenti…
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Tokyo Stories review – artistic immersion into the city’s creative life
The Exhibition on Screen documentary series delves into the boundless energy of the Japanese megalopolisHaving…
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Crossing the lines: photography without frontiers at Kyotographie 2023 – photo essay
With borders as its theme, the 11th edition of Kyoto’s citywide festival explores a range of issues including …
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Imperial artwork: early photographs of life in Japan – in pictures
Taken around 1865, these amateur images by a Dutch physician offer up a fascinating glimpse inside the country…