Art Fair Tokyo 2012 Friday, March 30–Sunday, April 1, 2012 (First Choice, Opening Preview: Thursday, March 29, 2012 *invitees and press only) Venue: Tokyo International Forum, B2F, Exhibition Hall Fair Hours: Public Viewing: Friday, March 30, 11am–9pm Saturday, March 31, 11am–8pm Sunday, April 1, 10:30am–5pm www.artfairtokyo.com/en Welcoming Deutsche Bank Group as its Main Sponsor for […]
Visitors to National Park Service’s New Museum in Pearl Harbor Now Get Japan and United States View
PEARL HARBOR (AP).- Political assassinations in Tokyo. Censorship and the stifling of dissent. A nation hungry for oil and other natural resources. Kimono-clad women in department stores and boarding street cars. A smiling Babe Ruth posing for photos …
The National Museum of Modern Art in Tokyo Honors Taro Okamoto on the 100th Anniversary of His Birth
Tokyo.- The National Museum of Modern Art in Tokyo presents an exhibition of works by Taro Okamoto on the 100th anniversary of his birth until May 8th 2011. Taro Okamoto (1911-1996) is probably one of the most well-known artists in Japan during the…
Victoria & Albert Museum in London Unveils Exhibition of Road Project Designs
LONDON.- On 2 March 2011 the V&A unveiled the design proposals by the seven architectural teams shortlisted for the V&A’s Exhibition Road Project with a display of the models in the Sackler Centre. The exhibition is on display from March 2 through…
Victoria & Albert Museum in London Unveils Exhibition Road Project Designs
LONDON.- On 2 March 2011 the V&A unveiled the design proposals by the seven architectural teams shortlisted for the V&A’s Exhibition Road Project with a display of the models in the Sackler Centre. The exhibition is on display from March 2 through…
The Signal Gallery Presents First Group Show ‘Mixed Doubles’
LONDON.- The Signal Gallery presents its first group show in the new Paul Street space, from February 11, 2011 through March 2, 2011. The group show consists of four very interesting artists whose work links and entwines in very winning ways. It’…
Zaragoza Exhibits the Work of French Painter Georges Rouault for the First Time Ever
ZARAGOZA.- Rouault’s paintings are full of papers on their backs. References to all the places these paintings have traveled to, from Milan to New York without leaving out places like Tokyo or Paris (where his foundation is housed). “It is perhaps the …
Nearly 3,000 Calligraphers in Japanese Break Out the Brushes for Annual New Year’s Ritual
TOKYO (REUTERS) .- Nearly 3,000 people gathered in Tokyo on Wednesday from as far away as Brazil to break out their calligraphy brushes for an annual new year’s ritual to bring in 2011. Traditionally, people across Japan use ink brushes and paper to wr…
Iwo Jima Mementos, a Faded Photograph and Child’s Drawing, Bring Closure to Japanese Family
TOKYO (AP).- For decades, the faded photograph of a baby Japanese girl and a child’s colorful drawing hung on a wall in the home of Franklin Hobbs III in America. As a 21-year-old U.S. soldier fighting on Iwo Jima, one of the bloodiest battles of World…
Iwo Jima Mementos, a Faded Photograph and Child’s Drawing, Bring Closure to Japanese Family
TOKYO (AP).- For decades, the faded photograph of a baby Japanese girl and a child’s colorful drawing hung on a wall in the home of Franklin Hobbs III in America. As a 21-year-old U.S. soldier fighting on Iwo Jima, one of the bloodiest battles of World…