Artnet

Ayako Rokkaku’s Dreamy Finger Paintings Build a Bridge From American Abstract Art and Japan’s Obsession with Cuteness

The pale, porcelain skin of Ayako Rokkaku’s petite hands brightens the navy blue ceramic tea cup held in her palms. For nearly two decades, the artist has used her hands instead of brushes, dipping ...
Hyperallergic

Healing Japanese Art for the End Times

Installation view of Anxiety and Hope in Japanese Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (all photos AX Mina/Hyperallergic) Feelings of impending doom come in cycles in human history, and it’s always ...
The New York Times

Women Who Made Art in Japanese Internment Camps Are Getting Their Due

A traveling exhibit will focus on the work of three Japanese American women artists, Hisako Hibi, Miki Hayakawa and Miné Okubo. By Rebecca Carballo Ibuki Hibi Lee remembers waking up to the sounds of ...
Los Angeles Times

From sacred monkeys to mysterious cats, marvelous ‘Animals in Japanese Art’ at LACMA

In 2011, the Los Angles County Museum of Art announced the acquisition of “Cranes,” a breathtaking pair of six-panel painted screens by Maruyama Ōkyo (1733-1795), Japan’s leading 18th century artist.
Indiatimes

From Patangarh to Japan: The Gond art that became Jangarh Kalam — and the boy who carried it to the world

In the early 1980s, Jangarh Singh Shyam's art on a mud wall in Patangarh village was recognized as contemporary art by J Swaminathan. This led to the global emergence of "Gond painting," though many ...