Intense. Overwhelming. Steeped in history. Surreal. Kyara, Rakoku, Manaban, Manaka, Sumotara, Sasora… The names echoed as I arrived. With an address in hand and a pair of socks, I headed to my ...

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The Eighth Hangzhou Biennial of Chinese Painting opened on Tuesday at the Zhejiang Exhibition Hall in Hangzhou, Zhejiang ...

A sale of AI art at famed auction house Christie’s could change how we think about creativity – if it’s not cancelled first.

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Junko Yokota is legally blind in one eye. At first, her parents thought she was just a clumsy child who occasionally bumped ...

The competition provided students with essential skills to prepare them for future academic and professional success, such as ...

The College of DuPage Asia Committee hosts the 33rd Asia Symposium, “Pop Wave: Japan,” from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 26, in the Student Resource Center, Room 2000, on the Glen Ellyn ...

An installation view of “Japanese Art History à la Takashi Murakami” at Gagosian in Grosvenor Hill, London. Courtesy the artist and Gagosian “Japanese Art History à la Takashi Murakami ...

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Japanese collectors spent billions on European paintings during the bubble economy of the 1980s. Officials today hope to inspire a new generation of art lovers. The artist Yuko Mohri in her studio ...