Cultural Aesthetics in Japanese Spiritual Worlds helps students explore questions of meaning, ethics and belief that anime brings to life. It examines themes such as what happens when the past ...

Pictures of Belonging at the Smithsonian American Art Museum spotlights Miki Hayakawa, Hisako Hibi, and Miné Okubo, three ...

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Japanese folklore is full of potential for supernatural horror, and these games take that inspiration and create something incredible.

An exhibition in Seoul shows Japanese art from four perspectives to mark the 60th anniversary of the normalization of ties with Japan. Read more here ...

Tan’s Ascent is a reminder of Van Gogh’s passion for Japanese prints. As the Pola exhibition so vividly expresses, Japanese artists have in turn fallen in love with Van Gogh.

Benesse House Museum in Naoshima, Japan, has created a global movement of art hotels that are reshaping luxury accommodations worldwide. Travel reporter Ryan Craggs looks at the history of the art ...

Contemporary art has been a key tool brought to bear by rural communities across Japan as they seek to boost their economies by attracting visitors to local artistic festivals. But these events ...

Star Wars Celebration Japan runs from April 18 through to April 20, 2025–while we don’t know which art will adorn which badge yet, select tickets are still available. Want more io9 news?

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.

Japan’s art market has outperformed the global industry over the past five years, according to a new report from art economist Clare McAndrew. While global sales ticked up just 1 percent from ...

Art & Exhibitions How Matisse’s Fascination With Japanese Woodcuts Influenced His Paintings The French artist was heavily influenced by the art of ukiyo-e.