Portraits of women have always been favorite subjects throughout the history of Japanese art. Woodblock prints and traditional paintings during the Edo era have illustrated women as courtesans, female warriors, female...
New York-based, Italy-born contemporary artist Maurizio Cattelan (b. 1960) has brought his provocative artistic vision to the Moderna Museet in Stockholm. His exhibition, The Third Hand, showcases several of Cattelan’...
The term “metaphysical painting” did not come to light until 1910 when it pertained to distorted perspectives, enigmatic landscapes and symbolic imagery. The originator of the style was Giorgio de Chirico whose focus ...
Walter Gropius, director of the Bauhaus school in Germany established in 1919, claimed the institution “The Bauhaus believes the machine to be our modern medium of design and seeks to come to terms with it." The r...
Alongside Henry Moore, Alexander Calder, Auguste Rodin and Alberto Giacometti, the name Constantin Brancusi may be overlooked as one of 20th century’s leading sculptors. Brancusi was a pioneer in the emphasis of pure ...
The Taisho (1912-1926) and early Showa (1926-1989) eras were glorious years of modern photography in Japan. The oldest avant-garde amateur photography club in the country, Naniwa Photography Club was established in 19...
One of the grandest masters of Fauvism, Impressionism, Modern art, Post-Impressionism, Modernism, and Neo-Impressionism, Henri Émile Benoît Matisse and his profound sense of colorism and decorative patterns have been ...
When we think of the most paramount pioneers of 20th century modern architecture, the name Frank Lloyd Wright is undoubtedly unmissable. With an astounding record of over 1,100 designed structures in a period of 70 ye...
Curated by the Black Orientated Legacy Development Agency (BOLD) from September 2023 to 7 January 2024 at Somerset House in London, The Missing Thread is a comprehensive and impactful celebration of the influence of B...
Tokyo’s urban architecture never ceases to flourish. The newly constructed lower floor of Azabudai Hills in Kamiyacho, designed by internationally acclaimed Thomas Heatherwick and Mori Building Co., Ltd., opened last ...
This year, the Stockholm Film Festival featured movies that look at how new technologies such as fake news and A.I. affect our society. There was also a spotlight on new British films, and it honored Ethan Hawke, Ken ...
The festival "DESIGNART TOKYO 2023," a well-established fall event in Tokyo, that allowed people to experience art and design in the city, was held from October 20th to 29th. As the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic ha...
