SHUT UP YOU PATRIARCHS, SOME FEMINIST ART IS TALKING

SHUT UP YOU PATRIARCHS, SOME FEMINIST ART IS TALKING

I don’t normally visit exhibitions in company, but this time I made an exception, and press-ganged a female acquaintance to join me. The rea...
THE HAKONE GLASS FOREST IS EVERYTHING IT'S CRACKED UP TO BE

THE HAKONE GLASS FOREST IS EVERYTHING IT'S CRACKED UP TO BE

In the Middle Ages, before the dawn of science, alchemists tried to  find ways to make gold. Of course their efforts were futile, but where ...
INOSUKE HAZAMA: COLOURING JAPAN'S CONNECTION TO THE WEST

INOSUKE HAZAMA: COLOURING JAPAN'S CONNECTION TO THE WEST

HAZAMA Inosuke, Recollection of Kugenuma, 1937, Hazama Inosuke Museum One of the two shows now on at the Artizon focuses on the life and wo...
REBECCA HORN: SAD WINGS OF DESTINY

REBECCA HORN: SAD WINGS OF DESTINY

The German artist Rebecca Horn recently passed away . Here is my review of her 2009 Tokyo show published in Metropolis magazine. As it stan...
WHEN "JESUS CHRIST" VANDALISED MICHELANGELO'S PIETA

WHEN "JESUS CHRIST" VANDALISED MICHELANGELO'S PIETA

If somebody had made a lifelike marble statue of you, lying dead in your mother's arms, what would you do? I know, it's a rather odd...
ART INSPIRED BY THE TRAGIC EVENTS OF 7th OCTOBER

ART INSPIRED BY THE TRAGIC EVENTS OF 7th OCTOBER

One difference between people in Gaza and people in Israel in the present conflict between the two is that people in Israel are still able t...
Utopia: Zhu Wei

Utopia: Zhu Wei

The status of contemporary Chinese art often seems driven by the notion that China is projected to overtake America as the world's leadi...
The Spooky Side of Sanyutei Encho

The Spooky Side of Sanyutei Encho

For all sorts of reasons, summer is the season of ghosts in Japan. Accordingly, The University Art Museum in Tokyo is presenting an exhibiti...
SHUNSO ISHIDA, RADICAL TRADITIONALIST

SHUNSO ISHIDA, RADICAL TRADITIONALIST

Fallen leaves (right panels), 1909-10 It’s no secret that the Japanese art world was going through major changes at the end of the 19th cent...
MASAHISA FUKASE: THE SOLITUDE OF RAVENS

MASAHISA FUKASE: THE SOLITUDE OF RAVENS

Your wife dumps you. What do you do? Some might celebrate by busting out the old bachelor gear and hitting the town. Others might sit teary-...