KEN YABUNO: EUROPA RE-REMEMBERED

KEN YABUNO: EUROPA RE-REMEMBERED

Everything Appears If You Stand Still  (2005) The Fascist dictator Generalissimo Francisco Franco may not have been everybody's c...
Hisashi Tenmyouya: Neo-Nihonga Retro-Yakuza Pastiche

Hisashi Tenmyouya: Neo-Nihonga Retro-Yakuza Pastiche

Good artists, like good DJs, know what to throw together to get something fresh going. This is especially true of Neo-Nihonga artists l...
The Balanced Eroticism of Titian's Venus

The Balanced Eroticism of Titian's Venus

In a modern era, in which recreational sex, low birthrates, fractured relationships, and sexual commodification are commonplace, the so...
Nishiki–e Outshine Chinese Prints

Nishiki–e Outshine Chinese Prints

"Plum Garden at Kameido" by Hiroshige Utagawa "The Birth of Nishiki–e," the current exhibition at the Ota Memoria...
El Greco: My Big, Skinny Greek Painting

El Greco: My Big, Skinny Greek Painting

The Virgin of the Immaculate Conception Tokyo seems crowded with Old Masters these days. Rubens is at the Bunkamura; Raphael is at th...

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