Rules are Made to be Broken: Gervex, Renoir, Cezanne & Picasso

Rules are Made to be Broken: Gervex, Renoir, Cezanne & Picasso

Woman Seated in an Armchair, 1923 Nowadays an artist has complete freedom to paint, carve, construct, install, or simply do whateve...
Isamu Noguchi: To Touch the Earth

Isamu Noguchi: To Touch the Earth

The Law of Unintended Consequences interferes with the way the World is supposed to be, but it can also throw a spanner in the works of ...
American Impressionists: Following Monet to the Country

American Impressionists: Following Monet to the Country

Self Portait (1896), F.W. MacMonnies The charm of Impressionism was that it allowed a great deal of artistic freedom and expressivenes...
Vermeer and the Delft Style

Vermeer and the Delft Style

Something "New" From the 17th Century Because of the tight loop of Japan's media and information sources, audiences her...
Ryusei Kishida: Innovation and Exploration

Ryusei Kishida: Innovation and Exploration

Kishida’s short but brilliant career When Japan opened up to the West after the Meiji Revolution, it had a lot of catching up to d...
Czartoryski Collection: East Meets West, with Leonardo in a starring role

Czartoryski Collection: East Meets West, with Leonardo in a starring role

When it comes to artistic reputations, nobody except perhaps Michelangelo ranks quite as high in the pantheon of art as Leonardo da Vinci. ...
Crossing the Line: The Vienna Secession

Crossing the Line: The Vienna Secession

Fatalism (1893) by Jan Toorop Our idea of the fin de siècle avant-garde artist is of an impoverished outcast, ignored by the est...
Merzbacher Collection: Unleashing the Power of Colour

Merzbacher Collection: Unleashing the Power of Colour

The Beak of the Eagle, La Ciotat (1907) The keynote of the exhibition at the Yasuda Kasai Museum [ *now renamed the Sompo Japan Muse...
Ikuo Hirayama: Seeking Solace on the Silk Road

Ikuo Hirayama: Seeking Solace on the Silk Road

Mount Sumeru of the Western Pure Land (2000) Ikuo Hirayama clearly represents how the Japanese like to see — and project — the...
Drawing: Graffiti Sky

Drawing: Graffiti Sky

While tidying up and throwing away unnecessary things, I came across a catalogue by the photographic artist Rika Noguchi, whose exhib...