Rembrandt Still Outshines Vermeer
Susanna by Rembrandt The first exhibition at the newly renovated Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Art (TMMA) was always going to be an im...
Joan Miro: Graffiti for a Post-Franco Spain
House with Palm Tree, 1918 No artist's life and work – not even Picasso's – better represents the modern history of Spain as ...
Collection: Skull Doodle by Doctor Lakra
Back in 2008 I was covering the "Goth" exhibition at the Yokohama Museum of Art for the International Herald Tribune Asahi S...
Left Alone With Henri Le Sidaner
La Table bleue, Gerberoy, 1923 There are several points at which the conventional language of art criticism breaks down. The French p...
Iwami Furusawa: One man’s porn is...
Daughter of Bacchus (1983) Sexuality is polymorphous. It has to be. This is because — rightly or wrongly — it often faces rigid repre...
The Esoteric Influence of Taro Okamoto
Alien named PAIRA, 1956 Visiting the Taro Okamoto Museum of Art is always a fascinating experience. Located in Kawasaki's heavily...
Leonor Fini: Consciously Painting the Subconscious
Between the Two, 1967 One of my favorite paintings is one by a trained elephant that I picked up on holiday in Thailand daubed by a ...
Jackson Pollock: The First Major Japan Exhibition
Despite his art superstar status, Jackson Pollock's avant-gardism has proved a stumbling block in Japan. Surprisingly, "Jackson...
Takanori Oguiss: the Japanese Utrillo
When I first saw the oil paintings of Paris by the Japanese artist, Takanori Oguiss (1901-1986), I was strangely reminded of the neutron...
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