Mono-ha Moment
Work from a little-known Japanese movement of the late 1960s and early ’70s is being quietly snapped up by museums and collectors.
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Murakami Auction for Japan Earthquake Victims
Takashi Murakami and his studio, Kaikai Kiki, have organized a benefit auction for victims of the Mar. 11 earthquake and tsunami in Japan. Titled "New Day: Artists for Japan," the auction will be he…
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New Priorities in Japan
It's hard to think about art in the face of nightmarish human tragedy. As Japan attempts to get back on its feet after the Mar. 11 earthquake and tsunami, news on the nation's contemporary structures…
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Bye Bye Little Boy
Was Takashi Murakami's 2005 "Little Boy" exhibition too cloying? "Bye Bye Kitty!!!," a new survey of contemporary Japanese art, presents a darker, more disillusioned view of the nation's cultural mood…
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Know Your Enemy
Linda Hoaglund's new documentary film, ANPO: Art X War, offers an impassioned account of Japanese opposition to the post-WWII treaty that made the defeated nation a de facto ally of the U.S. …
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Dystopia Man
A first U.S. museum survey for Tetsumi Kudo explores a diverse body of three-dimensional work, its materials and themes unified only by a determination to disturb.
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Matsutani’s Moment
Like his peers in the Japanese Gutai movement, Takesada Matsutani has long combined painting, sculpture and performance in an exploration of process and materials.
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Mishima, Mon Amour
Avoiding any critical probing into the private Mishima, Paul Schrader's film wraps a consistent, unsatisfying myth in flattering visual tissue
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