Designed by renowned architect Shigeru Ban and facing the Seto Inland Sea, the Simose Art Museum here has been named the ...

Simose Art Museum in Hiroshima, Japan, has been recognized as the world’s most beautiful museum at the 2024 Prix Versailles awards. The prestigious architecture prize highlights the “finest ...

Japanese collectors spent billions on European paintings during the bubble economy of the 1980s. Officials today hope to ...

This museum is one of the country's most expansive, housing about 120,000 pieces of art and artifacts that cover the longest recorded history of Japan ... during this beautiful time, make like ...

"Art of Manga" at the de Young Museum in San Francisco will explore the artistry and impact of the country's comic books and ...

Japan's century-old Mingei, or folk art, movement celebrates the everyday work of anonymous artists. It stands in contrast to ...

NARA—The Nara National Museum has unveiled the details of its first full-scale exhibition devoted to national treasures, which will bring together Japan’s finest works of Buddhist art next ...