Through stylised landscapes, scenes of everyday life and fantastical visions, Hokusai laid the foundations for a modern graphic touch still found in contemporary art far beyond the Nipponese shores.

The iris laevigata varieties (Japanese irises) are also moisture lovers. They sit like butterflies on tall stems in a range of colours that feature heavily in Japanese paintings.

Art Japanese incarceration interrupted these artists’ careers, but not their art. Works by Hisako Hibi, Miné Okubo and Miki Hayakawa are featured in “Pictures of Belonging” at the ...

SINGAPORE – Japanese art collective teamLab, whose works are wildly popular in Singapore, has added two new works to the ArtScience Museum, but for a limited time. Part of a series titled ...

Japanese art collective teamLab, whose works are wildly popular in Singapore, has added two new works to the ArtScience Museum, but for a limited time. Part of a series titled Dissipative Figures, ...

French painter Henri Matisse first came into contact with ukiyo-e woodcut prints in the early 20 th century, when various world fairs brought Japanese art to Europe. Struggling to get his own ...

4 fashion and art books to grace your coffee table, about Diane Keaton and Iris Apfel’s inimitable styles, legendary Japanese artist Hokusai, and French sculptor and fashion designer Madame Grès ...

Before the rainy season, blue-purple and white irises have started to bloom at the Nobeoka Botanical Garden in the city of Nobeoka, Miyazaki Prefecture. At the garden, there is an iris field that ...

An artist created a Japanese ink-style painting of Electric-type Pokemon Tynamo and Eelektross. Eelektross is considered underrated due to its ability to avoid being weak to Ground-type attacks.

Up Next Japanese Artist Izumi Kato’s Enigmatic Finger Paintings Have Earned a Cult Following for Their ‘Disturbingly Mutant’ Imagery. The artist, who recently had an exhibition with Perrotin ...