Have a look around the room or office space you find yourself in now. How much of it was created humanistically, with beauty or inspiration in mind? How does the design of the space invite you to feel ...

The NY Times has been doing these challenges every Friday where you sit and look at one piece of art for 10 minutes. Last ...

This season in London, the National Gallery presents “Van Gogh: Poets and Lovers” and the V&A showcases “Naomi Campbell: ...

The following special exhibitions are on view at area museums. For a complete list of all permanent, indefinite and long-term ...

Experience authentic traditional culture that has been passed down since the Edo period (1603–1868) in the Nihonbashi area, ...

• Kifune Shrine: Moved to its current location in the forested hills in northern Kyoto in 1055, the shrine is dedicated to ...

For the first time, Colgate University’s Herman Collection of Modern Chinese Woodcuts, containing 209 printmaking pieces by ...

From delicate textiles to intricate metalwork, its artisan workshops are bastions of skill and dedication. These five ...

Last week, two prints of Hokusai’s The Great Wave fetched over $800,000 each at auction in New York. Both Christie’s and Bonhams sold a print of the iconic ukiyo-e seascape in sales that coincided ...

This time, we want you to look at a mid-19th-century print by Utagawa Hiroshige of Japan: “Great Bridge: Sudden Rain at Atake ...

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