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Enjoying Art Education with Your Kids — An Invitation to Dialogue-Based Viewing

"I hear art education is good for children, but I don't know what I'm supposed to do.""I love art myself, but taking the kids along to a muse...

Nihonga — One of the World's Most Historically Significant Art Forms

When you hear the word "Nihonga" (Japanese-style painting), what comes to mind is something like a very old, traditional performing art. In fact,...

What Is an Art Conservator? — The Work of Caring for Art's Past and Future

Introduction Have you heard of the profession of conservator? If you love art, you have probably come across stories about restoration — like...

The Painting Reshapes the Season — Living Long with One Piece

I hung a painting. The first few days, I saw it every day.A week passed, a month, three months —before I knew it, it had been hanging in the sam...

Going to the Museum, Coming Home — Once-Seen Art vs Everyday Art

Going to a museum is, somehow, special. You leave home a little earlier. You check the map, walk from the station.You pay the entry, leave your ...

Why Silkscreen Colour Dazzles — mocchi mocchi, Stacking Colour

The first time I placed a silkscreen print in my room, I was a little surprised.On screen, I'd thought of it as just a "vivid painting." But the...

The Day Someone Said "I Like This" — When a Quiet Liking Reached Another

A friend came over, for the first time in a while. I made tea, we sat at the table. While talking, her gaze quietly moved across the table. "I l...

Photography is Art, Too — Tomomi Sugimura, Holding Light

"I bought a painting" — we say it.But "I bought a photograph" — we rarely hear that. The smartphone photo folder holds thousands of images.Scene...

Finding a Wall — Because There's No "Right Place

"Where should I hang the painting?"You might have searched something like that. Living room, bedroom, entrance — which looks best?You looked for...

Mornings with a Painting — Ordinary Time, Quietly Shifted

Morning. You wake up. Still a little sleepy. You reach out from under the covers and open the curtains.Light enters the room. That alone, and the...

Practicing How to Like Things — Your Sensibility Can Be Reclaimed in Everyday Life

Have you lost track of what you actually like? When choosing something, the reflex is to check reviews, rankings, value for money. That is not ...

From the Artist's Hands to Your Room — The Person Behind the Piece

A painting on your wall. Someone, somewhere, made it. It is not a poster printed in a factory. An artist thought, experimented, moved their han...