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Nordic Textiles and Their Connection to Japan

What Are Textiles? You may have heard the word "textile," but many people probably don't know it in detail. In a broad sense, "textile" refers ...

How to Choose Art Supplies and Frames for Your First Painting

When you feel like trying to paint, what is the first thing you worry about? "How do I paint?" "What should I use to paint?" — all sorts of q...

Katsushika Hokusai, Who Drew 30,000 Works in a 70-Year Career — The Art That Awed Even Monet and Van Gogh

Introduction The art I, a lover of museum-going, would most like to recommend is the Japanese painting of Katsushika Hokusai. I first encount...

Contemporary Art Has Kept Defying Conventional Wisdom

Source: flickr However much one loves art, many people probably feel that "I just don't understand contemporary art." Art is something that e...

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...