Jan.10

Wrapping Rap

Jan.10 Gail Rieke

Wrapping Rap by Gail Rieke ’Tis the season… so perhaps you are thinking about gifting and wrapping… I first le…

Jan.07

Sake: This Year’s Rice Report

Jan.07 John Gauntner

Sake: This Year’s Rice Report by Sake Expert John Gauntner Sake Rice Survived a Couple of Typhoons, But How Di…

Jan.03

Contemporary glass artist Etsuko Nishi

Jan.03

Contemporary glass artist Etsuko Nishi Specialist in the Pâte de Verre Technique By Dasha Klyachko Etsuko Nish…

Dec.31

Japanese Women Artists You Should Know: Meet Eugénie O’Kin

Dec.31

By Alice Gordenker There was a Japanese female artist active in Paris in the early decades of the 20th century…

Dec.22

A Man of Intelligence by Ian Pfennigwerth

Dec.22 David Morton

A Man of Intelligence by Ian Pfennigwerth A review by David Morton A Man Of Intelligence is an excellent book …

Dec.21

Victoria & Albert Museum Dundee designed by Kengo Kuma

Dec.21

Commentary by Charles Bernstein, A.I.A. Japanese architect Kengo Kuma won the international design competition…

Nov.29

Between Heaven and Earth

Nov.29 devapnek

Between Heaven and Earth After recovering from three somewhat harrowing days driving a rental car on the road …

Nov.27

Kusama and the Compulsive Visionaries

Nov.27 Gail Rieke

Kusama and the Compulsive Visionaries by Gail Rieke Perhaps this sounds like the name of a band, but it is not…

Nov.14

Contemporary glass artist Miya Kitamura

Nov.14 Dasha Klyachko

Contemporary glass artist Miya Kitamura Valuing beauty in the everyday object By Dasha Klyachko Miya Kitamura …

Oct.24

Karesansui Gardens

Oct.24

By Marc Peter Keane In Japan there is a highly sculptural and enigmatic form of garden known as karesansui tha…