Category: Living Arts


Apr.20

The foodie’s foodie, Mora Chartrand-Grant, shares about her donabe.

Apr.20

The foodie’s foodie, Mora Chartrand-Grant, shares about her donabe. Steve Beimel: Mora—So you fina…

Apr.18

Japanese Manhole Cover Rubbings

Apr.18

One of the great delights of Japan travelis to literally stumble uponan ingenious work of art under your feet….

Apr.16

Japanese Women Artists You Should Know: Meet Yuriko Matsuda

Apr.16 Alice Gordenker

Call her works playful. Call them sensuous. Call them decorative, even, and ceramic artist Yuriko Matsuda won’…

Apr.13

Pritzker Prize Goes to Arata Isozaki

Apr.13

New York Times article: Designer for a Postwar World by Amy Qin NAHA, Japan — He has been called the “emperor …

Apr.08

The City in the Air by Arata Isozaki

Apr.08

From ArchDaily by María Francisca González Arata Isozaki, the Japanese architect and winner of the Pitzker Pri…

Mar.27

Japanese Women Artists You Should Know: Meet Toshiko Okanoue

Mar.27 Alice Gordenker

At age 91, artist Toshiko Okanoue is very much in the spotlight. An influential publisher just released a book…

Mar.24
Mar.19

Five Generations and Strong

Mar.19 Ali Alice Gordenker

Text and Photos by Alice Gordenker Masao Nagata of Nagata Indigo Dyeing Works (長田染工場) in Izumo, Shimane demons…

Mar.14

Glass Tea House Mondrian

Mar.14 Gail Rieke

During an artist’s residency that I had in Venice in 2015, I went to see Sugimoto’s Glass Tea Hous…

Mar.03

Japanese interior design: Kiyotomo Sushi Bar

Mar.03

A 26-minute video celebrating a project of the late Shiro Kuramata, one of the great designers of the 20th cen…