January 2012
Profile: Master basket maker Fujinuma Noboru. One Hundred Camellias, paintings at the Nezu Museum in Tokyo. Yakusha-e Kabuki Prints: A Continuing Tradition in Oxford, UK. Samurai: Amour of the Warrior, comprehensive exhibition of samurai life on show in Paris. Hasegawa Tohaku and the Kano School in Tokyo. The Korean contemporary painter Jung-Yeon Min, who know lives in Paris. Beneath the Winds: Masterpieces of Southeast Asian Art on show in Adelaide. Exhibitions: Hokusai’s book illustrations in Durham; Mariko Mori’s latest exhibition on the web; Storytelling in Japanese Art, the new exhibition at the Met in New York; Hiroshima – photographs by Ishiuchi Miyako, in Vancouver; Yutaka Makino, contemporary artist, who is intrigued by light, in Berlin. Lee Bul’s show at the Mori in Tokyo. Auction preview, Fairs – India Art Fair and Art Stage Singapore previews; Gallery shows – Imari fish plates. Islamic Arts Diary. Listings.

