Japanese art Archives

FAD News: Gozo Yoshimasu awarded inaugural Serpentine x FLAG Art Foundation Prize

12 May 2026 • Mark Westall

Gozo Yoshimasu has been named the inaugural recipient of the Serpentine x FLAG Art Foundation Prize

NEWS

FAD News: Brooklyn Museum to Stage Art of Manga, the First Major Americas Survey of Manga as Fine Art

30 April 2026 • Mark Westall

Art of Manga at Brooklyn Museum will spotlight more than 600 original works by legendary Japanese manga artists in a landmark exhibition.

The first UK solo exhibition of internationally celebrated Japanese artist Takuro Kuwata opens at Warwick Arts Centre

29 October 2025 • Mark Westall

The Mead Gallery, Warwick Arts Centre to present the first UK solo exhibition of internationally celebrated Japanese artist Takuro Kuwata

Gainsborough’s House opens first UK solo museum show for Rebecca Salter.

15 November 2023 • Mark Westall

In View: Rebecca Salter at Gainsborough’s House is the first solo museum show in the UK dedicated to the work of the British abstract artist Rebecca Salter

EXHIBITIONS

RA to present an exhibition of Kawanabe Kyosai one of the most exciting & popular Japanese painters of the late 19th century.

16 December 2021 • Mark Westall

Kawanabe Kyosai (1831–1889) was the most exciting and popular Japanese painter of the late 19th century. A child prodigy and… Read More

#Welove these amazing Dandelion fluff sculptures from Japanese artist Yusuke Aonuma.

4 February 2018 • Mark Westall

Check these amazing beautiful sculptures from Japanese artist Yusuke Aonuma. Made from Dandelion fluff Aonuma harvests the light-weight plant form (known as Tanpopo in Japanese) before drying them to give him a material from which to to work with.

ART
WE LOVE

Japanese ultra-technologists teamLab to make their UK debut at START

7 August 2015 • Mark Westall

Flutter of Butterflies beyond Borders, teamLab’s installation at START Projects, will be a fully immersive environment. Within this all-encompassing environment there will be three individual works:

GO SEE: Lots of AK 47s, a really big Cannon, and a trip to Hungary half shaved.

15 February 2015 • Mark Westall

This is Chu Enoki’s first solo show in Europe.
A seminal figure in contemporary Japanese art, Enoki’s work has influenced younger artists such Takashi Murakami and Keiji Uematsu. Since the millennium, Enoki has received increasing acclaim and is now considered one of the most significant artists working in Japan, yet he is still not widely recognised internationally.