Japanese art - Finestre sull'Arte

Hokusai in Pisa, many masterpieces and some uncertainty

The Hokusai exhibition that opened at Palazzo Blu in Pisa on Oct. 24, 2024, and will be open until Feb. 23, 2025, is now nearing its close. Once again, the patrician palace overlooking the Arno River has offered in the fall-winter period, a major exh...
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What secret lies behind Hokusai's The Great Wave? An exhibition on the subject in Treviso, with 150 works

The Luigi Bailo Civic Museum in Treviso welcomes from March 29 to September 28, 2025 the exhibition HOKUSAI - Water and the Secret of the Great Wave, conceived and curated by Paolo Linetti, in collaboration with the Mnemosyne Association, organized b...
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At the MAO of Turin, Linda Fregni Nagler's exhibition and the Japan of flower sellers

From December 5, 2024 to May 4, 2025, the MAO Museum of Oriental Art in Turin presents Hanauri. The Japan of Flower Sellers, a new exhibition that invites visitors to discover Japan through the interpretation of artist Linda Fregni Nagler (Stockholm,...
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Pisa, Palazzo Blu dedicates major exhibition to Hokusai, with more than 200 works

In Pisa, for the first time, Palazzo Blu is hosting a major exhibition dedicated to the Japanese master Hokusai (Katsushika Hokusai; Edo, 1760 - 1849), from Oct. 24, 2024 until Feb. 23, 2025, produced and organized by Fondazione Palazzo Blu and Mondo...
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Tomoko Nagao brings Kawaii style to her first solo exhibition in Taiwan

From July 30, 2024 to September 1, 2024, the Chung Yuan Creative and Cultural Park in the city of Taiwan will host the first solo exhibition of Tomoko Nagao, a Japanese artist who has long lived and worked in Italy, entitled Tomoko Nagao: Kawaii Art ...
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Yōkai, the monsters of Japanese tradition, also arrive in Florence, at the Museo degli Innocenti

Vertigo Syndrome brings to Florence the Yōkai. Monsters of Japanese Tradition: from June 13 to November 3, 2024 they will arrive in the exhibition spaces of the Museo degli Innocenti, on the occasion of the exhibition Yōkai. Monsters, Spirits and O...
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Milan, ADI Design Museum dedicates exhibition to Japanese design, featuring more than 150 works

From March 23 to June 9, 2024, ADI Design Museum in Milan presents the exhibition "ORIGIN of SIMPLICITY. 20 Visions of Japanese Design," curated by Rossella Menegazzo with graphic and exhibition design by Kenya Hara. On display are more than 150 work...
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In Turin, Italy's first exhibition dedicated to shinhanga, Japan's new woodcuts

From March 8 to June 30, 2024, Palazzo Barolo in Turin is hosting the exhibition Shinhanga. The New Wave of Japanese Prints, curated by Paola Scrolavezza, an expert in Japanese Culture and Literature and lecturer at the Department of Modern Languages...
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