Japanese art - Finestre sull'Arte

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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150 masterpieces of Japanese art between the 17th and 19th centuries by the great masters of the Edo period on display in Rome

From February 20 to June 23, 2024, the Museum of Rome at Palazzo Braschi is hosting the major exhibition Ukiyoe. The Floating World. Visions from Japan, curated by Rossella Menegazzo, promoted by Roma Capitale, Assessorato alla Cultura, Sovrintendenz...
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Turin, the Museum of Oriental Art brings the collection into dialogue with the works of Kazuko Miyamoto

A delicate kesa, the Buddhist ritual cloak, next to a minimal kimono made of knotted rope; the imposing structure of samurai armor next to videos of the performances Umbrella dance and In the garden; nineteenth-century wooden prints in dialogue with ...
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