Japanese Prints: Hokusai at LACMA April 13, 2013–July 28, 2013 Pavilion for Japanese Art Los Angeles County Museum of Art The museum’s collection includes excellent prints by the renowned Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849). Among the museum’s holdings are two of this artist’s most iconic works, popularly known as Red Fuji...
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The Los Angeles County Museum of Art Japanese Prints: Hokusai at LACMA Pavilion for Japanese Art April 13 – July 28, 2013 Free with museum admission, no reservations Robert T. Singer, department head and curator of Japanese art, will lead a tour of Japanese Prints: Hokusai at LACMA on Sunday, May 5 at...
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Spiritual Landmarks in Modern Japanese Prints October 27, 2012 – March 2013 Pavilion for Japanese Art, level 3, Helen and Felix Juda Gallery Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 5905 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90036 + In the pre-modern era, especially the 19th century, pilgrimage was an accepted way of traveling to...
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Bushell Netsuke: The Evolution of 18th-century Netsuke October 27, 2012 – February 2013 Pavilion for Japanese Art, Level 2, Raymond and Frances Bushell Netsuke Gallery Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 5905 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90036 + Precisely when netsuke were first used in Japan is not known although historic documents and...
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The Los Angeles County Museum of Art presents the U.S. debut of Maruyama Okyo’s Cranes (1772), an extraordinary pair of Japanese screens on Saturday, Jan. 19, 2013 at its Pavilion for Japanese Art. The exhibition of Okyo’s Cranes will run for four month. The closing date is not announced yet. The screens was recently...
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Three Perfections: Poetry, Calligraphy, Painting July 26, 2012 – January 2013 Pavilion for Japanese Art, East Wing Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 5905 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90036 + Since about the 11th century in China special esteem has been given to the arts of poetry, calligraphy, and painting. Beginning in the...
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Pavilion for Japanese Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 5905 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90036 Museum hours: Monday, Tuesday and Thursday 12 noon – 8 pm, Friday 12 noon – 9 pm, Saturday and Sunday 11 am – 8 pm, Closed Wednesdays For further information about Japanese art exhibitions at LACMA, please...
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The East Asian Art Council of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art invites the public to a Japanese artist talk on Sunday, Oct. 21 France to Japan: Nativizing the Leather-bound Book A talk by bookbinder Ohie Toshio Sunday, October 21, 3 pm Dorothy Collins Brown auditorium at Los Angeles County Museum of...
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Ohie Toshio; Karasawa Hitoshi, The Life of Saigyo, 1995, leather-bound book with slipcase and chemise, engravings and prints by Karasawa Hitoshi, biography of the poet Saigyo by Tsuji Kunio, published by Shinkosha, collection of Ohie Toshio. The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) presents the first solo museum exhibition for Japanese bookbinder...
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Los Angeles County Museum of Art will invite world-class master of Zen calligraphy Shodo Harada Roshi from Japan for its program on Saturday, Sept. 15, at 2 pm at Dorothy Collins Brown Auditorium at the LACMA campus, 5905 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90036. Admission is free, but tickets are sold out. Shodo Harada...
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Los Angeles County Museum of Art presents the lecture “Shifting Forms: Ancient Inspirations in Contemporary Japanese Ceramic Art” by Robert Yellin on June 7 at 6:30 pm. Robert Yellin, noted dealer and author on ceramics of Japan, will look at how contemporary Japanese ceramic artists are reinterpreting ancient traditions, such as Bizen, Shigaraki and...
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In conjunction with the exhibition Fracture: Daido Moriyama (April 7 – July 31) at the Japanese Pavilion of Los Angeles County Museum of Art, LACMA and the Japan Foundation will screen a series of films that offer a raw, street-level view of Japanese urban life, while also confronting such poignant, postwar theme as...
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