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The course builds on my 2018 class, Art and Geometry, which I co-taught with local artists. The course explored Picasso’s ...

Our featured artist today is Lito Brion Ballaran. For more than two decades, he has worked with oil, acrylic, and pastel, but ...

In her transcultural collection for Expo 2025, Polish designer Joanna Hawrot reimagines the kimono as a radical expression of ...

The National Gallery of Art (NGA) in Washington, DC, has received a gift of more than 60 Modern and contemporary works, the lion’s share of them drawings and works on paper. The donation comes ...

Coral art: Drawing out the secrets of coral reef resilience to high ocean temperatures by Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute edited by Gaby Clark, reviewed by Robert Egan Editors' notes ...

Koiku, a Shinbashi geisha, said her job first and foremost involves "welcoming and entertaining visitors at traditional restaurants called ryotei".

Why did Rauschenberg take 40 erasers to the drawing? How did it bring Pop Artists together? And what happened next for the erased de Kooning?

Century-old Tokyo geisha festival revives dying art The event offers a glimpse of a long-misunderstood tradition that is becoming a rare sight in Japan ...

Century-old Tokyo geisha festival revives dying art The entertainers in different parts of Japan are also known for different skills ...

TOKYO -- The geishas glide with measured steps across a wooden stage, offering a glimpse of a long-misunderstood tradition that is becoming a rare sight in Japan. Dancing with paper fans ...

Life as a geisha is tough, with a strict practice schedule even for established performers. "In general, it takes 10 years to be seen as competent," said Koiku, who was enticed by her love of ...