A Tour of the Best Contemporary Art Museums in Japan

The MOA Museum of Art, teamLAB Planets and other institutions are shaping Japan's most compelling contemporary work, from Tokyo to Kanazawa.
Artnet

Decades After Its Boom, Can Japan’s Art Market Make a Comeback?

An array of recent initiatives have drawn international notice. Officials say they are taking the long view. Into Art display at the Tokyo Gendai fair earlier this month. Courtesy of Tokyo Gendai.
The New York Times

Japan Once Dominated the Art Market. Is the Country Ready for a Comeback?

Japanese collectors spent billions on European paintings during the bubble economy of the 1980s. Officials today hope to inspire a new generation of art lovers. The artist Yuko Mohri in her studio ...
Observer

Why the Japanese Art Market Is One of the Fastest Growing in Asia

While South Korea’s art scene has been stealing the spotlight in recent years, Japan is staging a quiet yet deliberate comeback. A recently published study by Dr. Clare McAndrew (the brains behind the ...
The New York Times

Japanese Islands’ 10th Tadao Ando Museum Caps a Billionaire’s Quest

Benesse Art Site Naoshima, a sprawling art constellation on three islands, adds a 10th museum by the star architect Tadao Ando that caps the cultural quest of Soichiro Fukutake. The Naoshima New ...