The Watercolours + Works on Paper Fair: The specialist fair for every type of art on paper

LONDON.- The Watercolours + Works on Paper Fair returns to the stylish and spacious Level 2 Galleries at the Science Museum, South Kensington, London from 2 – 5 February 2012. The 2012 fair brings together an impressive range of art on paper exhibited by leading art dealers from across the UK. This eclectic and lively fair presents all types of art on paper from the 16th Century to the modern day. Works include original drawings, watercolours, prints, photographs and posters, all of [...]

“Waves at Matsushima” at the Sackler Gallery Honor’s Japan’s Beloved Pine Islands

WASHINGTON.- Long revered as one of Japan’s most beautiful sites, Matsushima Bay endured the unleashing of the devastating earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan March 11. Despite its proximity to the epicenter of the underwater earthquake, the site is one of the few places along the Sanriku coast that sustained less damage, mostly due to the buffering effect of the bay’s 260 pine-studded islands that lend the area its name. “Waves at Matsushima,” on view at the Arthur M. Sackler [...]

Japanese Woodblock Prints to Fill the Galleries…Twice at Tacoma Art Museum

TACOMA; WA.- Tacoma Art Museum is sharing one of Japan’s most popular art forms with the Northwest in their new exhibition Edo to Tacoma: Japanese Woodblock Prints from the Collection, which runs September 4, 2010 through February 13, 2011 (the exhibition will be closed the week of November 15 for gallery rotation). Long-considered one of Japan’s most popular art forms, this two-part exhibition showcases more than 140 Japanese woodblocks in Tacoma Art Museum’s permanent collection. Edo to Tacoma will present [...]