He survived a stroke, a lightening strike, a fire – and created one of the world’s most recognisable images. Now the Japanese artist’s ‘wild, fascinating’ life has inspired an opera ...

One of the most recognisable artworks in history, The Great Wave blends beauty, danger, and innovation. This episode explains ...

There are some works of art that even the most uncultured philistines of today’s culture can recognize. Van Gogh’s “Starry Night,” Munch’s “The Scream,” and of course, da Vinci’s “Mona Lisa.” And on ...

For centuries, the East and West have existed as what seem to be distinct entities — so different in culture and ideology that the art they produced reflected those stark differences. While Western ...

In the last column, we explored how Hokusai’s “The Great Wave” incorporated Western techniques and came to symbolize artistic exchange between East and West. In this article, we will examine how the ...