Japanese art in ancient Roman market

 "An ancient Roman market filled with statues is the setting for a new exhibition of Japanese "contemporary traditional" art featuring fine glassware and ceramic sculptures.


"I would like to introduce the beauty of Japanese contemporary traditional art to Italy," said Junji Ito, a Tokyo art history professor and honorary president of the Heart Art Communication, non-governmental group.


"Four hundred years ago our art was very influenced by the Catholic religion and tradition. This is proof of 400 years of cultural exchange," he said.


Ito had an audience with Pope Benedict XVI earlier on Wednesday and presented him with a terracotta statue and a traditional Japanese tea cup.


The exhibition in Trajan's Market brings together 343 objects including works by artists Imaemon Imaizumi, Shinkyo Nakamura and Runa Kosogawa. -Relaxnews"

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The art of Goya in Tokio

Clothed Maja

The National Museum of Western Art in Tokyo


The Old Master from Spain whose acutely critical eye and intellectual acumen grasped the many diverse aspects of society and human psychology, all helping pave the path for modern painting. Goya's works stand as testament to Europe's age of great social upheavals, as they move us even today, two centuries later. 


This exhibition at the National Museum of Western Art in Tokyo presents a selection of oil paintings and drawings, 72 in total from the Museo del Prado in Madrid, along with 51 prints from the collection of the NMWA and other museums in Japan, as it explores Goya's pictorial arts from different vantage points.

Don Gaspar Melchor

The Butterfy Bull

Fco. Goya

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