Japanese Home & Décor

WORCESTER, Mass. — This fall, the Worcester Art Museum (WAM) will present The Floating World: Japanese Prints from the Bancroft Collection, an exhibition of 50 Japanese prints from the museum’s collection, 48 of which will be displayed for the first time. On view November 26 through March 5, 2023, the exhibition will take a comprehensive look at the diverse […]

TOKYO (AP) – Issey Miyake, who built one of Japan’s biggest fashion brands and was known for his boldly sculpted pleated pieces as well as former Apple CEO Steve Jobs’ black turtlenecks, has died. He was 84. Miyake died August 5 of liver cancer, the Miyake Design Office said on August 9.

CHICAGO – Items ranging from a cloisonne-enamel and plique-a-jour bowl by legendary cloisonne artist Ando Jubei to a private Chicago collection of Japanese silver bonbonnieres will be offered in Hindman’s March 25 Japanese and Korean Works of Art auction. Japanese ink and color paintings from the collection of L. Harrison Bernbaum of Chicago and a […]