Lisa’s In and Around Tokyo: AD MUSEUM TOKYO–Add it up at a …

Photo/Illutration Ad Museum Tokyo displays exhibits on the history of advertising in Japan from the middle of the 17th century to modern times. … This article by Lisa Vogt, a Washington-born and Tokyo-based photographer, originally appeared in the January 1 and 7 issue of Asahi Weekly. It is part of the …

Despite the wealth behind the museum, the last year has been publicly rocky. In February 2017, its director, Thomas Campbell, resigned following a New York Times article titled “Is the Met Museum ‘a Great Institution in Decline’?”, which questioned the museum’s success after reports of a “$40 million …

In the modern age of selfie sticks, photo-sharing obsessions and social media addictions, one museum is looking to embrace them all. The Museum of Selfies – a new museum dedicated to the “science, art and culture of self representation” – is opening its camera-ready doors in California next month.

A tender kiss from a dead French sculptor proves that the Elgin Marbles belong in the British Museum and not in Greece, the institution’s chief has said. Hartwig Fischer, director of the museum, has cited the inspiration taken by Auguste Rodin from more than a dozen visits to see the marbles in London as a …

Titled “Masterpieces of French Landscape Paintings from The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow,” the event is co-sponsored by The Asahi Shimbun. It covers a total of 65 works from the 17th to 20th centuries. The museum’s prized collection includes Claude Monet’s early masterpiece “Luncheon …

The first new work by acclaimed anime director Hayao Miyazaki in five years will be offered in an extremely limited release from March 21 at the Ghibli Museum, Mitaka, in western Tokyo. The 14-minute, 20-second short anime, titled “Boro the Caterpillar,” will be Miyazaki’s first original piece since the 2013 …

The change has angered art lovers. Leading articles in The New York Times, the New York Post and The New Yorker decried the decision approved by the city government, which owns the museum building in Central Park and contributes $26 million a year to the Met budget. Its directors said that the fees …

Lewis will speak at the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum, months after refusing to join President Donald Trump there. A private group called Friends of Mississippi Civil Rights Inc. announced Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2018, that it will give an award to Lewis, who helped lead the historic 1965 march across the …