Hokusai brought to life a monumental wave that would become a worldwide icon. Behind this print lies a history of artistic breakthroughs, technical innovations and exchanges between Japan and the West ...

After visiting the Montreal art museum currently housing The Great Wave Off Kanagawa - a woodblock print by Japanese artist Hokusai ... and reprints. 'Very cool to see these details up close ...

Jason Farago examines the moment when European art started turning Japanese. In the beginning was the wave. The blue and white tsunami, ascending from the left of the composition like a massive ...

A Japanese painting on view at the New Orleans Museum of Art depicts a small family sitting by a flowing river, the remains of their summer supper on a tray nearby. In "Evening Cool," the adults ...

"The Great Wave" is only placed on display for three months at a time every four years, the Art Institute said. This is because Japanese woodblock prints are affected by light exposure, which can ...

A review of the week's cultural highlights, including Oprah Winfrey's role in A Wrinkle In Time, The Great Wave at ... America's Cool Modernism at Oxford's Ashmolean looks at art from the US ...