Art scholar Michio Hayashi theorized that the popular perception of “Japaneseness” in the West was cemented in the 1980s by triangulating “kitsch hybridity,” “primordial nature,” and “technological ...

Kitsch originates in German and alludes to ornamentally gaudy or overly sentimental qualities. Kitsch can take the forms of cliché expressions, mass-produced items, or superficial emotions. To some ...

GUADALAJARA, Mexico — Sin rodeos traces Betsabeé Romero’s practice and includes new works that reflect upon several artists from the state of Jalisco, Mexico. The works featured are prints, paintings ...

“If people continue to live in stuffy homes,” says Louis Wijsenbeek, director of The Hague’s Municipal Museum, “it is hard to see how a man of use to us or to the world can develop.” Last week, in an ...