Learn more Yoshitomo Nara (b. 1959 in Hirosaki, Japan) is an internationally renown contemporary artist. He is known for depicting small children and animals in solitary settings, and works in ...

Photo: Hannah Mjølsnes. Thirty years ago, Yoshitomo Nara was a young Japanese artist living in Germany emerging on the international art stage. Today, Nara is one of the world’s most famous ...

NARA—The Nara National Museum has unveiled the details of its first full-scale exhibition devoted to national treasures, which will bring together Japan’s finest works of Buddhist art next ...