WSJ highlights Cincinnati Art Museum show in Japanese art roundup
The Wall Street Journal's Arts section reviews historic Japanese art now on display in three U.S. cities: Cincinnati Art Museum, New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Clark Center for Japanese Art and Culture in Hanford, Calif.
The Wall Street Journal‘s Arts section reviews historic Japanese art now on display in three museums across the U.S.: Cincinnati Art Museum, New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Clark Center for Japanese Art and Culture in Hanford, Calif.
“Whether a black-and-gold lacquer box or the vibrant print of a cresting wave, a samurai’s helmet or a flowing silk kimono, Japanese works are a familiar sight in museums across the U.S. today,” writes WSJ art critic Lee Lawrence. “Three shows currently on view provide insights into how this came to be.”
Cincinnati Art Museum’s “Masterpieces of Japanese Art” exhibition is on display through Aug. 30 in Eden Park.
Read the full Wall Street Journal article here.
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