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Japan: The Law on Desecration of the Flag Divides the Country and Alarms the Art World

In Japan, the new law establishing the crime of desecrating the national flag is fueling a heated political, legal, and cultural debate. Desecration is already a crime under the country’s Penal Code, but now the new measure—approved by the National D...
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Fontanesi Returns to Japan: Turin’s GAM Brings Over 200 Works to Three Major Museums

Antonio Fontanesi, one of the great figuresof 19th-century Italian and European art, returns to Japan 150 years after moving to Tokyo, where he went to teach at the local Technical School of Fine Arts. The Fondazione Torino Musei is dedicating an exh...
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Dreamscapes at the MAO of Turin: on display the 53 stations of Hiroshige's Tōkaidō

From July 24 to Nov. 29, 2026, the MAO Museum of Oriental Art in Turin presents the exhibition Dreamscapes / Dreamscapes, dedicated to Utagawa Hiroshige's famous series The 53 Stations of Tōkaidō, considered one of the pinnacles of 19th-century Japan...
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Ulysses lands in Japan: tonight Alberto Angela tells about the country of samurai

Ulysses, the Pleasure of Discovery dedicates a new episode to Japan. The Rai Cultura program hosted by Alberto Angela will air this evening, May 11, in prime time on Rai 1 with a journey through the history, traditions, modernity and collective imagi...
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At Unipol Tower in Milan, Alberto Burri in dialogue with five creations of contemporary Japanese fashion

From April 16 to May 5, 2026, CUBO Enterprise Museum of Unipol Group presents at Unipol Tower in Milan the exhibition project Abitare il Nero. From Alberto Burri to the Fashion Designers of the Japanese School. At the center of the exhibition is Nero...
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At Palazzo Bonaparte in Rome, a major exhibition dedicated to Hokusai, with works from the National Museum in Krakow

Starting March 27 through June 29, 2026, Palazzo Bonaparte in Rome will host a major exhibition dedicated to Katsushika Hokusai, the celebrated Japanese artist and protagonist of the artistic season of the Edo period (1603-1868), which profoundly tra...
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Turin, more than 180 original woodcuts by Katsushika Hokusai on display at Elena Salamon Gallery

Elena Salamon Gallery, at its venue in Piazzetta IV Marzo in Turin, presents from March 6 to April 24, 2026 the exhibition Hokusai. The Sign that Becomes Life, which brings together more than 180 original woodcuts by Katsushika Hokusai. The title dr...
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An exhibition at the Rocca di Lonato del Garda brings photography and Japanese ideograms into dialogue

From January 24 to March 22, 2026, the Rocca di Lonato del Garda will host, in the evocative Sala del Capitano, the exhibition La Via del Sabi - 寂の道 - Sabi No Michi, an exhibition itinerary that relates photography and Japanese ideograms in a silent ...
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