Oriental art - Finestre sull'Arte

Lotus moon in Milan: dialogue between Ōtagaki Rengetsu and contemporary artists

In Milan, from April 28 to May 8, 2026, takes place the exhibition Luna di loto, an exhibition project curated by Katia Bagnoli and Bruno Riva, articulated between Spazio TOMA in Via Moscova 25 and Ekadea studio in Via Plinio 42. The initiative takes...
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Venice, Keita Miyazaki's solo exhibition at Ca' Pesaro puts Japan and lagoon cities in dialogue

From May 9 to September 13, 2026, the Museum of Oriental Art in Venice, housed in the spaces of Ca' Pesaro, presentsKeita Miyazaki 's solo exhibition, entitledKeita Miyazaki - From Water To Form. The project is part of the program of the 61st Venice ...
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An exhibition in Venice on Stéphane Dubé's painting of insects and snakes

From May 8 to August 30, 2026, the Museum of Oriental Art in Venice is hosting the exhibition MUSHI 虫. Dragonflies and Other Insects in the Painting of Stéphane Dubé, an exhibition that brings together twenty-seven works by the artist ...
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Rome's Galleria Borghese hosts two Zanabazar works from Mongolia

From January 20 to February 22, 2026, the Borghese Gallery is hosting the exhibition Zanabazar at the Borghese Gallery. From Mongolia to Global Baroque, which offers a novel reading of artistic relations between East and West in the 17th century. In ...
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Contemporary Declinations, a program of artist residencies and new contemporary installations, returns to MAO Turin

On the occasion of Artissima 2025, the MAO Museum of Oriental Art in Turin presents from Nov. 1, 2025, the third edition of Contemporary Declinations, the program of artist residencies and site-specific commissions that invites contemporary artists t...
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Hiroshige along the Tōkaidō: MAO exhibits 19 prints from the famous series

The MAO - Museum of Oriental Art in Turin inaugurates a new exhibition dedicated to Japanese art and presents, until August 3, 2025, the first of three rotations from the series The 53 Stations of Tōkaidō by Utagawa Hiroshige (Edo, 1797 - 1858). At t...
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MAO of Turin showcases 50 haori and juban: men's kimonos of the 20th century

Early twentieth-century Japan takes shape and color through clothes that are not just examples of precious workmanship, but true cultural documents. This is what Haori proposes . Men's Suits of the Early Twentieth Century Narrate Japan, the exhibitio...
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At the MAO in Turin, an exhibition tells the story of Japan through men's clothing of the early 20th century

MAO Museum of Oriental Art in Turin presents from April 12 to September 7, 2025 the exhibition Haori. Men's clothes of the early 20th century narrate Japan. The exhibition project has been realized thanks to the curatorial consultancy of Silvia Vesco...
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