Japan’s Open Air Museum
Near Mt. Fuji is a wonderful art museum, the Hakone Open Air Museum. It is a short train ride from Tokyo, then a two minute walk from the Chokoku-no-Mori Station.
The permanent collection includes over 300 Picassos. The open air section has over 100 sculptures. They have one of the largest collections of Henry Moore sculptures in the world, with 26 pieces. These pictures are all from our visit a number of years ago. Every art-lover should see it sometime.
If you have interest in contemporary art, Grand Rapids Art Prize is a must-see event. Courtesy of Artprize 1. Art Prize is Back Beginning September 16, 2021, the world’s largest public art competition is coming back to Grand Rapids, Michigan. Artists take over the city, displaying art on the street, in businesses, and other venues […]
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Recently, construction workers made a wonderful discovery of lost art in the Uffizi in Florence Italy. As they cleared away plaster for renovations and expansions, two long-lost frescos were discovered. When they found them, they realized they depict two de Medici Dukes, who ruled over Florence, Dukes Ferdinando I and his son Cosimo II. The […]
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If you haven’t heard, the Louvre website has posted the Louvre Museum collection online and they have online tours! Yes-you can visit the Louvre online. The Louvre has posted almost every work of art it owns–over 500,000 works. So now you can visit the Louvre online from anywhere. Obviously, there is no comparison to visiting […]
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