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National Museum of Asian Art Presents Japan in Focus This Fall
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art has announced “Japan in Focus,” a series of exhibitions and public programs that offer visitors new ways to deepen their understanding of Japanese art and culture. Beginning on Oct. 26 with the unveiling of the reinstalled permanent collection and continuing through late 2026 with exhibitions and programs, the museum will invite visitors to discover an array of traditions from the region, from historical and contemporary artistic practices to cultural ceremonies.
Japanese art has been a cornerstone of the National Museum of Asian Art since the museum opened to the public in 1923. The museum was founded with a gift to the nation by Charles Lang Freer of some 9,500 works of art, more than 2,000 of which were Japanese paintings and ceramics as well as Buddhist paintings, metalwork and sculpture. Today, the National Museum of Asian Art has expanded its Japanese collection to more than 15,000 objects spanning four millennia, including paintings, woodblock prints, lacquers, calligraphy and photographs, accounting for nearly one-third of the museum’s permanent collection.
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Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy is set to make the announcement on Thursday, including a 5% budget increase for all national museums and art galleries.
She is expected to use a speech in Stratford-upon-Avon, birthplace of William Shakespeare, to announce a new £270 million Arts Everywhere Fund to help organisations in urgent need of financial support.
Five museums in Yorkshire have been awarded funding as part of a £270m investment in arts and culture in the UK.
The Museum of North Craven Life, in Settle, will receive almost £800,000, while the Land of Iron, in Skinningrove, will be given almost £656,000.
Millennium Gallery, in Sheffield, will be awarded £315,000, the Bankfield Museum in Halifax, is to receive £442,000 and the Beck Isle Museum, in Pickering, will receive almost £400,000.
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brand-new private museum to its ranks – PoMo, short for Post Office Modern. Its mission is to make art more accessible, challenge gender inequality in collections, and boost the region’s cultural scene.
Set in an Art Nouveau building that used to serve as the city’s post office, PoMo spans five floors and 4,000 square metres. The space is a product of the vision and personal art collection of Monica Reitan and Ole Robert Reitan, who’ve spent over two decades collecting works from artists like Simone Leigh, Louise Bourgeois, Anne Imhof, and Franz West. Ole Robert, who’s also a co-owner of the Norwegian retail and finance giant Reitan AS, believes art should be for everyone
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