Publicity-shy Japanese author Haruki Murakami told his alma mater Tuesday (December 17, 2024) that he was far from a model scholar, as he collected an honorary degree in a rare public appearance.

Tokyo (AFP) – Publicity-shy Japanese author Haruki Murakami told his alma mater Tuesday that he was far from being a model scholar, as he collected an honorary degree in a rare public appearance.

Look closer, however, and not all is quite as it seems. In his first solo exhibition in the UK for more than 15 years, Takashi Murakami, one of Japan’s most successful post-war artists ...

Gitte Marianne Hansen received funding from AHRC. Haruki Murakami’s most recent novel, The City and its Uncertain Walls, revolves around two parallel stories, one focusing on a 17-year-old boy ...

Japanese artists Iwasa Matabei (1578–1650) and Takashi Murakami, though separated by centuries, converge in a singular, uncanny moment in Gagosian’s latest exhibition: “Japanese Art History ...

Takashi Murakami likes my Salehe Bembury Crocs. He likes them a lot. “Wow!” says the world-renowned Japanese artist, pointing at the fungi-like midsoles of my sneaker. His intense inspection ...