Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures
I hope you have enjoyed a restorative and relaxing summer break. In the UK we have endured some of the hottest weather on record and seen the smoke from wild fires over Norwich. Much of the country has officially been in drought (干ばつkanbatsu), only very recently alleviated by the welcome sound of pouring rain (ざあざあ振りzaazaafuri). […]
Art History, the Archive, and the Case for the Incommensurable Alicia Volk’s talk presents the main ideas of her book In the Shadow of Empire: Art in Occupied Japan (2025), which examines Japanese art produced during the American Occupation after World War II. Volk focuses on a blind spot in art history: Japanese post-war art […]