It's a time-consuming art. A single lacquer bowl can require more than 100 layers and take more than four months to complete. The result is unlike any other paint process.

Environmental activists attacked a painting by Claude Monet with red paint and glue at the Nationalmuseum in Stockholm yesterday. The painting, Le jardin de l’artiste à Giverny (1900), is ...

Red Bull Racing has revealed a special livery for this weekend's Japanese Grand Prix. The traditional white Japanese livery is a tribute to its engine partner, Honda—this race will be Honda’s ...

The works in this exhibition come exclusively from the Freer Gallery of Art Collection, which houses Japanese paintings and ceramics from 3000 BCE to the twentieth century. Our museum’s founder, ...

Portland Art Museum Exhibits Restored Monet Alongside the Japanese Artists Who Inspired Him PAM’s “Water Lilies” painting came directly from Monet’s private dining room.

You won't find any lacquer artists in the paint department at Mazda, but there is no doubt that Keiichi Okamoto, head of the design center, finds inspiration in that traditional Japanese craft.