Composite Image: Hiroshi Senju / National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution, Gift of the artist, in honor of Hiroko Murase, S2025.1.1-2, © Hiroshi Senju (detail); Bingyi / National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution, Gift of Clara Xing and Theodore T. Wang, S2025.2.1-3, © Bingyi (detail)

Into the Waters with Senju and Bingyi: Two Contemporary Paintings
April 2 – September 27, 2026 
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery | Gallery 25

Water is more than subject or inspiration for contemporary artists Hiroshi Senju and Bingyi—it’s a method, a material, and a philosophy. Be among the first to see their paintings, which offer two distinct, hypnotic visualizations of water at the National Museum of Asian Art.

Senju and Bingyi reimagine their cultures’ rich artistic traditions with their own bold experiments. Senju reconfigures traditional Japanese painting with contemporary techniques and abstracts real waterfalls into idealized images. Often painting outdoors, Bingyi intuitively channels raw nature but also pulls on historical Chinese ink painting and philosophy. This exhibition puts the artists’ two paintings in context with their unique methods, influences, and ethos.

Across three hanging scrolls, Bingyi’s painting bears layers of splashed ink, the sea breeze’s effects, and careful brushwork that conjures a whorl of water and petals. Senju’s folding screens recall the dripping ceramic glazes and waterfall prints in our museum’s collections. By evoking water’s essence, these artists call us to ask: How is nature both permanent and vulnerable? How does water nurture and also destroy? What beauty and mystery can we find in the very resources we rely on? And what happens when we abandon the line between artist and environment? Step into the gallery and feel the power and beauty of water.

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Installation view of Banquet of Life: Nihonga Paintings by Daisuke Nakano at Ippodo Gallery

Banquet of Life: Nihonga Paintings by Daisuke Nakano
Closing Saturday, April 18, 2026
35 N Moore Street, NYC

These are the final days to catch Banquet of Life: Nihonga Paintings by Daisuke Nakano at Ippodo Gallery, on view through April 18. In this captivating exhibition, eleven new works mark a pivotal passage through the seasons, as Daisuke Nakano celebrates the natural world in luminous detail. From landscapes blanketed in shimmering snow, to the delicate threshold of the spring thaw, and onward into full bloom, each painting reflects the quiet transformation and vitality of flora and fauna.

Native to Kyoto and a master of Nihonga painting traditions, Daisuke Nakano (b. 1974) draws upon historical Japanese image-making to paint bright scenes of nature in a state of undisturbed purity. Each pigment is ground from rare and precious minerals mixed with nikawa, deer-collagen glue, and placed upon a background of gold and silver leaf on washi paper in keeping with the methods developed in Japan for centuries. Nakano’s influences draw primarily from paradigms codified during the height of Edo (1615–1868) aesthetics, which often centered imagined landscapes and the life teeming therein.

Nakano stands out as a luminary force among those few remaining Nihonga traditionalists today, evoking classical ideas and pushing them to their limits of color, composition, and craftsmanship. His scenes are overflowing with flourishes of complementary colors and dynamic interplay of lively bodies of birds, insects and flowers. Though filled to the point of bursting, Nakano’s canvases strike a balance even as forms and colors overlap with spirited energy. Each line—the primary pictorial tool of Nihonga painters—captures personality and movement with animated grace.

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(Left): Fu Xiaotong, 35,880 Pinpricks, 2023, handmade Xuan paper, 23 ⅝ x 18 ⅞ in. (Right): Wang Tiande, Poling a Boat Through the Winter Forest, 2025, Xuan paper, ink, burn marks, and rubbing, 21 ¾ x 26 ⅜ in.; Courtesy Alisan Fine Arts

Fu Xiaotong: NUN-7
Wang Tiande: Beyond Reach
Closing Saturday, April 18, 2026
120 East 65th Street, NYC

There’ still time to experience two solo presentations by artists Fu Xiaotong and Wang Tiande at Alisan Fine Arts before they close on April 18!

Both artists are inspired by the Chinese landscape painting tradition, taking nature as their primary theme. Moreover, both are pioneers in material manipulation, pushing the boundaries of traditional Chinese ink and Xuan paper in contemporary art practice.

Based in Berlin, Fu Xiaotong is known for her intricate paper pinhole creations of “traditional” landscape compositions.  In her recent works, she  interprets the natural world from two contrasting perspectives: from afar, in her serene, distant mountain and water-scapes, and on a microcosmic level, in her investigation of plant cells and organic tissue. In some pieces, forms appear densely aggregated, resembling cellular structures; in others, the dispersion and branching of pinholes evoke patterns of growth, division, or migration found in living systems.

Wang Tiande: Beyond Reach features the artist’s latest works, which fuse his technique of burning incense into Xuan paper with his more recent practice of attaching older traditional artworks directly onto his compositions. This practice began several years ago—while viewing Ming-dynasty paintings in a friend’s collection, Wang considered the potential to combine authentic historical paintings and calligraphy with his own burned and painted works. An avid collector of older artwork, he began layering and attaching pieces from his collection to his own creations. The resulting works occupy a hybrid state, part historical ‘ready-made’ and part contemporary painting, presented as artifacts in pristine, black shadow-box frames.

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Ito Shinsui (1898-1972), Twelve Images of Modern Beauties: Cotton Kimono (Shin bijin juni sugata: Yukata), 1922

IFPDA Print Fair
April 9 – 12, 2026
Friday & Saturday, Apr 10-11, 11am-7pm; Sunday,  Apr 12, 11am-6pm
Park Avenue Armory, 643 Park Avenue, NYC

Scholten Japanese Art is thrilled to return to the IFPDA Print Fair at the Park Avenue Armory from April 9-12. Visitors can explore a carefully curated selection of Japanese prints, including masterpieces by renowned artists such as Ito Shinsui, showcasing the beauty, craftsmanship, and enduring legacy of traditional and modern printmaking.

Don’t miss this opportunity to experience the exceptional range and depth of Japanese print art in one of New York’s most iconic settings.

Established in 1987, the IFPDA is the only vetted international membership organization for dealers, publishers, and galleries specializing in prints, editions & drawings.  All ticket sales benefit the grantmaking programs of the IFPDA Foundation, the only US nonprofit dedicated to supporting print and drawing exhibitions, internships, and educational programs.

They look forward to welcoming you soon!

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Clockwise: Fujinuma Noboru, Lacquered Bamboo Cylinder (320), 2020, moso bamboo, lacquer, 21 x 7 x 6.5 in., courtesy TAI Modern; Hiroyoshi Asaka, KASHOUMON-Corner Protection-Ⅲ, 2023, marble, 5.1 x 5.9 x 5.9 in (13 x 15 x 15 cm), courtesy Seizan Gallery; Leah Ying Lin, ‘Oumuamua Breath (detail) 2026, stainless steel, resin, 31 ½ x 31 ½ x 69 ⅜ in., courtesy Alisan Fine Arts

April 16–19, 2026
VIP Preview + Benefit: Thursday, April 16, 5-9pm
Fair Hours: April 17-18, 11am-7pm; April 19, 11am-5pm
Fashion Industry Gallery, 1807 Ross Avenue Dallas, TX

Participating in the upcoming Dallas Art Fair, Alisan Fine Art, Seizan Gallery, and TAI Modern are excited to present a dynamic cross-section of contemporary Asian art, each bringing a distinct curatorial vision to the fair. Together, our member galleries offer a compelling dialogue across mediums and cultural perspectives, reflecting the breadth, innovation, and global resonance of contemporary Asian art today.

Alisan Fine Arts
Booth #C11

Showcasing a selection of artists who represent a diverse cross-section of diasporic artists from around the globe, they will be presenting the work of 10 artists: Chinyee, Julie Chang, Fu Xiaotong, Summer Lee, Justin Lim, Leah Ying Lin, Anna Song, Xin Song, Jia Sung, and Kelly Wang. Spanning two generations, this group of artists highlights the rich, ongoing history of Asian diasporic art.

Seizan Gallery
Booth #B6

In their inaugural participation, they are pleased to present a focused selection of works by leading contemporary Japanese artists, including Hiroyoshi Asaka, Aya Fujioka, Eri Iwasaki, and Toshiyuki Kajioka. Bringing together distinct approaches to material, form, and image, the presentation forms a compelling dialogue that reflects the depth and vitality of contemporary Japanese art.

TAI Modern
Booth #C6

Exhibiting contemporary Japanese bamboo art, they are proud to showcase the extraordinary expressive range and innovation of one of Japan’s most revered artistic traditions. The presentation brings together significant works by leading living masters, whose practices push the boundaries between traditional craftsmanship and contemporary sculpture.

Our dealer members look forward to welcoming you in Dallas!

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Installation view, Contemplation / Meditation: Concepts and Cultures

Contemplation / Meditation: Concepts and Cultures
Closing Saturday, April 11, 2026
65 East 80th Street, NYC

Don’t miss your last chance to experience Contemplation / Meditation: Concepts and Cultures at Fu Qiumeng Fine Art before it closes April 11. Co-curated by Fu Qiumeng and Jeffrey Wechsler, the exhibition offers a compelling dialogue between Eastern and Western artistic traditions, exploring how artists across cultures have envisioned inner stillness, reflection, and heightened states of awareness.

Rooted in classical Chinese philosophy, the exhibition draws inspiration from Confucian, Daoist, and Buddhist thought, where inner cultivation and cosmic order are understood as deeply interconnected. From Confucian contemplation—emphasizing moral clarity, calm reflection, and self-perfection—to Daoist and Zen practices of meditation that quiet the mind, dissolve conceptual thinking, and release ego attachment, Eastern traditions have long approached art not as visual imitation, but as a conduit for spiritual resonance and embodied presence.

In contrast and dialogue, the exhibition also considers Western artists who, whether intuitively or through direct engagement with Eastern philosophy, pursued similar contemplative states. Featuring works that range from classical and modern East Asian art to modern and contemporary American painting, Contemplation / Meditation presents images that are sometimes representational, often abstract, and always oriented toward inducing clarity, calmness, or mental acuity.

Through restrained brushwork, expansive emptiness, spontaneous gesture, and subtle fields of color, the exhibition reveals how different cultural frameworks converge in a shared pursuit: using art to access states of stillness, insight, and presence.

The exhibition includes works by Arnold Chang, Michael Cherney, Duxi Chen, Hisao Hanafusa, Zhang Xiaoli, Brandon Sadler, Luo Min, Fung Ming Chip, Tang Ke, Wang Mansheng, Yau Wingfung, Sal Sirugo, and Rollin Crampton, among others.

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Koyama Tomonari 小山 智徳, Oribe water jar, 2024, Oribe glazed stoneware, 8 5/8 × 8 1/4 in. (21.8 × 21 cm), accompanied with a signed wooden box

Expressions of Clay
April 9 – 23, 2026
Online

Dai Ichi Arts, Ltd. is pleased to present a spring online exhibition of curated Japanese ceramics, bringing together exceptional works by modern and contemporary masters. Spanning a rich spectrum of forms, textures, and firing techniques, the selection highlights the enduring vitality and innovation of Japan’s ceramic tradition.

Featured artists include Shimizu Uichi, Koyama Tomonari, Suzuki Goro, and more. On view online from April 9–23, 2026, this thoughtfully assembled presentation offers a compelling opportunity to experience the depth, diversity, and continued evolution of contemporary Japanese ceramics.

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Cloisonné and Other Works from the Collection of Commissioner Dianne Johnson
April 7 – 21, 2026

Lark Mason Associates is pleased to present Cloisonné and Other Works from the Collection of Commissioner Dianne Johnson, on view April 7–21, 2026. This special sale brings together a selection of exquisite cloisonné alongside other notable works, reflecting the depth and refinement of a distinguished private collection.

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