The art stars are aligning in Greater Boston with a spring full of fresh work. Head to the MFA for a newly-opened exhibition featuring the work of 19th-century enslaved Black potters, then the ICA for the overdue survey exhibition of work by Simone Leigh.
The work of Japanese printmaker extraordinaire Katsushika Hokusai may be ubiquitous — just think of that big blue wave — but the MFA is putting a new spin on his work with a show that traces his influence on generations of artists across the world. The Japanese name for the woodblock prints, Ukiyo-e, means “pictures of the floating world,” and they depicted life in contemporary Japan when they were printed.
Katsushika Hokusai, "Under the Wave off Kanagawa" , also known as the "Great Wave," from the series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji" .
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