“In the Moment”–Japanese Art from the Larry Ellison Collection
The current exhibit (June 28-September 22) at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco introduces sixty-four exceptional art treasures, mostly screens and paintings by acclaimed artists from the Momoyama through the Taisho periods (roughly sixteenth through early twentieth centuries). All of the artwork is from Ellison’s Japanese architecturally designed estate in Woodside.
With a retired museum curator as his advisor, Ellison’s collection is extraordinary in vision. The artwork includes Buddhist religious art, humorous illustrations of folk tales, and floral and animal...