Joan B. Mirviss LTD

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Specializing in Japanese fine art for over thirty-five years, Joan B Mirviss LTD features Japanese screens and scrolls, woodblock prints (ukiyo-e), and modern and contemporary Japanese ceramics in its Madison Avenue Gallery. Joan B Mirviss LTD will continue to bring audiences in New York, around the country and abroad the very best in Japanese fine art, featuring solo shows by important ceramists

and exhibitions of antique woodblock prints. As always, you will find us at the Winter Antiques Show, the preeminent art and antiques fair in the country where we have exhibited as the leading dealer of Japanese art for thirty years, as well as SOFA NY, one of the most important and popular art fairs to present the works of leading and emerging artists in contemporary decorative arts and design. https://instagram.com/joan_b_mirviss/
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Exhibition Highlight — ReMUJI–Koi Continuum by Reiko Sudo & Adrien Gardère 🎏From now until June 7th, our dear friend and...
06/01/2026

Exhibition Highlight — ReMUJI–Koi Continuum by Reiko Sudo & Adrien Gardère 🎏

From now until June 7th, our dear friend and collaborator NUNO's installation at MUJI USA will be on view. If you're in the area, be sure to stop by and check out these uniquely sustainable pieces. Admission is free!

"ReMUJI draws on that wisdom, working to preserve the value of items through our recycling efforts. We collect, reuse and recycle items that have outlived their original purpose, and also offer products with minor imperfections that are still fully functional. Ideally, when an item leaves someone’s hands, it will become part of another person’s daily life. Our aim is to contribute to fulfilling lifestyles through a “just right” cycle, where nothing is lacking and nothing is wasted." —MUJI USA

See the installation at 475 5th Ave, New York, NY. Learn more at https://www.muji.us/pages/remuji-koi-continuum-exhibition?srsltid=AfmBOorDpsCCirCAkWoA5M6a2_beynXY_NUWjBZBdsLSb0jx_viJGq3u

05/30/2026

If Mori Tōgaku didn't apply glaze to these works before he fired them, who did?! Learn more about how he utilizes natural ash in the kiln to create these beautiful speckles and drips known as 胡麻 (goma) and 流れ胡麻 (nagare goma), or "sesame seed" kiln effects...

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All works shown are included in Architect of the Bizen Renaissance: Mori Tōgaku, unless noted below.

Tea Caddy (Chaire), Edo period (1615–1868)
Stoneware with natural ash glaze (Bizen ware)
H. 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm); Diam. 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm)
H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 29.100.664

備前牡丹餅平鉢
Serving Dish (Hirabachi) with Circular Patterns (Botan-mochi)
Momoyama period (1573–1615)
Stoneware with natural ash glaze (Bizen ware)
H. 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm); Diam. 11 13/16 in. (30 cm)
Mary Griggs Burke Collection, Gift of the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation, 2015
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2015.300.264

備前焼徳利
Sake Bottle (Tokkuri)
Momoyama period (1573–1615)
Stoneware with natural ash glaze (Bizen ware)
H. 8 5/8 in. (21.9 cm)
Mary Griggs Burke Collection, Gift of the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation, 2015
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2015.300.263

常滑　大壺
Large Storage Jar (Ōtsubo)
Muromachi period (1392–1573)
Stoneware with natural ash glaze (Tokoname ware)
H. 21 1/2 in. (54.6 cm)
Mary Griggs Burke Collection, Gift of the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation, 2015
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2015.300.275

Artist portraits and kiln photography courtesy of the artist and Carol Horvitz.

Museum Highlight — Yayoi Kusama at Museum LudwigThis week, we're highlighting the Yayoi Kusama exhibition at Museum Ludw...
05/28/2026

Museum Highlight — Yayoi Kusama at Museum Ludwig

This week, we're highlighting the Yayoi Kusama exhibition at Museum Ludwig in Cologne, Germany! If you are in the area, be sure to stop in to see Kusama's iconic polka dot art.

"Kusama’s practice revolves around nature and its state of constant transformation, of becoming and decay, and the boundlessness of the universe, in which everything that exists eventually perishes. The polka dot pattern used by the artist to cover objects and people is as much an expression of this worldview as her Infinity Mirror Rooms.

Experiences from Kusama’s childhood, including hallucinations in which she perceived dots, flowers, and other repeating patterns that engulfed her entire body, run like a thread through the artist’s oeuvre. A sense of fragility and obliteration accompanied these experiences, along with the impression of becoming inseparable from and merging with a greater whole. For Kusama, art is an expression of her life, and the macrocosm’s intimate connection with the microcosm is revealed through her works’ engagement with the personal." —

Yayoi Kusama is on view at Museum Ludwig through August 2, 2026.

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Installation view, Yayoi Kusama, Museum Ludwig Cologne, 2026

Infinity Mirrored Room—The Hope of the Polka Dots Buried in Infinity Will Eternally Cover the Universe, 2025, detail
© YAYOI KUSAMA, Courtesy of Ota Fine Arts
Photo: Historisches Archiv der Stadt Köln mit Rheinischem Bildarchiv, Tobias Kreusler

Museum Highlight — Toda Kōji () at Mashiko Museum of Ceramic ArtOn her recent trip to Japan, Joan was able to catch Toda...
05/26/2026

Museum Highlight — Toda Kōji () at Mashiko Museum of Ceramic Art

On her recent trip to Japan, Joan was able to catch Toda Koji's solo exhibition at Mashiko Museum of Ceramic Art. Featuring eight of his graceful ewers, this exhibition highlights the quiet tension that exists between the walls of each perfectly elegant form.

Toda Kōji first began creating water vessels after visiting the gallery of Hōryūji Treasures at the Tokyo National Museum, where he was captivated by an ancient copper water vessel made over a thousand years ago. He puts a contemporary spin on the classical Chinese forms to which he looks for inspiration, continually reimagining traditional techniques and aesthetics.

To see one of his spectacular ewers, visit https://www.mirviss.com/artworks/12824-toda-koji-chinese-inspired-unglazed-faceted-black-ewer-2025/

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05/23/2026

These marks aren't painted on; they're the result of combusted rice straw! Learn more about how artist Mori Tōgaku employs this traditional technique, called 火襷 (hidasuki), or "flame cord."

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All works shown are included in Architect of the Bizen Renaissance: Mori Tōgaku, unless noted below.

Large Jar with Fire Marks, Bizen ware, Azuchi-Momoyama–Edo period, 16th–17th century, Stoneware, Tokyo National Museum, G-4356,
Integrated Collections Database of the National Institutes for Cultural Heritage, Japan. https://colbase.nich.go.jp/collection_items/tnm/G-4356

Large Bowl, Bizen ware/With fire marks, Bizen ware, Edo period, 17th century, Tokyo National Museum, G-5763
Integrated Collections Database of the National Institutes for Cultural Heritage, Japan. https://colbase.nich.go.jp/collection_items/tnm/G-5763

Museum Highlight — Clay and Cloth: Shoji Kamada and IM Men at the Museum of Modern Art KyotoEarlier this week, Joan had ...
05/20/2026

Museum Highlight — Clay and Cloth: Shoji Kamada and IM Men at the Museum of Modern Art Kyoto

Earlier this week, Joan had the pleasure of seeing this incredible exhibition, a collaboration between Issey Miyake and The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto. The IM Men Spring Summer 2026 Collection, "Dancing Texture," pulls direct inspiration from artist Kamoda Shōji's groundbreaking perspectives on form and surface. Known for pushing the boundaries of traditional craftsmanship, Kamoda Shōji continually experimented with color, pattern, texture, and structure in his vast body of work. In Clay and Cloth, the IM Men design team similarly finessed their fabric media to achieve these stunning — and shockingly accurate — reimaginings of Kamoda's work.

Clay and Cloth: Shoji Kamada and IM Men will be on view at MoMAK through June 21, 2026.

Museum Highlight — Iris van Herpen: Sculpting the Senses at The Brooklyn Museum () Over the weekend, we had the pleasure...
05/18/2026

Museum Highlight — Iris van Herpen: Sculpting the Senses at The Brooklyn Museum ()

Over the weekend, we had the pleasure of seeing this magnificent exhibition featuring two works by gallery artists Katsumata Chieko (.katsumata) and Fujikasa Satoko. These works were hand-selected by Iris van Herpen from Brooklyn Museum's permanent collection specifically for the exhibition's Brooklyn presentation.

Placing Iris van Herpen's designs in conversation with contemporary artworks from around the world, the exhibition highlights shared muses in organic processes and forms. Both pulling from and pushing the limits of the natural world with her vision and innovation, Iris van Herpen questions the roles of art, science, and technology in relation to the body and in a rapidly evolving world.

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Installation view of Iris van Herpen: Sculpting the Senses, Brooklyn Museum, 2026. Photos courtesy of Brooklyn Museum and Joan B Mirviss

05/15/2026

Mori Tōgaku has mastered the art of wood-firing. Learn more about his firing processes, communal great kilns, and the surface effects they yield from Nicolle Bertozzi, PhD.

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Artist portraits and kiln photography courtesy of the artist and Carol Horvitz.

Mori Tōgaku (b. 1937)
Large vase with kiln effects and dripping ash glaze, 2015
Unglazed stoneware with natural ash glaze
Fired in New Sabukaze Great Kiln
12 1/2 x 11 1/2 x 11 1/2 in.

Last week, the Metropolitan Museum of Art held their annual Met Gala. In honor of the dress code, "Fashion is Art," we'd...
05/13/2026

Last week, the Metropolitan Museum of Art held their annual Met Gala. In honor of the dress code, "Fashion is Art," we'd like to share our favorite art-inspired collection of the past year...

Issey Miyake's IM MEN Spring Summer 2026 Collection, "DANCING TEXTURE," draws inspiration from the work of legedary Japanese ceramic artist Kamoda Shōji (1933–1983). As an artist, Kamoda explored the unity of surface and form, and his ouevre is characterized by constant transformation. Over the course of his all-too-short career, he debuted series after series of masterfully executed works featuring bold surface patterns that resonated in perfect harmony with the three-dimensional vessel form. IM MEN's collection pays homage to Kamoda's legacy by employing the artist's surface patterns on the most iconic form of all — the human body.

Exhibition Highlight — O’Powa O’Meng: The Art and Legacy of Jody FolwellLast week, Joan visited Santa Fe, where she had ...
05/11/2026

Exhibition Highlight — O’Powa O’Meng: The Art and Legacy of Jody Folwell

Last week, Joan visited Santa Fe, where she had the opportunity to see O’Powa O’Meng, a retrospective of the important avant-garde Pueblo ceramic artist Jody Folwell (b. 1942). Folwell was born in Kha’p’o Owingeh, a Tewa-speaking village in New Mexico, and learned ceramics from her mother and great-grandmother. While her work is rooted in Pueblo ceramic tradition, she has pushed beyond the narrow aesthetic confines dictated by popular taste and market appeal to create dynamic works of art with biting social commentary.

O’Powa O’Meng will be on view at the New Mexico Museum of Art through September 13, 2026, so be sure to visit if you are in the area!

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