Naoshima, Japan — “So this is what it feels like to be a billionaire art collector,” I said to my husband, John Wessel. “I could get used to this.” It was 9 p.m., and we were still glowing from a ...

Spectacle: An installation at Benesse House. Spectacle: An installation at Benesse House. There are many experiences that can trigger adrenalin or lift the spirits, but few have leave an impact like ...

NAOSHIMA, Japan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Benesse Art Site Naoshima is pleased to announce that Yayoi Kusama’s “Pumpkin,” the outdoor sculpture displayed at Benesse House Museum that had been damaged by ...

The outside fair faced concrete walls of the Benesse House contemporary art museum and hotel on Naoshima Island, Japan. From an unassuming port in Uno, about 50 minutes by train from Okayama, a $3 ...

Naoshima has long drawn visitors for its eccentric sprawl of art museums, but as Lale Arikoglu discovers, the island is just ...

NAOSHIMA, Japan (AP) - Because I had just emerged from the gloom of a tree-lined approach, the white stones that paved the courtyard seemed impossibly bright. Then, my eyes caught something unexpected ...

While in Japan, I had a great fortune of visiting a place called Benesse House. It is an art museum and a hotel all rolled into one. This wondrous place is located on Naoshima Island. The word ...

Many people know Naoshima as the home of the iconic seafront pumpkin by Yayoi Kusama, but the entire island is something of an exhibit itself. The Japanese ‘art island’, as it’s often called, is one ...

There are many experiences that can trigger adrenalin or lift the spirits, but few have leave an impact like this magical gallery. With or without a midlife crisis, there comes a point in life when ...