Pictures of Belonging Press Coverage

2025.12.18
Hyperallergic’s “The Best Art Shows Around the World in 2025”: https://hyperallergic.com/the-best-art-shows-around-the-world-in-2025/
 
2025.07.18
Meredith Herndon, “Pictures of Belonging Reveals Hidden Stories of Japanese American Artists,” Smithsonian Magazine: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/smithsonian-american-womens-history-museum/2025/07/18/pictures-of-belonging-reveals-hidden-stories-of-japanese-american-artists/
 
2025.04.30
Maura Judkis, “Japanese incarceration interrupted these artists’
careers, but not their art,” The Washington Post (April 30, 2025).
 
2025.02.19
Kealet Boyd, “Exhibitions reveal hidden stories of interned Japanese American artists,” The Art Newspaper (print: Number 275, Feb. 2025; and online: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/02/19/exhibitions-reveal-hidden-stories-of-interned-japanese-american-artists)
 
2025.01.16

Aruna D'Souza, "With Their Lives Upended, They Practiced the Art of Resilience," The New York Times  [online on Jan. 16 and in print on Jan. 17, 2025, Section C, Page 8]. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/16/arts/design/japanese-artists-smithsonian-show.html?smid=url-share

2024.12.31

Ashley Busby, “They Persisted: A new exhibition tells the story of three American women of Japanese descent and expands the story of American Art,” Art & Antiques Magazine: https://www.artandantiquesmag.com/they-persisted/#:~:text=In%20recent%20years%2C%20the%20museum,her%20own%20impressive%20creative%20voice.

2024.11.20 & 11.21

Masako Hashigami Shinn, “Miki Hayakawa: A Life and Legacy of Art and Resilience — Part 1 & 2,” Discover Nikkei: https://discovernikkei.org/en/journal/2024/11/20/miki-hayakawa-1/ & https://discovernikkei.org/en/journal/2024/11/21/miki-hayakawa-2/

2024.11.15

David A. Taylor, “Discover the Remarkable Paintings of Three Japanese Americans Whose Life Stories Are Told Through Their Work,” Smithsonian Magazine: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/discover-the-remarkable-paintings-of-three-japanese-americans-whose-life-stories-are-told-through-their-work-180985472/

2024.10.29

“Nationally Touring Exhibition That Rewrites the History of Modernism in the US Arrives at Smithsonian American Art Museum in November. Exhibition Includes Three Trailblazing Japanese American Women Artists.” Smithsonian News Release: https://www.si.edu/newsdesk/releases/nationally-touring-exhibition-rewrites-history-modernism-us-arrives-smithsonian

2024.7.18

Art Hansen, “Illuminating Nikkei Women Artists’ Work and Their Connections,” Nichi Bei Newshttps://www.nichibei.org/2024/07/illuminating-nikkei-women-artists-work-and-their-connections/

2024.5.4 
Palak Jayswa, “On the way to Topaz, descendants see art that came out of injustice,” The Salt Lake Tribunehttps://www.sltrib.com/artsliving/arts/2024/05/04/way-topaz-descendants-see-art-that/

2024.5.2 

Les Roka, “Utah Museum of Fine Arts’ Pictures of Belonging exhibition impressively commands viewers to think anew about American modernism,” The Utah Reviewhttps://www.theutahreview.com/utah-museum-of-fine-arts-pictures-of-belonging-exhibition-impressively-commands-viewers-to-think-anew-about-american-modernism/

2024.4.24 Jody Murray, “UC Merced Professor Curates a California Woman’s 7 Decades of Artistic Accomplishment,” UC Merced Newsroom: https://news.ucmerced.edu/news/2024/uc-merced-professor-curates-california-woman’s-7-decades-artistic-accomplishment

2024.4.18 Mikaela Ponce, “Pictures of Belonging-A Celebration of Japanese American Experiences,” The Daily Utah Chroniclehttps://dailyutahchronicle.com/2024/04/18/celebration-of-japanese-american-experiences/
 

2024.4.5 Rebecca Carballo, “Women Who Made Art in Japanese Internment Camps Are Getting Their Due,” The New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/05/arts/hayakawa-hibi-okubo-japanese-art-exhibit.html

2024.3.29  Scotti Hill, “How Commemorations to the Disenfranchised Have Forced a Reckoning with Utah’s History and Present,” Southwest Contemporary Vol. 9: https://southwestcontemporary.com/how-commemorations-to-the-disenfranchised-have-forced-a-reckoning-with-utahs-history-and-present/
 

2024.1.29 “Wang Curates New Traveling Exhibition of Three Trailblazing Japanese American Women,” UC Merced Newsroom: https://news.ucmerced.edu/news/2024/wang-curates-new-traveling-exhibition-three-trailblazing-japanese-american-women

2023.11.17 Kristopher Kato, “Pictures of Belonging: Rediscovering Three Remarkable Japanese American Artists,” Discover Nikkei: https://discovernikkei.org/en/journal/2023/11/17/pictures-of-belonging/