The once-booming market for high-priced art is now experiencing a notable downturn. Auction sales of paintings valued at over $10 million dropped 44% last year, and 2025 shows little sign of recovery, ...

Corrigan's paper design became Cushion Lock: a green, recyclable alternative to the plastic bubble wrap we all love to pop. "There's an actual, growing demand," Corrigan said. "Like if you tried ...

Wielding a syringe instead of a brush, the artist injects paint into the plastic bubbles of the ubiquitous packing material, turning it into pointillist works of art ...

The Japanese art market’s meteoric rise in the late 1980s was fueled by the “bubble period” of the nation’s economy when asset prices skyrocketed across the board.

A Japanese court found on Monday an artist not guilty of obscenity for displaying figurines modelled on her vagina, signalling a step towards freedom of expression, although the court fined her ...

Stress relief, diet aid, lucky charm: few can resist the allure of bubble wrap and now a Japanese company is finding new reasons to pop till you drop.

Soak up the sounds of city pop with five albums that highlight old-school heavyweights or showcase newer artists' takes on the bubble era genre.

Demand for this jiggly feline, popularized on TikTok, is just one example of how social media is collapsing the distance between East Asian trends and a voracious American market. Retail ventures like ...

Following its premiere at the 2020 Shanghai International Film Festival, the animated adventure “Words Bubble Up Like Soda Pop” was released in Japanese theaters and Netflix on July 22. The ...

Japanese bubble-wrap manufacturer Kawakami Sangyo Co., Ltd's heart-shaped bubble wrap sheets are seen in Tokyo November 12, 2007. [Agencies] "Pucchin Sukatto," a box of small bubble wrap sheets ...