Janice Katz

Janice Katz, Roger L. Weston Associate Curator of Japanese Art, joined the Art Institute in 2003 and curates the museum’s quarterly exhibitions of Japanese prints in Gallery 107. Her most recent major exhibition at the Art Institute, Painting the Floating World: Ukiyo-e Masterpieces from the Weston Collection, and its accompanying catalogue focused on ukiyo-e paintings of the 17th through 20th centuries. Her publications include Japanese Paintings in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (2003) and Beyond Golden Clouds: Japanese Screens from the Art Institute of Chicago and the Saint Louis Art Museum (2009). Janice received her PhD from Princeton University in 2004. Her research focuses on paintings from the Edo period (1615–1868) and the history of art collecting in Japan.

Ceramic Innovation: Japan’s Women Take the Lead

Breaking from tradition-based methods and forms, these exuberant and wildly inventive clay works find a spotlight in Chicago.

Janice Katz
Books: Another Kind of Japanese Print

Though less well-known today than their single-sheet counterparts, Japanese illustrated books are an artform unto themselves—often inventive, sometimes lavish, and endlessly varied.

Janice Katz
More Kinds of Blue

Some blues assert themselves and travel the world, while others are not what they appear to be.

Janice Katz, Clara Granzotto, Craig Lee, and Richard Gessert
Onchi Kōshirō’s Affection for Abstraction

The central figure of Japan’s creative print movement made very few prints of his beloved abstract works, but the Art Institute is home to many of them.

Janice Katz
A Tale of Two Mountains: Hokusai’s Fantastic Landscapes in Europe and America

The artist’s mass-produced, vividly colored prints inspired palettes across oceans and generations.

Janice Katz
Noda Tetsuya: Negotiating Memory

Curator Janice Katz muses on the artist’s attempt to preserve memories of his daughter.

Janice Katz

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