Shock Wave: 1980s/90s Japanese Fashion, Actor’s Picasso Pottery, and More Fresh News

Kansai Yamamoto, Jacket, about 1980. Cotton jersey printed with a graphic including the brand name Kansai. Denver Art Museum, Neusteter Textile Collection.

News and updates from around the arts and auction community:

• Shock Wave: Japanese Fashion Design, 1980s–90s is an exhibition that shows work by Japanese designers who started a fashion revolution in Paris. It’s currently on view in Denver. [Read more from The Denver Art Museum]

• Sir Richard Attenborough was not only a gifted actor and director, but also a visionary collector of Picasso pottery. His magnificent 50+ year collection will be auctioned on Nov. 22.  [Read more from The Art Newspaper]

• Eighty years after disappearing from a museum in Colombia, a Pre-Columbian artifact turned up at a London auction house. But how did it get there? [Read more from The City Paper – Bogota]

• Experts say the trick to adding personality to a dining room is to mix it up — old with new, in a way that expresses your personality. [Read more from Associated Press via Yahoo News]

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