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Lecture: Art Across Borders: Japanese Artists in the United States (Dr. Ramona Handel-Bajema)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uRaxzbFbJw In our February 7, 2023 Webinar, scholar Ramona Handel-Bajema, author of Art Across Borders: Japanese Artists in the United States before World War II (MerwinAsia Publishers, 2021), discussed the wave of Japanese artists who contributed to the establishment of American Modernism, challenged notions of a Japanese aesthetic and flourished in a nation that was at times hostile and other times welcoming. In her book, Dr. Handel-Bajema…