Fondazione Prada’s latest exhibition, ‘Paraventi: Folding Screens from the 17th to 21st Centuries’ (until 22 February 2024) examines the cultural and artistic role of the decorative folding screen, an ...

The elegant Chinese pingfeng (folding screen) is an ancient invention that is an essential part of traditional Chinese furniture. The earliest common use of the pingfeng dates back to the Han Dynasty ...

Prada presents the exhibition “Paraventi:屏” with the support of Fondazione Prada, on view from 3 November 2023 to 21 January 2024 at Prada Rong Zhai, a 1918 historic residence in Shanghai restored by ...

Ogata Kōrin (1658–1716) was the second son of a wealthy Kyoto merchant who ran a kimono fabric business called Kariganeya. The family was related to Hon’ami Kōetsu, who was a cultural figure active in ...

You don’t have to binge-watch classic movies to know that when a starlet wanted to “slip into something more comfortable,” she often stepped behind a decorative folding screen before shedding her ...

A FOLDING SCREEN may seem like an inessential luxury compared with furniture on which you can actually sit, eat or sleep off the excesses of the previous night. But a thoughtfully placed screen, ...

This Tuesday, an expert in Japanese art and culture explored the significance of byobu — decorative Japanese folding screens. Hiroyuki Shimatani, the vice executive director of the Tokyo National ...

If you don’t own a folding screen and you’re working from home, you may want to get one. Here’s why. By Tim McKeough A folding screen is useful for dividing space, but it can do so much more. “It ...