A Guide to Enjoying Art Museums with the Five Senses｜Sophie Richard

Fujimoto Yukiko, editor, Heads Bookend Publishing Co. Ltd

This series presents interviews of professionals in diverse fields who view Japanese culture from overseas. The interviewees are people the author has met through her work in publishing. What unknown stories are to be found as we peel back the layers of tradition and culture? I interviewed London-based art historian Sophie Richard, author of The Art Lover’s Guide to Japanese Museums (2014 and 2019). Visiting Japan regularly from 2004, she has been steadily visiting art and other kinds of museums and cultural facilities to explore their character and attractions. Sophie Richard Born in Provence, France, and educated at the École du Louvre and the Sorbonne in Paris, Sophie Richard is…