In Conversation: Asian art historian Meher McArthur interviews artist Wakana Kimura

Meher McArthur is an Asian art historian specializing in Japanese art, with degrees from Cambridge University and London University’s School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS). She was Curator of East Asian Art at Pacific Asia Museum, Pasadena, CA (1998-2006), Creative Director for the Storrier Stearns Japanese Garden, Pasadena (2014-2020), Academic Curator for Scripps College, Claremont (2018-2020) and Art and Cultural Director for JAPAN HOUSE Los Angeles (2020-2022).

Select publications include Gods and Goblins: Folk Paintings from Otsu, Pacific Asia Museum; Reading Buddhist Art, Thames & Hudson; The Arts of Asia, Thames & Hudson; An ABC of What Art Can Be, Getty Museum and New Expressions in Origami Art, Tuttle.