Nagai Ryūnosuke

Born in Tokyo in 1956. Earned his degree in economics from Rikkyō University. Representative director of the Nagai Gallery. Appears regularly on television as an art appraiser and expert, including on an NHK program about the “genius painters of the nineteenth century”: Van Gogh, Gauguin, Cezanne, and Henri Rousseau. Has written a number of popular introductions to Western art, such as Chishiki zero kara no meiga nyūmon (An Absolute Beginner’s Guide to Great Paintings), Sekai de ichiban suteki na Seiyō bijutsu no kyōshitsu (The World’s Most Wonderful Classroom of Western Art), and Meiga no naka no koibito-tachi (Lovers in Great Paintings). Served as senior board member of Ginza Galleries from 2019 to 2021.