NEWS
DESIGNART TOKYO 2023
DESIGNART TOKYO, the art and design festival that attracted a total of 200,000 visitors during its 10-day run last year, will be held again this year from October 20th to 29th. The theme this year is “Sparks -Free...
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ACCIDENTALLY WES ANDERSON EXHIBITION IN TOKYO
- BARBARA KRUGER “THINKING OF Y̶O̶U̶. I MEAN M̶E̶. I MEAN YOU”
- MAKOTO AMANO
- KUMA EXHIBITION 2022
- 59TH VENICE BIENNALE
- DESIGNART TOKYO 2021
- EXPERIENCE LEONARD COHEN
- AWE (AUGMENTED WORLD EXPO) 2021
- WORLD PRESS PHOTO 2021
- KYOTOGRAPHIE 2021
- MARKET ART FAIR 2021
- PARADISE ART SPACE
- BARBARA KRUGER “THINKING OF Y̶O̶U̶. I MEAN M̶E̶. I MEAN YOU”
NEWS
UNKNOWN ASIA 2023
Last year, the international art fair “Unknown Asia” was held at Grand Front Osaka with 118 creators exhibiting. This year, the fair will be back at the same venue between September 16th and 17th. ...
HAPPENING
KYOTOGRAPHIE 2023
"Borders" is this year's theme for the annual international photography festival, KYOTOGRAPHIE, held in historically and culturally significant buildings across Kyoto from April 15th until May 14th. Now in its 11th co...
HAPPENING
ACCIDENTALLY WES ANDERSON EXHIBITION IN TOKYO
Many fans of the inventive filmmaker Wes Anderson will be delighted to step into the move-like photographic exhibition inspired by the director’s craftsmanship, “Accidentally Wes Anderson,” ongoing at the Warehouse Te...
HAPPENING
“THE ORIGINAL” EXHIBITION
Every day we live with objects, furniture, accessories and furnishings that comfort and inspire us, and at the same time influence our lifestyle and mode of thought and behavior. These objects are shaped by Design, w...
PEOPLE
LOVE HULTéN
Swedish product designer and mastercraftsman Love Hultén whose designs have gone viral – especially on Instagram – takes game consoles and synthesizers to the next level because of their wacky, playful personalized d...
HAPPENING
EGON SCHIELE FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE LEOPOLD MUSEUM – YOUNG GENIUS IN VIENNA 1900
There is a throng of short-lived artists who have left us legacies of astounding artworks - from the classic Raphael, Early Modern Vincent van Gogh and Amedeo Modigliani, to the 20th century Keith Haring, among many o...
HAPPENING
ROPPONGI CROSSING 2022: COMING & GOING
For the last three years since the disruption of everyday human activity caused by the COVID-19 Coronavirus pandemic, lives around the globe have been transformed drastically, whether in positive or negative ways. The...
PEOPLE
KARL GRANDIN
Swedish artist and entrepreneur Karl Grandin is a good old friend of SHIFT who together with Björn Atldax collaborated with us for our curated monthly cover while working at their former design studio Vår back in 2009...
HAPPENING
BARBARA KRUGER “THINKING OF Y̶O̶U̶. I MEAN M̶E̶. I MEAN YOU”
American contemporary pop artist and collagist Barbara Kruger (b.1945) has developed her own style of art by combining poetry and politics with an advertising or propaganda vibe – recognizable from its bold declarativ...
HAPPENING
UNKNOWN ASIA 2022
Unknown Asia, Asia's largest art fair for artists, was held at the Grand Front Osaka Congress Convention Center on October 15th and 16th, 2022. This year was the 8th edition of the event and it happened for 3 days inc...
HAPPENING
SHINRO OHTAKE: FROM SCRATCH TO DREAMS AND MEMORIES
Considered as one of Japan’s most versatile contemporary artists, Shinro Ohtake has always kept viewers with mouths agape over his dynamic play of materials, colors, forms and techniques. He is an incessant object col...
PLACE
EDGE
Hudson Yards is one of the newly renovated neighborhoods in Manhattan focused on modern urban life and biodiversity. It's located in the southwest side of Midtown between Chelsea and Hell's Kitchen and is home to a nu...
HAPPENING
DESIGNART TOKYO 2022
The festival "DESIGNART TOKYO 2022," where people can experience art and design in the city of Tokyo, was held from October 21st to 30th. This event has become a well-established fall event in Tokyo. As the effects of...
HAPPENING
FLOW FESTIVAL HELSINKI 2022
After three years on stand-by, Flow Festival in Helsinki kicked off again August 12th - 14th with an international line up – including Gorillaz, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Florence + The Machine, Michael Kiwanuka, Mar...
HAPPENING
HELLO! SUPER COLLECTION – 99 UNTOLD STORIES
After decades of planning, the Nakanoshima Museum of Art, Osaka opened its doors on February 2nd, 2022. This art museum ushers in a new vision of what an art museum can be, including every element from the visually st...
HAPPENING
KYOTOGRAPHIE 2022
Bringing together photographers from around the world, the 10th edition of KYOTOGRAPHIE 2022 was held from April 9th to May 8th, 2022 at temples, galleries, and historically significant venues across Kyoto. Co-founder...
