BLEND has just released its first international issue BLEND Magazine #1, with a theme “THE NEW DUTCH SCHOOL”, 300 pages filled with fashion, people, media and art.

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Out on April 30th, Paper Sky brings us closer to Yosemite National Park for their “Inspiration” issue (#32) in the form of an Art and Nature guide. The new issue also features a reportage on the fortune-driven culture of fishing in Japan’s once-thriving fishing capital Yaizu, a trip through the Swiss Alps as well as a closer look at the California climber culture of the 1970s through the  Stonemasters book and the infamous and epic climbing film El Capitan. There’s also a reprinted selection of Gary Snyder poems to go along with the Yosemite features in addition to the regular columns by Naoki Ishikawa, Seiko Ito et al.

Stefan Strumbel’s solo show “Home Sweet Home“ will be held at Circleculture Gallery from April 30. With his art, Strumbel uses traditional motives that are associated with his origin, the Black Forest. On an abstract level, Strumbel deals with the paradigms of “home“ and simultaneously questions its concept. The exhibition encompasses objects from folk art that refer to the clichéd notions of home, folklore and popular piety: the traditional cuckoo clock, wooden masks of the Alemannic Carnival or typical crucifixes mainly used in catholic households.

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Huang Zhiyang: Possessing Numerous Peaks / © Photo: Tony Metaxas

Curated by French curator Ami Barak, 20 invited artists of international repute will showcase their sculputre at ART FOR THE WORLD [THE EXPO], one of the major art projects of the World Expo 2010 in Shanghai, starting from May 1st and continues to October 31st.

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Photo: Aki Suzuki

One of the selected artist for the visual of SHIFT 2010 CALENDAR, Aki Suzuki is participating in an group exhibition held at Neuköllner Art Salon (Neuköllner Kunstsalon) in Berlin. Photo above was taken by the artist at the opening party held on April 16th.

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