DESIGNART TOKYO 2023

2023.3.20　

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”. In...

UNKNOWN ASIA 2023

2023.3.15　

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. ...

LOVE HULTéN

2023.3.13　 Text: Victor Moreno

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...

EGON SCHIELE FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE LEOPOLD MUSEUM – YOUNG GENIUS IN VIENNA 1900

2023.3.1　 Text: Alma Reyes

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...

ROPPONGI CROSSING 2022: COMING & GOING

2023.2.2　 Text: Alma Reyes

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...

KARL GRANDIN

2023.2.2　 Text: Victor Moreno

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...

BARBARA KRUGER “THINKING OF Y̶O̶U̶. I MEAN M̶E̶. I MEAN YOU”

2023.1.16　 Text: Victor Moreno

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...

UNKNOWN ASIA 2022

2023.1.13　 Text: Taketo Oguchi

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...

SHINRO OHTAKE: FROM SCRATCH TO DREAMS AND MEMORIES

2023.1.12　 Text: Alma Reyes

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...

EDGE

2023.1.11　 Text: Victor Moreno

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...

DESIGNART TOKYO 2022

2022.12.20　 Text: Taketo Oguchi

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...

FLOW FESTIVAL HELSINKI 2022

2022.9.7　 Text: Victor Moreno

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...

HELLO! SUPER COLLECTION – 99 UNTOLD STORIES

2022.7.24　 Text: Amelia Ijiri

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...

KYOTOGRAPHIE 2022

2022.7.18　 Text: Amelia Ijiri

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...

FIND – DESIGN FAIR ASIA 2022

2022.7.1　

FIND - Design Fair Asia, an upscale furniture fair in Singapore that is set to take place in September 2022. The inaugural edition of FIND will be held at the Marina Bay Sands Expo and Convention Centre in Singapo...

MAKOTO AMANO

2022.6.22　 Text: Miwa Yokoyama

Makoto Amano, from the Institute of Advanced Media Arts and Sciences (IAMAS), has published many media artworks that take advantage of the latest technology under the theme of "resistance to AI implemented in society....

UNKNOWN ASIA 2022

2022.5.13　

Last year, the international art fair “Unknown Asia” was held both at the venue and online in the midst of the Corona disaster, with 130 creators from 10 countries and regions in Japan and throughout Asia exhibiti...