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...

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...

FOR THE RECORD: PHOTOGRAPHY & THE ART OF THE ALBUM COVER

2022.5.10　 Text: Victor Moreno

Many album covers have become as iconic as the music and artists they portrayed thus contributing to shaping the identity of these stars and the record labels themselves. Emphasizing the central role photography plays...

KUMA EXHIBITION 2022

2022.5.9　 Text: Taketo Oguchi

The KUMA Exhibition 2022 showcased future creativity that transcends the boundaries of contemporary art, technology, architecture, music, film, fiction, and entertainment. It is the highlight of the 71 students of the...

59TH VENICE BIENNALE

2022.5.5　 Text: Ilaria Peretti

Postponed by a year due to the continuing protraction of the pandemic that forced the whole world to slow down, the 59th edition of the Venice Biennale has opened the doors to the public on the 23rd of April, 2022. ...

A.B.O. THEATRON. ART OR LIFE

2022.3.23　 Text: Ilaria Peretti

I remember that my mother asked me: “what do you want to do when you grow up?” I answered “the child”. This sentence, deduced from the video-interview by Irene Dionisio, allows us to get to the heart of the protagonis...

DESIGNART TOKYO 2022

2022.3.16　

DESIGNART TOKYO, the art and design festival that attracted a total of 180,000 visitors during its 10-day run last year, will be held again this year from October 22nd to 31st. The theme this year is “TOGETHER”. ...

DAMIEN HIRST “CHERRY BLOSSOMS”

2022.3.2　

Special exhibition of Damien Hirst, Cherry Blossoms will be held at The National Art Center, Tokyo from 2nd March to 23rd May, 2022 organized by The National Art Center, Tokyo; Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemp...

BALL PIYALUK

2022.1.11　 Text: Victor Moreno

This year’s winner of the SHIFT Award at Unknown Asia 2021 is Ball Piyaluk Benjadol. Her work “Loved and Gone Series” – miniatures that combine antiques, old toys, daily necessities, knitted work, and even hair – is t...

MAWARI

2021.12.23　 Text: Editor

Mawari is a global team that has developed high-quality, real-time, interactive 3D streaming technology and formats to make AR experiences more accessible to people in various fields. Since its establishment in Shibuy...

UNKNOWN ASIA 2021

2021.12.13　 Text: Taketo Oguchi

Asia's largest artist art fair UNKNOWN ASIA was held at the Grand Front Osaka Congre Convention Center on October 16th and 17th. This time, which is the 7th time this year, it was a hybrid of the online and the in-per...