LUCIO FONTANA “RETROSPECTIVE”

2014.8.28　 Text: Valerie Douniaux

The major Lucio Fontana retrospective, now presented at Paris Museum of Modern Art, is the first one in France since 1987. Following a quite classic chronological path, it nevertheless offers an original approach to ...

“SPROUTING GARDEN” EXHIBITION

2014.8.21　 Text: Ayumi Yakura

The exhibition themed of "Sprout" as “the possibility of expanding the space of Art Park”, worked by 18 artists who are born or live in Hokkaido, is holding from July at Sapporo Art Park. You can see huge outdoor inst...

BE/LONGING: FEATURING NEW WORK BY NINA DIETZEL, DARIJA JELINCIC AND ANNE VERALDI

2014.8.11　 Text: Fuyumi Saito

The gallery, Fouladi Projects locates at the entrance of Catro, the south west of San Francisco downtown. Attractive restaurants and colorful shops are coming into the eyes. Wide Market street allows the sunshine ente...

I’M STILL HERE

2014.8.5　 Text: Victor Moreno

Magasin 3 is one of the most interesting art spots in Scandinavia and one of the leading art galleries in Europe. This independent cultural institution fills the shortage of possibilities for certain contemporary arti...

NO COUNTRY: CONTEMPORARY ART FOR SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST ASIA

2014.7.28　 Text: Fann ZJ

The past knew fluid boundaries. The ancient kingdoms of South and Southeast Asia absorbed influences from both East and West, responding to religious, political and economic encounters that formed paradigms and allian...

MASAK MASAK – MY CHILDHOOD

2014.7.22　 Text: Fann ZJ

Masak Masak – literally meaning cooking in Malay, but affectionately referred to as the game of make-believe cooking. Childhood and simpler times come to mind when one says Masak Masak. In this day and age of tablets...

SONAR 2014

2014.7.7　 Text: Julio Cesar Palacio

Sónar is growing and growing every year and this has a deep influence on the artist line-up, where is really difficult to keep the title of Advanced and Multimedia Festival and slightly turn into a more mainstream typ...

GALLERY WEEKEND

2014.6.28　 Text: Kiyohide Hayashi

Which season comes to mind when you hear the phrase “season of art?” Many people will think of fall from the phrase “autumn of the arts.” However, in Berlin people can enjoy art, not only in the fall, but also in the ...

WABISABI EXHIBITION “DORONE”

2014.6.28　 Text: Aya Shomura

Clark Gallery + SHIFT moved and opened on June 6th at 2F of the creative complex “MUSEUM” which has opened in Sapporo. To celebrate its opening, the first exhibition “Dorone,” focus on WABISABI’s latest artworks, star...

PRIMAVERA SOUND 2014

2014.6.13　 Text: Julio Cesar Palacio from Panopttic

BIGGER, STRONGER, BETTER this is the only title it came up to my mind to try describe Primavera Sound Festival this year (2014)! The park El Forum throughout the years have become in a parallel universe of music and ...

BILL VIOLA EXHIBITION

2014.5.26　 Text: Valérie Douniaux

It is not easy to attract a large number of visitors with an exhibition solely dedicated to video art, but the Bill Viola retrospective at the Grand Palais in Paris already seems quite a success in this regard. Bill V...

TOSHIYA KOBAYASHI “TO REGAIN THE IRREPARABLE.”

2014.5.7　 Text: Ayumi Yakura

This solo exhibition, “To regain the irreparable,” by artist Toshiya Kobayashi is being held at Cross Hotel Sapporo until May 31, 2014. Kobayashi was born in Hokkaido, and he has actively exhibited his works mainly in...