The "Ecce Homo: The Human Images in Contemporary Art" exhibition at the National Museum of Art, Osaka explores how the human body is portrayed and used in contemporary art. It focuses on many different themes througho...
Celebrity cravings. Martin Schoeller, Angelina Jolie, Portrait "Up Close and Personal" According to our dictionary, a portrait is a representation of a person, in which the face and its expression is predomina...
Same old same old, or is it? Art buzz was thick in the London air this year as early as Ai Wei Wei opened his first retrospective at the Royal Academy of Art - triumphantly (one might add). The UK official's in...
The area called Dogpatch in San Francisco, where used to be the area of warehouses are now locally famous for hip and artistic area. Craft & design factories, cafés, bakery and restaurants have been opened in thes...
Bernard Sumner is like Sir Alex Ferguson sitting in the bench bringing players on and off. New Order reunited in 1998, and during a gap of inactivity between the 2008-2012, former member Gillian Gilbert was in, Peter ...
Shuun; an artist based in Hokkaido, is having a solo exhibition "ANIMALS" at Cross Hotel Sapporo since September 1st, 2015. This exhibition is the volume 17th of the collaborative exhibition series called “MACHINAKA ...
Till October 30th, a fashion designer ayumi mitsukane's first solo exhibition "BOUSHI" (hat) is holding at Clark Gallery+SHIFT in Sapporo. As wearing those hats exhibited, it's possible to understand exactly the reaso...
"Miwonderland 2015" in Rising Sun Rock Festival 2015 in Ezo Rising Sun Rock Festival (RSR) celebrated its 17th year as one of Japan's leading music festivals. Clark Gallery＋SHIFT were in charge of the creative d...
On July 2nd 2015, makeup artist Miwonderful (Miwa Yokoyama) held the event “Makeup Restaurant” at GLOVE WITH AQUA STYLE in Sapporo, Japan, almost a year since her last event in the city. Miwonderful, who has been expa...
Screening starts from September 2015 throughout 2016 around the world! DOTMOV is a digital film festival organized by online magazine "SHIFT", aiming to discover unknown talented creators and provide an opportunity...
Although "Norberg Festival" started out in 1999, stays fresh and hungry in 2015 whilst receiving more international visitors. This is mostly because of its unique approach to music and also the opportunity that the fe...
Installation "Picture Puzzle Pattern Door" by New York-based artist Shana Moulton works was exhibited in the contemporary art center in San Francisco. Her works investigated for the relationship between American consu...
Hokkaido’s leading tourist areas Niseko and Kutchan are hosting the world’s largest public art event, "CowParade Niseko", until October 1st. "CowParade Niseko", Wabisabi, "Hollow Cozy", Niseko Viallage "Two Stick...
Sakanaction hosted a new project/event "Night Fishing" on Thursday, July 2nd and Friday July 3rd at Ebisu LIQUID ROOM. This year was their first year ever to not play at any summer festivals, due to the pregnancy of t...
In Yangon, the former capital of Myanmar, "GorgeousJapan" which wan an event to introduce Japanese products and cultures, was held from May 15th to 16th. Along with the participation of Panasonic, KOSE, Kracie, mandom...
"Yoko Ono: One Woman Show", 2015 44 years since her provocative debut at the MoMA, Yoko Ono has returned for a retrospective of her film, music, performance and conceptual art. Though Ono's first exhibit at the p...
Primavera Sound is getting used to exceed their expectations year by year, The Festival celebrated their 15 years with historical record of attendance. It seems that the organization finally found the formula and the ...
