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After the great earthquake occurred on March 11, 2011, Japan has been receiving world’s attention from a new aspect – whereas before: the far east small and exotic country where tradition and technology coexist. As e...
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Activists worldwide have been connecting online to bring forth political change, and now the contemporary art market has tested the power of the Internet as well. Purchasing artworks without actually viewing a piece i...
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One-night exhibit using the entirety of Paris. An annual event each autumn in Paris, Nuit Blanche, welcomed its ninth year this year. The event happened from the night of October 2nd to the morning of the 3rd. ...
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What is “beauty”? Takashi Murakami’s exhibit has created a heated discussion. Takashi Murakami first heard about Versailles from a comic about the French Revolution, “The Rose of Versailles” by Riyoko Ikeda whi...
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For contemporary art lovers who are not collectors, the usual spots for enjoying artwork are limited to museums, galleries, and art fairs. But from September 9th till the 25th, Paris's inaccessible art scene opened it...
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A biennale that was once thought to be impossible carried it through. Commemorating its 10th anniversary, the original plan for Biennale de Lyon was to have it led by the doyen curator, Catherine David, until she s...
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The most expensive contemporary art fair. The recent art fairs are always talked about quantifying its degree of success, and FIAC (Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporain) for this year is one of those art fairs w...
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In March 2008, one of the pioneering graffiti art collector, Alain Dominique Gallizia made an exhibition "TAG" from his own collections in Grand Palais. It attracted over 80,000 people in 5 weeks, and introduced them ...
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Contemporary art exhibition boom in the historical buildings in France? Museum, 2007 © David LaChapelle Lately, France is absorbed in having contemporary art exhibitions at historical buildings such as Jeff Ko...
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Better than last one? The failed La Force de l’Art 02. As a triennial art event first started in 2006, proposed by Dominique de Villepin, the Prime Minister of France at that time, aiming "to put on stage contempor...
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An ultra modern temple. The world of Maison Martin Margiela. What awakens you by a proper noun, Martin Margiela? Margiela's "white". Margiela's "cotton". Margiela's "trompe-l'oil". It's amazing to realize to see t...
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I still remember clearly the exhibition of Christian Boltanski held in Marian Goodman gallery Paris in 2005. I can also recall vividly the impact of the moment when I entered the pitch-black room separated by a curtai...
