From September 30 to October 20, 2025, CHANEL’s le19M, the Parisian home of the Métiers d’art, travels to Tokyo for the first time with la Galerie du 19M Tokyo, a remarkable exhibition held on the 52nd floor of the Mo...
Tokyo’s Roppongi district dissolves once again the boundaries between everyday life and artistic imagination. From September 26th to 28th, 2025, Roppongi Art Night returns as one of the city’s most dynamic cultural ev...
He has been widely known as the “Painter of the Sun.” His luminous and ardent colors project vibrant energy that instill new meanings in the diverse cultures he had experienced throughout his life. Kojin Toneyama (192...
The transition from the Shōwa (1926-1989) to the Heisei era (1989-2019) witnessed groundbreaking and tumultuous events in Japan and abroad. The spark of two world wars crippled civilizations, yet forged the paths to ...
Plastic arts (“zokei geijutsu”) in the Japanese context refers to visual arts that involve shaping and molding into different forms. Genres cover sculpture, ceramics, and painting wherein the paint’s material capabili...
Among the celebrated and internationally acclaimed Japanese contemporary artists living today, perhaps, Tadanori Yokoo stands the most mystifying and extraordinary, who continues to be guided spontaneously by his brus...
Finland has always been highly reputed for its remarkable handcraft designs, marked by refined simplicity and thorough utilization of natural materials. Among the outstanding Finnish designers, Tapio Wirkkala has esta...
The work of Osamu Tezuka continues to shape the artistic and philosophical landscapes of Japanese pop culture. Among his numerous masterpieces, Phoenix (Hinotori) stands as his self-proclaimed "life's work". A sweepin...
It is said that it takes two to tango. Throughout the history of art and design, we have come across artist/designer couples who complement each other in producing creative works both concertedly and independently. Jo...
We live today in an unescapable bubble of computer networking — social media, online shopping, digital banking, virtual reality and AI. In particular, generative AI has become increasingly present in technological adv...
Referred to as the Master of Modern Architecture, Charles-Édouard Jeanneret-Gris or Le Corbusier (1887‒1965) led a robust career spanning five decades as an architect, designer, painter, urban planner and writer. His...
There is Ennio Morricone, John Williams, and there is Ryuichi Sakamoto. A true legend and priceless jewel in the music industry who transcended beyond the technical cadence of chords and notation, composer, pianist, r...
