"Borders" is this year's theme for the annual international photography festival, KYOTOGRAPHIE, held in historically and culturally significant buildings across Kyoto from April 15th until May 14th. Now in its 11th co...

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...

BLUM & POE KYOTO, COCON KARASUMA

2021.11.30　 Text: Amelia Ijiri

Happening now in a pop-up exhibition space in downtown Kyoto, two or three representative works from seven emerging and established contemporary artists are brought together by Blum & Poe, an LA-Based art gallery. Al...

KYOTOGRAPHIE 2021

2021.11.1　 Text: Amelia Ijiri

ECHO was the theme of the 2021 KYOTOGRAPHIE International Photography Festival held in Kyoto, Japan, from September 18th to October 17th, 2021. It reflected on the decade since the 2011 Great East Japan earthquake, ts...

ISSEY MIYAKE KYOTO KURA EXHIBITION “INK MARBLING”

2021.9.5　 Text: Amelia Ijiri

Nestled in the foothills of Ukyo-ku in Kyoto, craftsman at a traditional suminagashi (ink marbling) factory create bold, fluid, stone-shaped patterns “STONE” series to harmonize with Issey Miyake’s latest collection t...

KYOTOGRAPHIE 2020

2020.10.27　 Text: Amelia Ijiri

“VISION” was this year’s theme for the annual international photography festival, KYOTOGRAPHIE. Now in its eighth consecutive year, the festival was held on its rescheduled dates from September 19th through October 18...

HIROSHI SUGIMOTO “POST VITAM”

2020.7.6　 Text: Amelia Ijiri

The Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, which became Japan's second public art museum when it opened in 1933, welcomed a new beginning in the spring of 2020 when it underwent extensive renovations and was renamed the Kyoto...

KYOTO ART FOR TOMORROW 2020

2020.3.2　 Text: Amelia Ijiri

The Museum of Kyoto is the venue for 40 contemporary artists under the age of 40 selected to exhibit in Kyoto Art for Tomorrow 2020 - Selected Up-and-coming Artists Exhibition from January 25th to February 9th. ...

TAKASHI HINODA “HANDS AND VISIONAMUSEMENT”

2020.1.27　 Text: Amelia Ijiri

Takashi Hinoda is a Japanese modern and contemporary sculptor whose ceramic works are known for their anime-like flat images in vibrant colors and freehand-style shapes. Matthew Larking of The Japan Times states, “His...

JAPANESE-POLISH CONTEMPORARY ART EXHIBITION “CELEBRATION”

2019.6.7　 Text: Amelia Ijiri

Celebration is a Japanese and Polish Contemporary Art Exhibition that is running from May 18th to June 23rd, 2019 at the following four venues across Kyoto: Kyoto Art Center, ROHM Theatre, The Terminal KYOTO and UNESC...

KYOTOGRAPHIE 2019

2019.5.16　 Text: Amelia Ijiri

VIBE is the theme for the 7th annual Kyotographie, an international photography festival held in historically and culturally significant buildings across the city of Kyoto from April 13th until May 12th. Kondaya...

KYOTO ART FOR TOMORROW 2019

2019.1.25　 Text: Amelia Ijiri

The Museum of Kyoto is the venue for 45 contemporary artists under the age of forty who were selected by a committee from recommendations of area art universities and galleries to exhibit in Kyoto Art for Tomorrow 201...