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...
DESIGNART TOKYO 2024, a well-established fall festival in Tokyo, celebrated its 8th anniversary from October 18th to 27th this year. About 117 exhibitions in 96 venues ushered in approximately 230,000 visitors to expe...
After over a year of closing for refurbishments, Mitsubishi Ichigokan Museum finally reopened last November 23rd with “Commemorative Reopening Exhibition: Absences - Toulouse-Lautrec & Sophie Calle” running until Janu...
A full member of the international photography collective Magnum Photos, American photographer Alec Soth has been widely acclaimed for his narrative, storytelling approach in photography. A large scope of his photogra...
British modern design has come a long way since the Arts and Crafts Movement of the 1900s. From William Morris, Charles Rennie Mackintosh, to Mary Quant and Norman Foster, Britain has been at the forefront of design i...
Those who have been to Roppongi Hills have surely walked under or around the giant bronze and stainless steel spider sculpture at the open plaza. The creator, French-American artist Louise Bourgeois dedicated the rema...
Like chromatic vignettes of a carnival or a thronged festival, no other form of art could possibly be as explosive and expansively imaginative as that of the enigmatic Keiichi Tanaami. Having lived through the colossa...
The world knows him as one of the star-studded icons of The Beatles. But, did we ever imagine Paul McCartney to be a talented photographer as well? Until September 24 this year, Tokyo City View atop Roppongi Hills ...
The iconic names of Hanae Mori, Issey Miyake, Kansai Yamamoto, Rei Kawakubo, Yohji Yamamoto, Junko Koshino and other prominent Japanese designers have carved their marks of excellence in the history of global fashion....
In 2008, Mark Leckey won the Turner Prize for his video art film “Industrial Light and Magic,” which led to his work being exhibited at Tate Modern and internationally at institutions such as MoMA and the Guggenheim M...
