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...

ART FAIR SAPPORO 2014

2014.12.5　 Text: Hanae Kawai

18 galleries both in and out of Japan were gathered in Sapporo. Continuing from last year, the International Art Fair was held in Sapporo. Art should be enjoyed to look. Purchase of artworks is allowed only fo...

MAKOTO IGA EXHIBITION “DOT, STRIPE, CROSS”

2014.10.17　 Text: Ayumi Yakura

Makoto Iga, an artist based in Hokkaido, Japan, who presides an art unit “G.A.A.L; Geometrical Abstract Art Laboratory”, holds a solo exhibition “DOT, STRIPE, CROSS” at Cross Hotel Sapporo from September 3rd, 2014. ...

“SPROUTING GARDEN” EXHIBITION

2014.8.21　 Text: Ayumi Yakura

The exhibition themed of "Sprout" as “the possibility of expanding the space of Art Park”, worked by 18 artists who are born or live in Hokkaido, is holding from July at Sapporo Art Park. You can see huge outdoor inst...

WABISABI EXHIBITION “DORONE”

2014.6.28　 Text: Aya Shomura

Clark Gallery + SHIFT moved and opened on June 6th at 2F of the creative complex “MUSEUM” which has opened in Sapporo. To celebrate its opening, the first exhibition “Dorone,” focus on WABISABI’s latest artworks, star...

TOSHIYA KOBAYASHI “TO REGAIN THE IRREPARABLE.”

2014.5.7　 Text: Ayumi Yakura

This solo exhibition, “To regain the irreparable,” by artist Toshiya Kobayashi is being held at Cross Hotel Sapporo until May 31, 2014. Kobayashi was born in Hokkaido, and he has actively exhibited his works mainly in...

SAPPORO ART EXIHITION AQUA LINE

2014.4.15　 Text: Ayumi Yakura

There are many art exhibitions in the world with the theme of water. However, Sapporo Art Museum in Sapporo Art Park is currently showing the Aqua Line: Art Along the Shore exhibition, which draws attention to the lin...

AKI KAURISMäKI “JUHA” × HUNTSVILLE

2014.3.23　 Text: Ayumi Yakura

For cultural exchange between Northern Europe and Japan, intercultural experience for young generation, and charity for the Japan earthquake, the opening of the Miyukino International Short Film Festival began at the ...

ICE HILLS HOTEL IN TOUBETSU 2014

2014.3.17　 Text: Ayumi Yakura

In February when Japan welcomed its coldest period, the Ice Hills Hotel opened up on a hill covered with snow in Hokkaido. The hotel has been surprising visitors from all over the world with its elements, including a ...

LIVING WITH ART

2013.12.27　 Text: Yoko Yamamoto

Machinaka Art × Odori Bisse – Odori Bisse turns into an art gallery! Using the concept “Incorporate art into daily life - Enjoy ‘buying art’” as its theme, Machinaka Art and Odori Bisse held the event “LIVING W...

ART FAIR SAPPORO 2013

2013.12.16　 Text: Ayumi Yakura

Sapporo host the first International Art Fair in Sapporo. Do you need skills to “read art?” There is the term “art literacy,” but compared to “information literacy,” the necessity may be more vague. On November ...

HIDEKI INABA EXHIBITION “VECTA”

2013.11.20　 Text: Satsuki Miyanishi

An exhibition called “VECTA” by artist Hideki Inaba of Clark gallery + SHIFT is now being held in the Cross Hotel Sapporo. This exhibition is curated by SHIFT as the 9th Machinaka Art (art in the town) Cross Edition. ...