DEFENESTRATION

2014.4.25　 Text: Fuyumi Saito

A Multi-media Installation - Commemorating the Old Hugo Hotel　 The Old Hugo Hotel on 6th street in San Francisco has been abandoned since 1988 but can still be found in the area South of Market (SOMA). If you walk...

NOT AGAINST INTERPRETATION: UNTITLED

2014.4.22　 Text: Rachel Alexis Xu

“Interpretation must itself be evaluated, within a historical view of human consciousness. In some cultural contexts, interpretation is a liberating act. It is a means of revising, of transvaluing, of escaping the dea...

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...

ART14 LONDON

2014.4.14　 Text: Jing C.Y. Chong

After the tremendous success of the first edition last year, this year Art14 London brought the art market and art lovers in London an alternative choice of art fair from the existing main fairs such as Freize and Lon...

TOMOO GOKITA EXHIBITION

2014.4.7　 Text: Taro Masushio

During the cold months of January through February, the initial silence that greets the visitor to the Mary Boone Gallery unfolds in almost grotesque yet surrealistically beautiful tones as one adjusts the distance to...

THE 17TH JAPAN MEDIA ARTS FESTIVAL

2014.3.27　 Text: Noriko Yamakoshi

A media arts festival with “current” art that connects memories and opens our eyes. Passing the registration desk and walking through the entrance, an exhibition space without any partitions appears. The 17th Jap...

ROKKO MEETS ART 2013

2014.3.23　 Text: Chiaki Ogura

An ordinary mountain has become filled with art! An attractive event is held at Mount Rokko in Hyogo. Thirty-nine artists from various genres created artworks using notable points and scenic views of Mount Rokko. You...

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 ...

ANDREAS GURSKY EXHIBITION

2014.3.17　 Text: Maaru Hiyama

Andreas Gursky is a major exponent of German contemporary photography whose photographs are striking for their massive scale and size. His work is notable for revealing the inner workings of contemporary society and t...

“FRUITS DE LA PASSION” LA COLLECTION DU CENTRE POMPIDOU

2014.3.17　 Text: Maaru Hiyama

The Pompidou Centre is a multicultural complex in France, which houses a museum, a center for music and acoustic research and a library. Paris, the city of art, offers broad and generous support regarding art, as is e...

MAISON & OBJET ASIA

2014.3.17　 Text: Fann ZJ

Europe meets Asia at the first Asian installation of the world famous décoration and home-fashion trade show MAISON & OBJET. Entitled MAISON & OBJET ASIA, the Singaporean cousin is smaller and compact but no less rich...