SATURDAY IN DESIGN SINGAPORE

2011.6.7　 Text: Fann ZJ

The Singapore design community had a field day as both local and international designers and brands relished in a day of design celebration, friendship and education with the inaugural Saturday in Design Singapore. O...

STREET ART WITHOUT BORDERS EXHIBITION

2011.5.26　 Text: Mamiko Kawakami

Owing to strict laws on vandalism, Dubai is one of the few cities in the world without graffiti. So when the city held a street art exhibition recently, featuring renowned artists such as Banksy, it was strictly withi...

SAIZEN 00

2011.5.25　 Text: Shinobu Ono

“We would like to be SAIZEN 00, the hottest culture in Japan today!” Fantasista Utamaro, who is actively working in various fields such as illustration and animation, organized a super dimensional cultural event, ‘SAI...

HOKKAIDO & SHANGHAI ASIA CREATIVE FORUM

2011.5.18　 Text: Katsuya Ishida

The prosperity of the art market in Asia (especially in China) has been gone over through various media, and the one of the epicenter of the movement would be Shanghai. After the Shanghai Expo held last year, the view...

TADASU TAKAMINE “TOO FAR TO SEE”

2011.5.16　 Text: Meiko Maruyama

"Too Far to See" is an exhibit at Yokohama Museum of Art by contemporary artist Tadasu Takamine. As Eriko Kimura, the show's curator, explains, the title of this exhibition suggests that "the word 'Far' includes psych...

TARA DONOVAN: UNTITLED (MYLAR)

2011.5.2　 Text: Carlos J. Gomez

I must admit that I am an admirer of Tara Donovan’s work. It simply is among the best art that I’ve seen in my ten years living in New York so far. I still remember vividly in 2002 a room with a mass of trimmed...

THE PHOTO / BOOKS HUB TOKYO 2011

2011.4.23　 Text: Yuko Miyakoshi

A new fair of photo books and prints ‘The Photo / Books Hub Tokyo 2011’ was held in a special occasion. Tohoku earthquake happened on March 11th and the fair happened 22 days after the digester. Right after the earthq...

ART DUBAI 2011

2011.4.13　 Text: Mamiko Kawakami

Over five-star buffets, champagne top-ups and canapes on trays that seemed to chase attendees around the galleries, the pre-opening party of the region’s biggest art fair was no ordinary exhibition. It was here, a nig...

“QUIET ATTENTIONS: DEPARTURE FROM WOMEN” EXHIBITION

2011.3.31　 Text: Memi Mizukami

“Quiet Attentions: Departure from Women” an exhibit of the work of 13 women and 1 man artists from nine countries directed by Mizuki Takahashi, is being held at the Art Tower Mito until May 8, 2011. Susan Philipsz, wh...

SINGAPORE BIENNALE 2011

2011.3.22　 Text: Fann ZJ

It is with a sense of hospitality and maturity, that the 3rd Singapore Biennale welcomes visitors. After propagating a sense of belief in the local art scene in 2006, and a spirit to question and probe in 2008, this y...

L’OREAL MELBOURNE FASHION FESTIVAL 2011

2011.3.17　 Text: Joanna Kawecki

Melbourne is known as one of the worlds' leading fashion capitals for emerging and respectfully established designers. And rightfully so. ELLERY During L'Oreal Melbourne Fashion Festival 2011 (LMFF), fashionis...

TOKYO FRONTLINE 2011

2011.3.9　 Text: Yuko Miyakoshi

New art fair, new art platform. Held for the first time this year, the international art fair "TOKYO FRONTLINE" opened at “3331 Arts Chiyoda” in a closed school building transformed into an art center. A thous...