Every day we live with objects, furniture, accessories and furnishings that comfort and inspire us, and at the same time influence our lifestyle and mode of thought and behavior. These objects are shaped by Design, w...

EGON SCHIELE FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE LEOPOLD MUSEUM – YOUNG GENIUS IN VIENNA 1900

2023.3.1　 Text: Alma Reyes

There is a throng of short-lived artists who have left us legacies of astounding artworks - from the classic Raphael, Early Modern Vincent van Gogh and Amedeo Modigliani, to the 20th century Keith Haring, among many o...

ROPPONGI CROSSING 2022: COMING & GOING

2023.2.2　 Text: Alma Reyes

For the last three years since the disruption of everyday human activity caused by the COVID-19 Coronavirus pandemic, lives around the globe have been transformed drastically, whether in positive or negative ways. The...

SHINRO OHTAKE: FROM SCRATCH TO DREAMS AND MEMORIES

2023.1.12　 Text: Alma Reyes

Considered as one of Japan’s most versatile contemporary artists, Shinro Ohtake has always kept viewers with mouths agape over his dynamic play of materials, colors, forms and techniques. He is an incessant object col...

DESIGNART TOKYO 2022

2022.12.20　 Text: Taketo Oguchi

The festival "DESIGNART TOKYO 2022," where people can experience art and design in the city of Tokyo, was held from October 21st to 30th. This event has become a well-established fall event in Tokyo. As the effects of...

KUMA EXHIBITION 2022

2022.5.9　 Text: Taketo Oguchi

The KUMA Exhibition 2022 showcased future creativity that transcends the boundaries of contemporary art, technology, architecture, music, film, fiction, and entertainment. It is the highlight of the 71 students of the...

DESIGNART TOKYO 2021

2021.12.3　 Text: Taketo Oguchi

DESIGNART TOKYO 2021, a festival of design and art in the city of Tokyo that has become a well-known Autumn event in Tokyo, was held from October 22nd to 31st. In the Autumn of 2021, when the COVID-19 pandemic is grad...

HALF CENTURY SINCE WHOLE EARTH CATALOG: SHAPING THE FUTURE WITH TECHNOLOGY

2021.9.12　 Text: Taketo Oguchi

The New Context Conference 2021 was held at Digital Garage on August 11th under the theme of "Earthshot: Half Century Since Whole Earth Catalog: Shaping the Future with Technology". This event was launched in 2005 wit...

DESIGNART TOKYO 2020

2020.12.10　 Text: Taketo Oguchi

DESIGNART TOKYO 2020, a festival of design and art in the city of Tokyo, took place from 23rd October to 3rd November. When most of the events around the world have been cancelled or postponed due to Covid 19, DESIGNA...

TIMELESS CONVERSATIONS 2020: VOICES FROM JAPANESE ART OF THE PAST AND PRESENT

2020.8.7　 Text: Sophia Sloan

How often does an exhibit ask the audience to make connections from past works of art to now? Although many in the art field take this relationship for granted, we often forget to ask the viewers to consider its relat...

OLAFUR ELIASSON “SOMETIMES THE RIVER IS THE BRIDGE”

2020.6.21　 Text: Sophia Sloan

Both a wonderfully curious and interactive experience, Olafur Eliasson’s solo exhibit “Sometimes the river is the bridge”, is his first visit exhibit in Japan in ten years. Held at the Museum of Contemporary Art Toky...

NUFONIA MUST FALL

2020.2.12　 Text: Taketo Oguchi

Kid Koala, a world famous DJ and music producer/composer, and an art director K.K. Barret known for having worked on numerous films and has been nominated with the film “Her”, held a multimedia puppet show called Nufo...