OFFF celebrated its tenth anniversary at La Grande Halle de la Villette in Paris by the end of June 2010. In the past ten years, the festival experienced 11 different editions, 10 in Europe and one in New York; pl...

FIAC 2009

2009.11.25　 Text: Kana Sunayama

The most expensive contemporary art fair. The recent art fairs are always talked about quantifying its degree of success, and FIAC (Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporain) for this year is one of those art fairs w...

BORN IN THE STREETS – GRAFFITI

2009.9.11　 Text: Kana Sunayama

In March 2008, one of the pioneering graffiti art collector, Alain Dominique Gallizia made an exhibition "TAG" from his own collections in Grand Palais. It attracted over 80,000 people in 5 weeks, and introduced them ...

DAVID LACHAPELLE RETROSPECTIVE

2009.6.21　 Text: Kana Sunayama

Contemporary art exhibition boom in the historical buildings in France? Museum, 2007 © David LaChapelle Lately, France is absorbed in having contemporary art exhibitions at historical buildings such as Jeff Ko...

LA FORCE DE L’ART 02

2009.6.19　 Text: Kana Sunayama

Better than last one? The failed La Force de l’Art 02. As a triennial art event first started in 2006, proposed by Dominique de Villepin, the Prime Minister of France at that time, aiming "to put on stage contempor...

MAISON MARTIN MARGIELA INTERIOR DECORATION

2009.5.5　 Text: Kana Sunayama

An ultra modern temple. The world of Maison Martin Margiela. What awakens you by a proper noun, Martin Margiela? Margiela's "white". Margiela's "cotton". Margiela's "trompe-l'oil". It's amazing to realize to see t...

CHRISTIAN BOLTANSKI : ARCHIVES FROM THE HEART

2009.2.5　 Text: Kana Sunayama

I still remember clearly the exhibition of Christian Boltanski held in Marian Goodman gallery Paris in 2005. I can also recall vividly the impact of the moment when I entered the pitch-black room separated by a curtai...

SANKAI JUKU “TOBARI”

2008.10.7　 Text: Yuko Matono

Sankai Juku Japan Tour, the first time in two and a half years. Kitakyushu Performing Arts Center was enveloped in complete darkness. The Sankai Juku Japan Tour, which was the first time in two and a half years, w...

PARIS FASHION WEEK A/W 2008

2008.4.3　 Text: Arisa Kobayashi

The way to Paris Fashion Week is much more severe than one would like to expect. The designers, have to make their brain something of a black hall in order to earn the title as one of the 90 maison de couture. The mod...

FRANçOIS PINAULT FOUNDATION COLLECTION “PASSAGE OF TIME”

2008.2.29　 Text: Kana Sunayama

The Exhibition of the Francois Pinault Collection was held in France where it seemed that everyone have a slight disdain for the man. Francois Pinault is a billionaire French businessman and owns the PPR Group, which...

FIAC 2007

2007.11.14　 Text: Kana Sunayama

For contemporary Paris art scene, autumn is not about eating, reading, or arts, but it's about buy and sell arts. Because autumn is the season of FIAC! FIAC used to be held under tents along quai Branly for 12 year...

OUR HISTORY… EXHIBITION

2006.2.5　 Text: Sarah Boisson

Nicolas Bourriaud and Jerome Sans, the co-directors of the Palais de Tokyo in Paris are celebrating their departure by a significant exhibition titled 'Notre Histoire...' (Our History). The Palais de Tokyo opened on ...