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...
Nestled in the foothills of Ukyo-ku in Kyoto, craftsman at a traditional suminagashi (ink marbling) factory create bold, fluid, stone-shaped patterns “STONE” series to harmonize with Issey Miyake’s latest collection t...
Swedish photographer, sculptor and video artist Lovisa Ringborg (b. 1979) introduces “Mirage”, her first solo exhibition at Fotografiska in Stockholm. The show includes works from the last ten years and a new sculptur...
The Modern Art Museum in Stockholm, Moderna Museet held Alberto Giacometti's (1901–1966) exhibition “Face To Face” in the midst of the COVID's aftermath, which winded up with the museum closing down for a few weeks an...
In the midst of the global COVID-19 pandemic, one of Asia’s largest artist art fairs, “Unknown Asia,” was held online on 12th and 13th December. This year is the 6th edition of the fair, featuring 135 creators from 11...
Modern people tend to forget this universal truth; the feeling that the earth is home, and that everyone is part of nature. The performance, “Play with the Earth” at Zushi Bunka Plaza Hall on October 10th, instinctive...
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...
What is art? That is what American artist John Baldessari (1931–2020) started to wonder about during the 1960’s at his hometown National City outside San Diego, in California. His mindset of re-examining what art can ...
“VISION” was this year’s theme for the annual international photography festival, KYOTOGRAPHIE. Now in its eighth consecutive year, the festival was held on its rescheduled dates from September 19th through October 18...
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...
The Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, which became Japan's second public art museum when it opened in 1933, welcomed a new beginning in the spring of 2020 when it underwent extensive renovations and was renamed the Kyoto...
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...
