KYOTOGRAPHIE 2020

2020.10.27　 Text: Amelia Ijiri

“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...

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...

HIROSHI SUGIMOTO “POST VITAM”

2020.7.6　 Text: Amelia Ijiri

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...

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...

THE SUPERMARKET OF IMAGES

2020.3.21　 Text: Stephanie Bui

In our world being saturated with images, “The Supermarket of Images” exhibition at the Jeu de Paume, until June 7th 2020, in Paris, works wonders at addressing questions about the economic aspect of images, deriving ...

VOYAGE VOYAGES

2020.3.19　 Text: Ilaria Peretti

The Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilizations in Marseille (MuCEM), designed by the architect Rudy Ricciotti on the seafront near Fort St. Jean, a 17th century fortress, is one of the main projects in the pan...

KYOTO ART FOR TOMORROW 2020

2020.3.2　 Text: Amelia Ijiri

The Museum of Kyoto is the venue for 40 contemporary artists under the age of 40 selected to exhibit in Kyoto Art for Tomorrow 2020 - Selected Up-and-coming Artists Exhibition from January 25th to February 9th. ...

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...

INVISIBLE CINEMA “SEA, SEE, SHE – TO WHOM I HAVE YET TO SEE”

2020.1.30　 Text: Taketo Oguchi

Japanese sound artist, evala has created projects trying to expand the "potential of sound" beyond the fields of music, art, urban planning and films all over the world under a project named “See by Your Ears”. His ne...

TAKASHI HINODA “HANDS AND VISIONAMUSEMENT”

2020.1.27　 Text: Amelia Ijiri

Takashi Hinoda is a Japanese modern and contemporary sculptor whose ceramic works are known for their anime-like flat images in vibrant colors and freehand-style shapes. Matthew Larking of The Japan Times states, “His...

PIERRE SOULAGES EXHIBITION

2019.12.23　 Text: Stephanie Bui

On December 24th 2019, Pierre Soulages will be 100 years old, and for the Louvre Museum it was a well worth occasion to pay tribute to the eminent artist with a solo exhibition “Soulages at the Louvre” until March 9th...

DESIGNART TOKYO 2019

2019.12.15　 Text: Taketo Oguchi

DESIGNART TOKYO 2019 took place in Tokyo from October 18th to 27th, as a festival to feel art and design in our daily life. It expanded its area to Ginza and Shinjuku along with Harajuku, Omotesando, Aoyama and Roppon...