THINGS
201˚ “ONIT”
The Tokyo based interior and architectural design company Draft’s original brand “201˚” has released a new product named, “ONIT”. The brand is directed by an interior designer Taiju Yamashita who is a CEO of Draft. ...
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PEOPLE
PABLO DI MARCO
When I first met Pablo Di Marco I noticed something very unique about him: he looks like a teenager but his eyes are always nostalgic, even sad. As if he has lived a thousand years. Or maybe a thousand lives, like the...
HAPPENING
ART BASEL 2019
Stepping into the first year of the Reiwa-era, the 49th edition of Art Basel opened its gates in the balmy weather between spring and summer. The thriving art event has maintained an upper trend in its annual evol...
HAPPENING
PERFORMING ARTS FESTIVAL IN BERLIN 2019
Performing Arts Festival Berlin 2019 will be held from May 28 to June 2 for artists who live in Berlin. This time, I checked out the opening party and a contemporary dance performance on the last day. PFA, Performi...
HAPPENING
JAPANESE-POLISH CONTEMPORARY ART EXHIBITION “CELEBRATION”
Celebration is a Japanese and Polish Contemporary Art Exhibition that is running from May 18th to June 23rd, 2019 at the following four venues across Kyoto: Kyoto Art Center, ROHM Theatre, The Terminal KYOTO and UNESC...
NEWS
DESIGNART TOKYO 2019
Following last year which had approximately 120,000 visitors, the Art & Design Festival “DESIGNART TOKYO 2019” will be held from October 18th to 27th, 2019. In addition to the Harajuku, Omotesando and Aoyama areas...
PEOPLE
MIRUKUSOUKO + THE COCONUTS
mirukusouko + The Coconuts is an artists unit consisted of seven artists; Naotaka Miyazaki, Naoki Matsumoto, Azumi Kajiwara, Eisuke Shinozaki, Kota Sakagawa, Takuma Nishihama and Hiroaki Takiguchi. mirukusouko was for...
PEOPLE
MASAHIRO SUZUKI
I met Masahiro Suzuki in his studio, in the basement of a contemporary art gallery of Marseille, that he shares with other artists. As we were going down the stairs, it didn’t take long for me to understand which was ...
HAPPENING
KYOTOGRAPHIE 2019
VIBE is the theme for the 7th annual Kyotographie, an international photography festival held in historically and culturally significant buildings across the city of Kyoto from April 13th until May 12th. Kondaya...
THINGS
MARI KATAYAMA “GIFT”
My sight was seized by the contrast of the flamboyant red nails and the skin tone floating on the solid black background. Veins and muscles are vividly representing a “life”. This book is, of course, a collection of w...
PLACE
VOLT
Scandinavian fine dining has been in the spotlight during the last decade. Particularly in Sweden, a rather interesting batch of young chefs have made Swedish dishes – or the Scandinavian cuisine concept – more popula...
HAPPENING
MUM & GYPSY × TRIPPEN “BOOTS”
Takahida Fujita’s repertory theatre, MUM & GYPSY, performed their latest production “BOOTS” at LUMINE 0 (Luminezero) in Shinjuku, Tokyo from 21 to 29 December 2018. Being both playwright and director, Takahiro Fuji...
