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Koga Harue: A Retrospective -- Journeying back to a time when the "self" was uncharted territory |
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| Edan Corkill |
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Given the chance to go back in time to any decade in the 20th century in Japan, who wouldn't choose the 1920s?
The giddiness of Japan's military victory over Russia in 1905 had translated into robust industrial development which in turn had led to explosions in urbanization and hence increased leisure time. more...
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Seven Under Thirty |
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| Thomas Daniell |
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| The Art & Architect Festa (AAF) is a Kyoto-based nonprofit organization established in 2010, with an executive board comprising architecture professors from various universities, led by Osaka architect Kohki Hiranuma. Intended to provide opportunities for artists, architects, and other specialists -- primarily graduate students -- to work on projects that directly address social and environmental issues, the AAF is engaged in producing exhibitions, workshops, and symposiums. more... |
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Kusama, Hamaguchi, Hagiwara: Printmakers on Parade at the Kichijoji Art Museum |
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| Alan Gleason |
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| Back in pre-bubble Tokyo, before there was an art museum on every block, the only places where you could see an exhibition of famous Western artists were often the in-house galleries of major department stores. "Museum" was a generous appellation for these cramped spaces, usually a couple of rooms tucked behind the stationery corner on the top floor of the store. more... |
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