Passing Down Culture through Architecture:Tsuyoshi Tane's Creations that Interact with the Memory
Tsuyoshi Tane is a Japanese architect who heads the Paris-based, international team, ATTA – Atelier Tsuyoshi Tane Architects. ATTA...
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- Jul 15
- 5 min
Reiji Hiramatsu - Master of Japanese Painting: Reflecting on His Long Career
Reiji Hiramatsu was born in 1941 in Tokyo. At fifty-three years old, he was deeply moved by Water Lilies, the work of the French painter...
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- May 23
- 4 min
Yuki NaraCeramicist and Architect: The Unique Beauty of Form
Yuki Nara was born in 1989 in Kanazawa city, Ishikawa prefecture. He is the eldest son of Ohi Chozaemon XI, the direct descendant of a...
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- May 4
- 5 min
An Unparalleled World of Originality: Painter Izumi Kato Depicts the Roots of Life
Born in Shimane Prefecture in 1969 and graduated from Musashino Art University, Faculty of Art and Design, Oil Painting Department; This...
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- May 2
- 4 min
Kazu Saito's Pocket of Ideas: Beauty, Healing, and Peace
Kazu Saito, who pursues beauty and freedom through Nihonga (Japanese painting), was born in 1960 in Kyotango City, Kyoto Prefecture. His...
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- Apr 26
- 4 min
“Art is always an exaggeration” Voluminous figures in the works of Colombian painter Fernando Botero
Fernando Botero is a Colombian-born painter and sculptor known for his large-scale works with exaggerated features. Botero’s artworks are...
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- Mar 30
- 6 min
Adventuring with Ceramics- Life as Tokuda Yasokichi, and the Traditions of “Japan Kutani” Ware
Tokuda Yasokichi IV is a potter who specialises in Kutani ware. She succeeded her father, Tokuda Yasokichi III, who was designated a...
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- Mar 29
- 3 min
“Learning by doing”: Japanese artist Sho Shibuya on making a change in increasingly unequal world
Japanese artist Sho Shibuya is a world-renowned visual creator famous for his provocative works painted against the backdrop of The New...
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- Mar 10
- 4 min
“Dear Friend”- A duo exhibition by Dan McCarthy and Takuro Kuwata
KOSAKU KANECHIKA is proud to present “Dear Friend”, a duo exhibition by Dan McCarthy and Takuro Kuwata from March 5 to April 9, 2022. In...
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- Mar 9
- 6 min
Worldview of Japanese Paintings and Yoshihiro Kita’s Visions of Nature
Bringing Things Old and Beautiful to the Present Born in Tokushima Prefecture in 1978, renowned Japanese artist Yoshihiro Kita has...
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- Jan 18
- 6 min
Argentinian artist Leandro Erlich pushes boundaries in reimagined spaces
Over the past two decades, the works of Argentina-born artist Leandro Erlich have found international recognition, being showcased as...
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- Jan 9
- 2 min
Love letter project “Sisyu Kakizome Event”
Sisyu’s annual kakizome event (a tradition in which people write the first piece of calligraphy of the year), always anticipated by many fan
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- Dec 21, 2021
- 6 min
Kenichi Takanaka: A World of Art Hidden in Everyday Life
Kenichi Takanaka was only nineteen years old when one of his oil paintings was selected for the Nikikai art group’s prestigious Nikiten...
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- Oct 14, 2021
- 6 min
Sisyu’s Mesmerising Contemporary Japanese Art
Sisyu is the one-and-only calligrapher creating works of contemporary art by using traditional Japanese calligraphy. She was awarded both...
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- Jul 23, 2021
- 6 min
The Olympic Museum - A Showcase of Olympic Spirit and a Celebration of Unity
Interview date: May 2021 @ Gen de Art For anyone looking for a more immediate Olympic experience, the Olympic Museum in Lausanne is the...