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The five polka dots of Yayoi Kusama

Trying to talk about someone’s life (especially when it’s not over yet) is hard to do without using long sentences like a bibliography. All the more as so the multiple talented artist we w
2019.12.23

Setouchi Triennial Debrief

The Arts Festival on the Seto inland sea has come to an end. Although we are sad, we know it will be back in three years, during its 5th edition in 2022. We were truly pleased to see that, apart
2019.12.11

Inujima Island, revived by Art

We’ve already wrote about the Naoshima Art House Project, but did you know that a neighbouring island, that is also part of the Setouchi Triennale, Inujima, had its own Art House Project?&n
2019.12.06

The Legend of Momotaro, the Boy Born from a Peach

Have you ever heard the story of Momotaro, the boy born of a peach?  While a lady aged enough and without children was washing her clothes in a river, she saw coming towards her, carried by th
2019.12.02

A Spiritual Hike : The Konpira-san Sanctuary

On Shikoku Island, about an hour and a half by train from Takamatsu City, is one of Japan's most inaccessible shrines: the Konpira-san Shrine, formerly known as Kotohira-gu. Probably founded du
2019.11.27

An introduction to Kagawa prefecture : sea, art and culture

The Prefecture of Kagawa, which has recently gained a whole new exposure thanks to the Setouchi art festival, has many tourists attractions. For anyone who loves contemporary art, architecture, H
2019.11.20

Art House Project, Art meets Past on Naoshima Island

In the district of Honmura on the island of Naoshima, the Benesse foundation, which is also at the origin of the many museums of the island, initiated in 1998 the Art House Project. The latter had
2019.09.30

A new conception of art and nature : Tadao Ando's architecture on Naoshima Island

Household name of the Japanese architecture, self-taught visionnary, Tadao Ando is building his own legend as he lives. Born in Osaka in 1941, he first started a boxing career before being struck
2019.09.27

The Art of the Seto Sea: the success of the Setouchi Triennale for this first spring session 2019

"The restoration of the sea" is the theme of this new edition of the Setouchi Triennale that began in the spring of 2019. It reminds us of the very origins of the festival, which aimed to ma
2019.06.21

The sister islands of Japan, the island of Megijima and Ogijima

The islands of Megijima and Ogijima are islands of art. Located just 20 minutes from each other, they offer incredible landscapes and small grains of madness brought by the works of art on display.
2019.06.10

Setouchi triennale : The art on the Seto sea

In 2019 is one of the most famous festivals of contemporary art in Japan, in the Seto sea, already well-known for Naoshima with its museums, its renovated houses into true works of art. 12 islands and
2018.11.29

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