What is the "Blue Ocean" for each of us in modern society? ■Exhibition Overview Exhibition title: Kensuke Miyazaki "The Floating People" Date: December 13th (Friday) – December 21st (Saturday), 2024 Opening hours: 11:00 – 19:00 (until 17:00 on Saturdays) Closed: 15th (Sun) & 16th (Mon) Exhibition details: https://artforthought.jp/blogs/upcoming-exhibitions/KensukeMiyazaki-FloatingPeople ■Exhibition Overview ART FOR THOUGHT will be holding the exhibition "Floating People" by Miyazaki Kensuke from December 13th to 21st. With the theme of "Super Happy," Miyazaki has been developing mural projects incorporating various cultures from around the world in collaboration with local people. This exhibition is a painting exhibition based on a mural workshop in Palau. What do the "blue oceans"…
[Report] GINZA SIX rooftop skating rink “Rooftop Star Skating Rink” opens for a limited time! Kenji Yanobe’s giant space cat “SHIP’S CAT” decorates the space
At GINZA SIX, the largest commercial facility in the Ginza area, the popular rooftop garden skating rink, the Rooftop Star Skating Rink, will be open again this year for a limited time from November 16, 2024 to January 26, 2025. A press preview was held the day before the opening, and contemporary artist Kenji Yanobe, who exhibited his latest work, SHIP'S CAT (Ultra Muse / Red), at the rink, was in attendance. GINZA SIX is currently running a Christmas promotion centered on art and culture under the concept of "HEAVENLY GIFT – A gift from space" (until December 25th). Various places in the building, including the entrance and underground passageways,…
[Wako, Ginza] “Wako Almanac Written Through Art” to be held from Thursday, December 12th
Ginza Wako will be holding the "Wako Almanac Written Through Art" event at the Seiko House Hall from December 12th (Thursday) to 25th (Wednesday). This year marks the sixth time that the exhibition has been held, and visitors can enjoy an exciting time while praying for good fortune in the new year. More than 400 works created by 12 artists active in the fields of ceramics, metalwork, dyeing and weaving, lacquerware, sculpture, painting, glass, bamboo crafts, and dolls will be on display, embodying the spirit of all four seasons, including natural landscapes, adorable plants and animals, and works related to next year's zodiac sign, the snake. Please come and enjoy…
[The challenge of a long-established tatami store in Fukushima with 280 years of history] Opening a street-front store in Ginza on November 1st, spreading “tatami culture” to the world
~Kubogi Tatami Tokyo is a tatami showroom, tatami accessory sales and mini tatami making experience~ Kuboki Tatami, a tatami specialty manufacturer that preserves tatami for future generations and promotes it to the world, opened a new store, "Kuboki Tatami Tokyo," in Ginza, Tokyo on November 1, 2024. Although it is a small store with a sales area of 13.2 m2, it will be an important base for the tatami industry in promoting tatami culture both domestically and internationally. The symbolic noren curtain Interior view (Sale of tatami accessories such as tatami coasters) Naikan (a style where you take off your shoes before stepping onto the tatami so that you can…
[Ginza Tsutaya Bookstore] A collaboration between Japan’s top swordsmith and a contemporary artist has been announced. The sword exhibition “Heaven and Earth Move in Jundou” by Kawachi Kunihira and Yanobe Kenji, the ultimate collaboration between master craftsmen, will be held from Saturday, November 23rd.
Ginza Tsutaya Books (6th floor, GINZA SIX, Chuo-ku, Tokyo) will be holding an exhibition titled "Heaven and Earth Move in Sequential Direction: Kawachi Kunihira and Yanobe Kenji, a Supreme Co-Creation by Master Craftsmen" at the store's FOAM CONTEMPORARY from Saturday, November 23rd to Tuesday, December 10th, 2024. Message for the event Ginza Tsutaya Books will be holding a sword exhibition titled "Tenchiijundo" by swordsmith Kawachi Kunihira and contemporary artist Yanobe Kenji. Currently, the number of swordsmiths who can make genuine swords, as well as the materials and forges required for making them, is decreasing. This means that we are losing a culture that was introduced from the continent and refined…
[National Film Archive] Announcement of the exhibition “Film Director Andrzej Wajda”
Andrzej Wajda (1926-2016) was a master director who, as a young leading director of the "Polish School," brought a breath of fresh air to the world of cinema with films such as "Kanal" (1957) and "Ashes and Diamonds" (1958), and later produced "Man of Marble" (1977) and "Man of Iron" ( 1981) in protest against the socialist regime of the time. He also became an eloquent narrator of Poland's harsh history and built magnificent narrative worlds by frequently adapting masterpieces of Polish literature. This exhibition, which was first held at the National Museum in Krakow in 2019 and was organized by local experts to cover Wajda's 60-year-plus career, is the…
Kyobashi Saiku, a town where art and culture are close to everyone, will have its grand opening on Saturday, November 2, 2024 in Kyobashi, Tokyo.
Kyobashi Sai Ward is a district that has been developed under the concept of "a town where art and culture are close to everyone" as part of the Kyobashi 1-chome East District Plan, a special urban regeneration district. Following the opening of Museum Tower Kyobashi in July 2019, TODA BUILDING will open on November 2, 2024, marking the grand opening of the entire district. The opening ceremony of TODA BUILDING. From left: Takahashi Yasunori (Representative Director of Kyobashi Saiku Area Management General Incorporated Association), Nishino Fumito (Chairman of Kyobashi 1-chome East Neighborhood Association), Uekusa Hiroshi (Executive Vice President and General Manager of Strategic Business Division, Toda Construction Co., Ltd.), Tomita…
A bold artwork will appear that will penetrate the space of Ginza Sony Park, which is currently under construction. “ART IN THE PARK (under construction)” will be held from Tuesday, November 19th to Sunday, December 1st, 2024.
Ginza Sony Park will open its buildings, which are currently under construction, for a special event in preparation for its grand opening in January 2025. The park will host a program called "ART IN THE PARK (under construction)" from November 19th (Tuesday) to December 1st (Sunday), 2024, featuring three artists with close ties to Ginza Sony Park: SHUN SUDO, Yamaguchi Koji, and Tamayama Takuro. The exhibition will feature 24 new pieces from SHUN SUDO's iconic BUTTON FLOWER, 12 new pieces based on the flower garden motif of Yamaguchi Koji, and an original light piece by Tamayama Takuro that uses LED fluorescent lights that penetrate the space of Ginza Sony Park.…
“Japanese Art Direction Exhibition 2024” will be held at Ginza Graphic Gallery (ggg) from November 1st to November 30th
The DNP Foundation for Cultural Promotion, a public interest incorporated foundation, will hold the "Japanese Art Direction Exhibition 2024" at the Ginza Graphic Gallery (ggg, Ginza, Tokyo) from November 1st (Friday) to 30th (Saturday), 2024. "Japanese Art Direction Exhibition 2024" poster [About the "Japanese Art Direction Exhibition 2024"] Founded in 1952, the Tokyo Art Directors Club (ADC) is currently made up of 85 of Japan's leading art directors. The annual open exhibition, "Japan Art Direction Exhibition," is held with all members as judges. The "ADC Award," selected here, is attracting attention both in Japan and overseas as an award that reflects the cutting-edge trends in Japanese advertising and graphic design.…
Kai Ono’s “FELT SENSE” exhibition will be held at the gallery “ART FOR THOUGHT” in Ginza, Tokyo.
A new series that launches the FELT SENSE, a bodily sensation that is difficult to put into words. ■Exhibition overview Exhibition name: Onomi “FELT SENSE” Date: November 12, 2024 (Tuesday) – November 30, 2024 (Saturday) *The opening reception will be held on Tuesday, November 12th from 17:30 to 19:00 with the artist present. (The artist will talk for the first 30 minutes.) We look forward to seeing you there. Opening hours: 11:00-19:00 (until 17:00 on Saturdays) Closed: Sundays, Mondays, and public holidays Venue: ART FOR THOUGHT Exhibition details: https://artforthought.jp/blogs/upcoming-exhibitions/Onoumi-felt-sense ■Exhibition Contents ART FOR THOUGHT will be holding the exhibition "FELT SENSE" by Kai Ono from November 12th to 30th. This…