Works by Claude Monet, Walter De Maria, and James Turrell form the permanent collection at the Tadao Ando-designed Museum. A subterranean space surrounded by the scenic Inland Sea, the museum invites consideration of our relationship with nature. Visitors can view five Monet paintings that are made visible entirely by natural lighting while being underground. The […]
When I saw the exhibition “New Planet Photo City” at 21_21 DESIGN SIGHT in Tokyo I was really impressed by the “Diorama maps” of Sohei Nishino. I have already wrote a generic post about this collective exhibition that compare William Klein photography and Asian contemporary visual artists on 11 April 2018. But I purposes avoided […]
“Art House Project” is an art project underway in Naoshima’s Honmura district. This area holds a central political and religious role in the island from the Warring States Period up to the present, and is home to houses which were built more than 400-years ago. “At House Project” involves the restoration of vacant houses and […]
“Benesse Art Site Naoshima” is the collective name for all-related activities conducted by Benesse Holdings, Inc. and Fukutake Foundation on the island of Naoshima, Teshima and Inujima. The aim is to create significant spaces by bringing contemporary art and architecture in resonance with the pristine nature of the Seto Inland Sea, a landscape with a […]
Naoshima is an island highly evaluated as an “art island”. In fact, Naoshima is full of artworks, site-specific installations and museums of contemporary art. The Benesse House Museum is a project of one of the most important architect in Japan and in all over the world: Tadao Ando. He designed also the Chichu Art Museum, […]
The Black House or the Baan Dam Museum is a characteristic creation by the eccentric artist Thawan Duchanee. In part art studio, museum and house, Baan Dam is a complex of traditional Thai houses mixed with some modern and grotesque buildings. The Black House is a combination of dark, surrealistic and funny feeling. Maybe some […]
