Tokyo
TOKYO – The city is heating up in June, and so is the event calendar, with works anew and new interpretations of the classics across a wide variety of genres. BLOUIN ARTINFO Japan takes a look at some of the essential events taking place this month.Classical...
TOKYO — As part of a series of events commemorating its tenth anniversary this year, Roppongi Hills will present a number of special events produced in collaboration with superstar Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, entitled “Love Tokyo Summer.”Kusama, whose...
Even casual visitors to Tokyo can attest to the ubiquity of bookstores selling all sorts of printed matter that litter this city, from tiny operations selling secondhand manga to lending and rental libraries, and magazine stands overflowing with some of...
This week marks the 50th anniversary of one of the most extraordinary songs to reach the top of the U.S. Billboard charts, a song named after a hot-pot dish that changed the perception of an entire nation for many, and set a bar that no other Asian act...
HONG KONG – Romain Jacquet-Lagrèze’s is a Cinderella story. The young French photographer is a self-taught photographer, buying his first DSLR camera just three years ago, shortly after finishing his studies in multimedia and graphic design.He arrived in Hong...
The South Korean embassy in Tokyo has just gotten a little more cultural flair. Compatriot artist Sang Nam Lee has unveiled a large-scale ceiling mural at the newly renovated embassy in the district of Minato-ku, the last step of three years of building...
“Sailor Moon,” a manga series by Naoko Takeuchi that debuted in 1991 and which soon became an all-time classic, producing spin-off anime, video games, and musicals, is set to return to the stage after an eight-year absence.The story of a team of teenage ‘...
It is the highest profile commission for a temporary structure in British architecture – the Serpentine Gallery pavilion, each year commissioned by the London institution to sit alongside its base in Kensington Gardens and designed by a globally famous...
TOKYO — Rei Kawakubo of COMME des GARÇONS has created an exclusive capsule collection for Converse, featuring the brand’s iconic, beady-eyed hearts plastered all over a range of Pro Leather sneakers.The new collection — Kawakubo’s third...
HONG KONG – If King of Pop Michael Jackson was an aerialist, how would he somersault in hits like “Smooth Criminal,” “Dangerous” and “Bad?”Montreal-based acrobatic theater company Cirque du Soleil may have the answer in “Michael Jackson the Immortal World...
