This is it. The last stretch of the Setouchi Triennale 2016 has started. The Fall session kicked off last week-end, and it usually is the most intense, as in the most crowded. And indeed, I spent this three-day week-end on three islands and crowded they were. Among them, Awashima. […]
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You may already know it, but French artist Niki de Saint Phalle is one of the permanent residents of Naoshima (or rather some of her art), and that since almost the very beginnings of Benesse Art Site Naoshima. There are five sculptures of her in the Benesse House park, […]
Last June, I started a virtual guided visit of Konpira-san (sometimes spelled Kompira-san, but the official name is Kotohira-gū), maybe it’s time to resume it, and hopefully finish it before 2015. 😉 In case you forgot or missed the beginning, make sure you read it before going any further: Konpira-san […]
Here is a piece that contemporary art snobs won’t like at all. I’m thinking the kind one can often run into in certain streets of Paris for instance (3rd and 6th arrondissements for those who know the city). I assume it’ll be pretty much the same with their New-Yorker or “Miami-an” counterparts. […]