Today, I’m bringing you to Naoshima and more precisely Honmura, one of the main villages on the island in order to visit the Art House Project. If you’re not too familiar with it, just know that it’s a long term art project on Naoshima (it started more than 20 […]
Hiroshi Sugimoto
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I’m always a bit reluctant to go to Naoshima during the Setouchi Triennale. The thing is that too many people reduce the Triennale to Naoshima only. How many times have I read blogs or heard people waiting for the Triennale to be happening to visit Naoshima and Naoshima only? […]
Today, let’s briefly talk about Naoshima’s Go’o Shrine. If you’ve been to Naoshima or at least have an interest in the island, I’m pretty sure that you have already heard about it, but in case you didn’t, here is some information about it. On a small hill right off […]
When I started to describe in a more or less detailed way various works of art from the Setouchi International Art Festival, it was as part of me promoting the area (no, the Kagawa Prefecture is not paying me a dime for this, although, that could be an idea… […]
I’ve waited for that day (yesterday) with a mix of excitement and apprehension, as it was the day I was finally going to set foot on Naoshima. The island where one day, about twenty years ago, the Benesse Corporation decided to set up a Contemporary Art Museum, which made […]