Three years to collect seawater, ten years to scatter it – On the Oku-Noto Triennale/Movement The number of art insiders who first learned of the name “Suzu” through the Oku-Noto Triennale is probably quite large. It is customary when beginning with a preface like this to add that it also applies to oneself, but in my case it is different...View More

MAKING HISTORY—By Andrew Maerkle
“I grew up with stories—not from a book, but from a storyteller, my late father. I remember vividly how Dad used to tell stories to all my friends in front of our house. My favorite was the legend about the dowry of the princess of the mountain Gunung Ledang. As a kid, my imagination went completely wild when I heard about the list of impossible conditions that the princess requested as her dowry to the Sultan of Malacca. Can you even imagine?”View More

“A Room with Snoopy”—Reversing Tatzu Nishi’s Hachiko’s Room After writing about the statue of Hachiko at Shibuya Station in the previous instalment of this column, I learned that on the last day of the 15th Shibuya Art Scramble festival, November 12, artist Tatzu Nishi staged an art project...View More

On July 5, the Aichi Triennale Organizing Committee announced the appointment of Hoor Al Qasimi, President and Director of Sharjah Art Foundation, as the artistic director of Aichi Triennale 2025.View More