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Akita City “Kanto Matsuri” performance – 2024 Honolulu Festival
19 April 2025 7:57 AM | No CommentsThe Akita City Kanto Festival Executive Committee performed at the 2024 Honolulu Festival, showcasing music and pole-balancing stunts from its annual Kanto Matsuri.
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Petit Bateau Fall 2025 – Tokyo Fashion Week
19 April 2025 5:39 AM | No CommentsWhy did a 132-year-old French casualwear brand, mostly focusing on children's fashion, decide to show at the Tokyo Fall/Winter 2025 collections?
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tiit tokyo Fall 2025 – Tokyo Fashion Week
18 April 2025 9:30 PM | No CommentsAccording to the Rakuten Fashion Week TOKYO show notes, for the Fall/Winter 2025 season, the designers were "inspired by the Danish film "When Animals Dream.""
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Sumo: 73rd yokozuna Terunofuji retires, leaves lasting legacy
10 April 2025 11:57 AM | No CommentsThe Mongolian's calm, regal presence in the dohyo will certainly be missed, but there is no rest for the weary.
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Photos: Yousuke Haga – New York Fashion Week Fall 2025
24 March 2025 3:05 AM | No CommentsPhotos from the Yousuke Haga - Asia Fashion Collection runway show in New York.
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Visual Arts Archive
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Y-3 Spring 2014 – New York Fashion Week
Meniscus MagazinePosted on February 4, 2014 | No CommentsThe Y-3 Spring 2014 runway show offered a couple of surprises: the art of graphic designer Peter Saville and an appearance by designer Yohji Yamamoto. -
Mnemonikos exhibit in Bangkok stretches limit of textiles
Kwai ChanPosted on January 11, 2014 | No CommentsRope, Teflon, tea bags and recycled bottles were just some of the materials used in the mnēmonikos exhibit on display at the Jim Thompson Center through Feb. 22. -
Toronto’s Anime North 2013: Manga, games and costumes
Mai D. ChanPosted on June 15, 2013 | No CommentsThe biggest draw at Anime North remains the Dealer's Room, where it is easiest to spot attendees of all ages having fun dressed in costumes. -
Damaged goods?: Keith Haring x Retna – Art Basel Hong Kong 2013
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on June 11, 2013 | No CommentsOne painting was not quite like the others at this special exhibition in Hong Kong featuring two iconic street artists. -
Chow Chun Fai’s photo installations at Art Basel Hong Kong 2013
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on June 10, 2013 | No CommentsThe Hong Kong artist's “Notes on Solitary Journey” and “Visitation” resembled brightly restored murals depicting Chinese history. A closer look revealed more. -
The Rubber Duck Project: Hong Kong’s cult of personality
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on June 2, 2013 | No CommentsWhen the 16.5-meter subject of Florentijn Hofman’s traveling exhibit sailed into Victoria Harbour, who could predict the idolatry that would ensue? -
Lin Jingjing: “Public Memory 1” – Art Basel Hong Kong 2013
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on May 25, 2013 | No CommentsLin Jingjing creates a collective, somewhat blurred compilation of famous memories shaken out from one's head onto a large canvas for visual consumption. -
Kwok-Hin Tang: Boxed in by food packages – Art Basel Hong Kong 2013
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on May 24, 2013 | No CommentsThe artist explores the idea of compartmentalization, piling the outer shells of our fuel into constricted cases. -
Chen Wei: Chinese nightlife in photos – Art Basel Hong Kong 2013
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on May 23, 2013 | No CommentsA new series of nightlife photographs by Chen Wei is simultaneously familiar and haunting. But it turns out the artist fooled us. -
Sun Yuan & Peng You: “Hong Kong Intervention” – Art Basel Hong Kong 2013
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on May 23, 2013 | No CommentsThe two Chinese artists make a statement on identity through the photos of 100 Filipino domestic helpers.