Category: events
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The Grand Ring (大屋根リング) at Expo 2025 (関西万博), Osaka
We went to see Expo 2025 (関西万博) in Osaka, Japan in April 2025, about a week after its opening to the public. This is our first post about this event. Enjoy a tune while browsing. Our first glimpse of Expo 2025 was the Grand Ring (大屋根リング). We saw the Grand Ring from Osaka Bay when…
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At the Arsenale site of the 60th Venice Art Biennale, Part 2
Continuing our exploration of this massive art exhibition … Enjoy this while browsing Click here for Part 1. See our earlier posts on the exhibition at the Giardini site here and here. The title of the 60th Biennale Arte Exhibition is drawn from a series of work by Claire Fontaine (a British-Italian duo). The work comprises a…
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At the Arsenale site of the 60th Venice Art Biennale, Part 1
Continuing our exploration of this massive art exhibition, our previous posts focused on one of the two venues in Venice—the Giardini, home to the Central Pavilion. You can revisit those posts here and here. In this piece, we turn our attention to the other venue—the Arsenale. Enjoy this while browsing To recap in case you have not read…
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United States Pavilion at the 60th Venice Art Biennale
Continuing with Venice… like most visitors of the Biennale, we started at the Giardini where many countries presented commissioned artworks in their respective national pavilions. And it was hard to miss the United States pavilion for its eye-catching technicolor exterior and red pedestals. Enjoy this music while browsing… earlier posts about the Central Pavilion are…
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At the Central Pavilion, Venice Art Biennale – part 2
Continuing from our last post, here are the highlights of what made an impression on us at the Central Pavilion. Enjoy some music while browsing Shown above, the cover is a painting by Ayocoobo (1967-) who lives in Colombia. The primary focus of this year’s Biennale Arte is artists who are immigrants, expatriates, exiled and…
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At the Central Pavilion, Venice Art Biennale – part 1
In this post and the following, we will be sharing some of the more remarkable and intriguing works we saw at the 60th International Art Exhibition in Venice (Biennale Arte di Venezia, 2024). This isn’t our first time visiting it—we also attended the 56th Biennale Arte in 2015 and shared our experiences from that visit…