The Reason Why We, Millennials, Should Buy Modern Art We shape a more sophisticated future. We Millennials, including myself born in 1988, are like a hybrid of Phoebe and Rachel from FRIENDS. How? We...
Summer Scenery in Art 2020 - Summer Greeting, Part 1 What do you think of the summer landscape of 2020? Many of us have probably had to make some adjustments to the strange and unprecedented summer p...
INTERVIEW] Practicing Crafts that Reflect the Contemporary: Kai Inoue LOVE-2401" is a ceramic work in which the word "LOVE" is sculpted in vivid red. This work, which was selected for "LOVE-2401" (2024) 100 10 2023/2024, attracted much attention from the judging, and was the most...
Exhibition] Group Exhibition "UPDRAFT" Rising Artist from 100(Hyaku) nin 10 2023/24 9s Gallery is pleased to announce "UPDRAFT" Rising Artist from 100(Hyaku) nin 10 , a group exhibition from 5/18/2024 to 6/1/2024, featuring Kamakiriko, Nakamitsuki, Ruca Tairaku, Hidehiko Iijima, and Kai Inoue.
100 10 2023/24 [Awards Announced] | Lottery Applications Close in Record Numbers The "100 Artists 10 2023/24" art event was a great success, with a record number of applications for the lottery.
[Exhibition] Kumagai Haruko Solo Exhibition - Yuukyu no Ko 9s Gallery is pleased to announce the solo exhibition "Yukyu no ko" by Haruko Kumagai from Thursday, 2/22/2024 to Thursday, 2/29/2024. Solo Exhibition 9s Gallery is pleased to announce the solo exhibition "Yukyu no ko" by Haruko Kumagai from Thursday, 2/22/2024 to Thursday, 2/29/2024. Introduction (Who is this artist? What does s/he do? Haruko Kumagai is an artist who has been creating works that confront the trauma of childhood memories and sexual assault. She has been attracting attention from the art scene. Her work continues to evolve, incorporating a wide variety of expressions, from the rich matiere of her own emotions on canvas to the "Akkun" series, in which she depicts her own inner child with her expansive brush strokes. In this work, she also took on the challenge of creating ceramics for the first time. She is an artist of note who continues to expand her range of expression.