Kiyoshi Kurosawa - Artforum
I DISCOVERED Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s film Cure (1997) while working on Pariah, a film about Ulrike Meinhof that deals with the “spell” cast by leaders over followers and with the conditions…
Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Tokyo Sonata - artforum.com
Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Tokyo Sonata, 2008, color film in 35 mm, 119 minutes. Production still. Kenji Sasaki (Kai Inowaki). VENTURING OUTSIDE the paranormal zone that he defined with films such as…
PLAYING AGAINST TYPE: POSTWAR JAPANESE FILM
The international recognition of Japanese cinema as Japanese came at a critical juncture: The country’s film industry, among the oldest in the world, emerged after World War II and the subsequent Allied …
GOGOL IN SEOUL: THE FILMS OF BONG JOON-HO - Artforum
After acquiring a less than encyclopedic familiarity with Hollywood film, Bong absorbed Chinese and Japanese movies by directors such as Hou Hsiao-hsien, Shohei Imamura, and Kiyoshi Kurosawa …
Diary from the Taipei Biennial and Shanghai Biennale
Dec 12, 2025 · Zian Chen reports from the openings of the 14th Taipei Biennial, at the Taipei Fine Arts Museum, and the 15th Shanghai Biennale, at Power Station of Art.
Diane Simpson - Artforum
Nov 13, 2016 · Simpson took inspiration from a scene in Akira Kurosawa’s film Kagemusha (1980), in which she observed the intricate folds of seated samurais’ skirts. In her works, the skirt’s function …
An Interview with Eiko Ishioka, by Ingrid Sischy - Artforum
The book includes over 2,000 color illustrations, and introductions by Akira Kurosawa, film director; Hiroyuki Itsuki, novelist; Seiji Tsutsumi, chairman of the Seibu group; Issey Miyake, fashion designer; …
A GESTURE AND A POSE: THE CINEMA OF MIKIO NARUSE
A contemporary of first-generation filmmakers Yasujiro Ozu and Kenji Mizoguchi, a teacher of postwar humanists Akira Kurosawa and Kihachi Okamoto, and an inspiration to “Japanese New Wave” …
Art World Rainmakers Team Up to Form New Consultancy
Jun 27, 2025 · Five art market veterans have allied to form the consulting firm New Perspectives Art Partners. Founders include Ed and Alex Dolman, Brett Gorvy, Philip Hoffman, and Patti Wong.
THE SUN ALSO SETS: THE FILMS OF NAGISA OSHIMA - Artforum
He once admitted that seeing the aforementioned Kurosawa film at the age of fourteen was what persuaded him to attend Kyoto University. And much of Taboo registers as a multifaceted tribute to …