Setouchi Art & Island News - Issue #1 (March 24th)

Hello and welcome to Setouchi Art & Island News, a newsletter to inform you about what is happening on the Setouchi “art islands” and the Setouchi Triennale.

I’ll try to post as regularly as possible, but we can already safely assume that I will have a lot to share with you during the Triennale, and a bit much less outside of the festival.

We’ll see how this goes.

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In this newsletter, I’ll mostly post curated content and various links pertaining to the Setouchi Triennale and life on the islands. I may sometimes post about the neighboring areas, mostly Takamatsu and Kagawa Prefecture where I live.

For starters, a bit of self-promotion. In case you’ve missed it, I have recently updated my information page about the Setouchi Triennale 2022. You can read all about it there:

I’ll also keep you informed of various updates on the site (I guess the next big one will be when the official list of artworks will be published).

A few pieces of news from Naoshima.

First some bad news. If you were hoping to see the Yellow Pumpkin again next month, I’m afraid you’ll have to wait a little more.

On the positive side of things, not one but two new galleries are opening on Naoshima!

A new place called Valley Gallery. The building was designed by Tadao Ando and the artwork by Yayoi Kusama (who turned 93 years old two days ago!).

Also, a section of the Benesse House Park Hotel is now open to everyone and not just hotel guests.

If I’m correct, it’s called Gallery of Time and it houses artworks by Hiroshi Sugimoto.

I stumbled upon this nice introduction of Shodoshima. You won’t learn much if you’re already familiar with the island, but if you’re not, it’s a useful (and short read).

If you’re in Okayama or Kagawa, know that on Friday night at 19h30 there will be a show introducing the Setouchi Triennale 2022 on NHK. I’m afraid it’s only local and not available in other parts of the country.

Ok, that’s pretty much it for today. This way you get an idea of what to expect.

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Take care

David