In late July 2019, the Sapporo International Art Festival announced the theme and title of its 2020 edition in Japanese, English and — for the first time — the language of the Ainu people indigenous to northern Japan.
A few days later, at the 2019 Aichi Triennale, artist Kōki Tanaka premiered works from his Abstracted / Family project, one of several projects by the artist produced in collaboration with Japanese people from diverse backgrounds, touching on the experience of haafu (half-Japanese), Zainichi (generations of ethnic Koreans) and Nikkeijin (migrants of Japanese ancestry) . . . [READ MORE]
Feature image: Lee Wen / Singapore 1957–2019 / Journey of a yellow man no. 13: Fragmented bodies/shifting ground (still) 1999 / Purchased 2000. Queensland Art Gallery Foundation / © Lee Wen