Category: Japan
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French Art in Kyoto: focus on Villa Kujoyama and Nuit Blanche Kyoto 2024
I recently contributed an article to the Kyoto Journal, a quarterly magazine that presents cultural and historical insights from Kyoto, Japan, with which I have been involved for over a year. The piece explores Villa Kujoyama, a French artist residency where I completed an internship last year, and highlights Nuit Blanche Kyoto—a festival inspired by…
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Japonisme and Japanese contemporary art at Les Franciscaines Deauville
It’s been over a month since I began my internship at Galerie Taménaga in Paris, an art gallery specialized in both Western masters’ art and contemporary Japanese art, and recently, I had the opportunity to travel to Deauville in northern France for the exhibition “Floating Worlds: From Japonisme to Contemporary Art” at Les Franciscaines Deauville.…
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Cultural fluidity in Kyoto: Japanese reinterpreted foods
A few months ago, I chose to volunteer my time and skills to Kyoto Journal, a non-profit quarterly magazine founded in 1986 that celebrates the culture of Kyoto and Asia at large. In doing so, I authored an article where I explore the origins of flavors commonly perceived as quintessentially Japanese, only to reveal their…
プロテオドラ Theodora Poulot 