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Tuesday, May 21 2019 - 15:00
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Karuizawa New Art Museum's Venice Branch Hosts Reception, Drawing Media Attention; Large-scale Overseas Exhibition "Diversity for Peace!" Wins Big Popularity
VENICE, Italy and TOKYO, May 21, 2019 /Kyodo JBN - AsiaNet/ --

Ten young prominent artists (*1) from around the world, who are featured in the 
exhibition titled "Diversity for Peace!", attended a reception party hosted by 
the Karuizawa New Art Museum on May 7 in Venice, Italy.

Logo: 
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The museum has organized the large-scale overseas exhibition (*2) at the 
Procuratie Vecchie building in Piazza San Marco, Venice, during the 58th 
International Art Biennale. 

The reception was flooded with a lot of media representatives, giving the 
exhibition high-profile attention. A famous Italian singer, Jo Squillo, from TV 
MODA closely covered contemporary Japanese artist Miwa Komatsu and interviewed 
Mr. Koei Shiraishi (President of Karuizawa New Art Museum).

VOGUE ITALIA, one of the world's most influential fashion magazines, also 
interviewed Ms. Komatsu, a Maison Christian Dior Ambassador, about the 
relationship between art and fashion. She dedicated her work "SAKURA = Cherry 
blossoms" to Maison Christian Dior's perfume as a symbol of world peace. 

- About the exhibition
"Diversity for Peace!" -- this message contains the hope that contemporary art 
will bring people together beyond differences between countries, customs, 
cultures and gender.

(*1) Participating 10 Artists: 

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Florentijn Hofman (Netherlands)
Ronald Ventura (Philippines)
Huang Yuxing (China)
Miwa Komatsu (Japan) 
Yang Yongliang (China)
Chris Succo (Germany)
Fabio Modica (Italy)
Aesa Bjork (Iceland/Norway) 
Ryotaro Muramatsu NAKED (Japan)
Ahhi Choi (Korea/Japan)

(*2) Exhibition date and place

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Date: May 8 (Wed.) - November 24 (Sun.), 2019 
Venue: Ground & first floors of Procuratie Vecchie 139, Piazza San Marco, 
Venice, Italy 

Official website: https://diversity-for-peace.com/


Source: Karuizawa New Art Museum Venice Branch (KaNAM)

 
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