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7 Comments
  1. yoko says:

    cool!

  2. bob says:

    awesome !

  3. Laura says:

    When is the next exhibition ?
    I would like to see the real chess !

  4. Dear Alexander,

    We realize the global adeyaka magazine and would love to present your chess set in the next issue in the NEWS section. You can have a look at http://www.adeyaka.com. Therefore we would like to ask for a high res image. As we have a very tough time schedule for this issue, it would be great, if you replied this week.

    We would need an image with 300 dpi. Of course, you would receive a copy for your website and we will use your website for “where to buy”.

    I´m looking forward to your feedback and all the best,
    Nadine

  5. Jeff says:

    Where can I buy it?

  6. Yoko says:

    I saw The Daily Yomiuri today. This new chess set looks really amazing. I wonder where I can see it !!

  7. admin says:

    For press inquiries, prices and other offers please email foundation@globallylocalmedia.com

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May 13-16, 2010

Art Fair Kyoto

Produced by Nanzuka Underground with the support of Globally Local Media.

April 12-19, 2010

Gelman’s Chess
Pennisi, Milan, Italy

Produced by Globally Local Media with the support of Japan Brand.

Newspapers (Dailies, Tabloids)

Hokkoku Shimbun (p. 21)
February 28, 2010

Mainichi Shimbun (News Column, Evening, Tokyo)
February 04, 2010

Mainichi Shimbun (News Column, Evening, Nagoya)
February 04, 2010

Mainichi Shimbun (News Column, Evening, Osaka)
February 04, 2010

Mainichi Shimbun (News Column, Evening, Kitakyusyu)
February 04, 2010

Mutsu Shimpo (Interview)
January 31, 2010

Hokkaido Shimbun (Review)
January 24, 2010

Daily Tohoku (Interview)
January 18, 2010

Yamaguchi Shimbun (Interview)
January 15, 2010

Tomakomai Minpo (Interview)
January 14, 2010

Kita_Nippon Shimbun (Interview)
January 14, 2010

Chitose Minpo (Interview)
January 14, 2010

Nishi Nippon Shimbun (Review)
January 10, 2010

Nihonkeizai Shimbun (News Column, Tokyo)
January 07, 2010

Nihonkeizai Shimbun (News Column, Nagoya)
January 06, 2010

Nihonkeizai Shimbun (News Column, Fukuoka)
January 06, 2010

Nihonkeizai Shimbun (Feature Headline, p. 41)
January 01, 2010

Syukan NY Seikatsu (p. 9)
December 29, 2009

Hokkoku Shimbun (News Column, p. 2)
December 22, 2009

Kyoto Shimbun (Review, p. 11)
December 20, 2009

Syukan NY Seikatsu (p. 9)
December 19, 2009

Nara Nichinichi Shimbun (News Article)
December 09, 2009

Gifu Shimbun (News Column)
November 30, 2009

Kumamoto Nichinichi Shimbun (News Column)
November 28, 2009

Hokkoku Shimbun (Op-Ed)
November 26, 2009

Sankei Express (News Column, Tokyo)
November 25, 2009

Sankei Express (News Column, Osaka)
November 25, 2009

Sankei Shimbun (News Column)
November 25, 2009

Japan Times (News Column, Tokyo)
November 25, 2009

Japan Times (News Column, Osaka)
November 25, 2009

Miyazaki Nichinichi_Shimbun (News Column)
November 25, 2009

Shikoku Shimbun (News Column)
November 25, 2009

Fukui Shimbun (News Column)
November 25, 2009

Shimotsuke Shimbun (News Column)
November 25, 2009

Ibaraki Shimbun (News Column)
November 25, 2009

Chiba Nippo (News Column)
November 25, 2009

Kanagawa Shimbun (News Column)
November 25, 2009

Yamanashi Nichinichi_Shimbun (News Column)
November 25, 2009

Akita_Sakigake Shinpo (News Column)
November 25, 2009

Yamagata Shimbun (News Column)
November 25, 2009

Hokkoku Shimbun (Centerfold)
November 25, 2009

Kumamoto Nichinichi_Shimbun (News Column)
November 24, 2009

Oita Goto Shimbun (News Column)
November 24, 2009

Too Nippo (News Column)
November 24, 2009

Nishi Nnippon Shimbun (News Column)
November 24, 2009

Sanyo Shimbun (News Column)
November 24, 2009

Hokkoku Shimbun
November 24, 2009

Tokyo Shimbun (Interview)
November 24, 2009

Chunichi Shimbun (Interview)
November 24, 2009

Kyodo News
November 24, 2009

Breitbart
November 23, 2009

Syukan NY Seikatsu (Review)
November 21, 2009

Seikyo Shimbun (Interview, p. 7)
November 12, 2009

Minami Nippon_Shimbun (Morning, p. 18)
November 07, 2009

Hokkoku Shimbun (Morning, p. 18)
November 03, 2009

Yomiuri Shimbun (Interview, p. 2)
October 29, 2009

Yukan Fuji (Interview, p. 13, Tokyo)
October 27, 2009

Yukan Fuji (Interview, Osaka)
October 27, 2009

Asahi Shimbun (Interview, p. 10)
October 26, 2009

Sankei Shimbun (Interview, p. 16)
October 20, 2009

Asahi Shimbun (Globe, Interview, p. 7)
October 14, 2009

Tokyo Shimbun (Column, p. 1)
January 18, 2009

Chunichi Shimbun (Column, p. 1)
January 18, 2009

Hokuriku Chunichi_Shimbun (Column, p. 1)
January 18, 2009

Hokkoku Shimbun (Morning, p. 16)
January 15, 2009

Hokkoku Shimbun (Morning, p. 21)
December 02, 2008

Hokkoku Shimbun (Op-Ed, p. 4)
October 07, 2008

Hokkoku Shimbun (Morning, p. 22)
April 10, 2008

Web (Links)

Fuji Sankei Business i (Interview, Tokyo)
December 05, 2009

Fuji Sankei Business i (Interview, Osaka)
December 05, 2009

Rikunabi Next (Interview)
December 02, 2009

Sanin Chuo Shinpo
November 24, 2009

Nikkkan Sports
November 24, 2009

Sankei Sports
November 24, 2009

Iwate Nippo
November 24, 2009

Nagasaki Shimbun
November 24, 2009

Kyoto Shimbun
November 24, 2009

Shizuoka Shimbun
November 24, 2009

Tokushima Shimbun
November 24, 2009

Saga Shimbun
November 24, 2009

Yamagata Shimbun
November 24, 2009

Chugoku Shimbun
November 24, 2009

Kochi Shimbun
November 24, 2009

Hokkaido Shimbun
November 24, 2009

Nikkei Business Online
November 05, 2009

JB Press
October 27, 2009

TV/Radio

NHK BS1 Kyo-no-Sekai (23:20 – 23:40)
January 04, 2010

Hokuriku Asahi Hoso Super J Channel
December 12, 2009

J-Wave Tokyo Morning Radio (8:30 – 8:45)
November 26, 2009

Magazines (Weeklies, Monthlies, Quarterlies)

+ing (#34, Spring 2010)
March 2010

Sotokoto (Interview, pp. 24 – 27)
March 2010

Waraku (Review, p. 221)
February 2010

Eyescream (Review)
January 2010

Squet (Review)
January 2010

Gekkan Seiryu (Review)
January 2010

Voice (Dialogue with Kenichiro Mogi, pp. 194–203)
January 2010

Voice (Color Feature, pp. 11–13)
January 2010

Modern Living (Review)
January 2010

Nile’s Nile (Cover Feature, pp. 26 – 39)
December 2009

PHP Honto no Jidai (Interview, pp. 122 – 123)
December 2009

Gekkan Bungei Shunju (Column, pp. 84 – 86)
December 2009

Gekkan Ushio (Interview, pp. 40 – 41)
December 2009

Theory No.6, Main Feature)
November 2009

Syukan Post (Review)
November 24, 2009

Bises (Review)
November 16, 2009

Seiron (pp. 202 – 205)
November 2009

Dime (Review, p.163)
October 26, 2009

Tsubasa no Okoku (pp. 128 – 131)
May 2009

Pen (No.241, pp. 140 – 141)
April 01, 2009

Departures (Cover Feature)
April 2009

Actus (p. 6)
February 2009

Postglobal

Postglobal

KIE

Kateigaho International Edition

The site for Gelman’s Chess has now launched, and will be updated regularly. Please read more about the set on the “About” page, and then learn more about the making of the set by visiting the “Artisan Experience” area.

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Gelman's Chess

Gelman’s Chess

A masterpiece chess set series created by Alexander Gelman

New York/Tokyo 2010

World-renowned media artist Alexander Gelman, whose work resides in the permanent collections of The Museum of Modern Art and Cooper-Hewitt in New York, The Smithsonian Institution, and Bibliothèque National de France in Paris, has created a collection of masterpiece chess sets in collaboration with traditional Japanese craftsman using centuries-old lacquerware and porcelain techniques.