Bulareyaung Dance Company: LUNA

The Bunun tribe and dancers—mutual giving and bestowing of life forces—By Miwa Yanagi
Singing voices of men resonate from beyond the darkness. Voices call upon one another from different directions amid the mountains in the middle of the night, perhaps to signal the beginning of a ritual or the return of hunters…

Review: Voice of Void by Ho Tzu Nyen

Text: Jung-Yeon Ma
Ho Tzu Nyen’s solo exhibition “Voice of Void” was presented at the Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media [YCAM] from April 3 to July 4, 2021. At the beginning of the talk with the artist and the production team held at the opening of the exhibition, the question was posed: “Why the Kyoto School now?” …

Pop-Up Mathaf @ Mori Art Museum

Same-Same but Different: The Role of the Artist in the Arab World and Japan Special supplement to ART iT   Zena El Khalil (on screen), Sputniko! (at right) and moderator Deena Chalabi (at left) during Session 3 of the symposiumView More >

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Open Call|Obayashi Foundation’s 2027 Visions of the City artist grant

The Obayashi Foundation has opened the call for the sixth recipient of its Visions of the City artist grant, marking the program’s first-ever open call. Entries are accepted through September 15, 2026.

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I’m So Happy You Are Here, an exhibition of Japanese women photographers from the 1950s to now, opened at Les Rencontres de la photographie d’Arles in 2024 and has since continued on an international tour. The Tokyo exhibition is an expanded version featuring more artists and a broader selection of works, bringing together 30 women photographers and some 200 works.

Yang Ah Ham: Undefined Panorama @ Art Sonje Center

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Art Sonje Center, Seoul
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May 5 – November 29, 2026
LEEUM Museum, Seoul
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LEEUM Museum, Seoul
Curators: Andrea Lissoni (Haus der Kunst Munich) and Marina Pugliese (Mudec Museo Delle Culture Milano), Sungwon Kim (Deputy Director and Chief Curator, Leeum Museum of Art), Eunjung EJ Cho (Curator, Leeum Museum of Art)

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National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea, Seoul

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National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea, Seoul

Korea Art Prize 2026 @ National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea, Seoul

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“Portraits” April 14 to May 12, 2012 ArataniUrano, Tokyo   Installation view of Go Watanabe’s “Portraits” at ArataniUrano, Tokyo, 2012. Photo ART iT.   This exhibition of new lightbox works by Go Watanabe inaugurates ArataniUrano’s new home in the ShirokaneView More >

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I’m So Happy You Are Here, an exhibition of Japanese women photographers from the 1950s to now, opened at Les Rencontres de la photographie d’Arles in 2024 and has since continued on an international tour. The Tokyo exhibition is an expanded version featuring more artists and a broader selection of works, bringing together 30 women photographers and some 200 works.

I’m So Happy You Are Here, an exhibition of Japanese women photographers from the 1950s to now, opened at Les Rencontres de la photographie d’Arles in 2024 and has since continued on an international tour. The Tokyo exhibition is an expanded version featuring more artists and a broader selection of works, bringing together 30 women photographers and some 200 works.

Yang Ah Ham: Undefined Panorama @ Art Sonje Center

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July 31 – October 4, 2026
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Curators: Sunjung Kim (Artistic Director, Art Sonje Center), Najung Kim (Independent Curator)

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Curators: Andrea Lissoni (Haus der Kunst Munich) and Marina Pugliese (Mudec Museo Delle Culture Milano), Sungwon Kim (Deputy Director and Chief Curator, Leeum Museum of Art), Eunjung EJ Cho (Curator, Leeum Museum of Art)

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Korea Art Prize 2026 @ National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea, Seoul

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Skills Academy “Metal Learning –Summer Class” @ SKAC (SKWAT KAMEARI ART CENTRE)

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Senzaki Chieo: Toward the Depths of the Gaze

  Senzaki Chieo (b. 1953) is an artist from Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, who took the first significant step in his career in 1979 while studying at Tokyo University of the Arts. Throughout the 1980s, he pursued the theme of theView More >

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Screening of Mel Chin, 9-11/9-11

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HIROSHI SUGIMOTO Seascapes Enoura | Pre-Photography Time-Recording Device

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