Hiroshi Sugimoto – Installation view of “Hiroshi Sugimoto: History of History” at 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, 2008-09. Foreground: Heian period Juichimen Kannon figure (wood, c. 10-11 centuries); Background: Silver gelatin print photos from the “Seascapes” series (1980-95).View More >
Exhibition “I’m a journalist, not an artist.” Thus declares Tsuzuki Kyoichi at the entrance to his solo show opening to the public tomorrow at Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art. After writing and editing for magazines on a range ofView More >
Unidentified Prisoner, Tuol Sleng Prison, Phnom Penh, Cambodia (c. 1975-79), photograph. ⓒ The Tuol Sleng Museum of Genocide, Cambodia/Doug Niven (New York) As Asia gears up for its periodic convergence of large-scale international art festivals in cities across the regionView More >
Left: Arakawa Shusaku & Madeline Gins Right: Site of Reversible Destiny – Yoro Park Conceptual artist Arakawa Shusaku died in New York on May 19. He was 73. Arakawa began his career as a jockey for the avant-garde movement inView More >
Installation view of works at Hidari Zingaro, 2010 Murakami Takashi’s art production company, Kaikai Kiki, has opened a new space called Hidari Zingaro in the otaku shopping mall, Nakano Broadway. The gallery is said to take its name from theView More >
With clashes between anti-government protestors and the military escalating in the Thai capital, people both in and outside the country have been asking what exactly is going on and how it all came about? Finding the complexity of the situationView More >
On May 12 France’s national museum of modern art, the Pompidou Center, inaugurated its satellite space in the northeastern city of Metz, capital of the Lorraine region. Pompidou Center Metz has already gained worldwide distinction for the design of itsView More >
Event To celebrate the opening of his solo show Spies are only revealed when they get caught this Saturday at the Watari-um in Tokyo, Ochiai Tam has organized and will perform in his very own, all-friends, all-artist orchestra. Made upView More >
Award Left: Hsu Su-Chen and Lu Chien-Ming Plant-Matter NeoEden: Born in a Vegetable Patch & Material World in the Amis Tribe of Riverbank Right: Visual Arts Award ceremony The Taishin Arts Awards recognize the best of Taiwanese visual and performing artsView More >
Not one but two Japanese curators will be on the scene for this year’s triumvirate of large-scale international art festivals in Korea. Independent curator and art critic Takashi Azumaya is directing the 2010 Busan Biennale, while independent curator Fumihiko SumitomoView More >
Kader Attia – Untitled (Ghardaïa) (2009), cooked couscous, edition of 3 + 1 AP. Courtesy Tate Modern, London. In anticipation of its 10th anniversary later this year, London’s Tate Modern has announced a list of new acquisitions since 2009 thatView More >
British-Japanese artist Simon Fujiwara is the winner of the 2010 Cartier Award, it has been announced. Organized in conjunction with the annual Frieze Art Fair, London, the competitive award recognizes emerging artists living outside the UK, providing the winner 10,000View More >