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Award Exhibition view of 2009 Art Competition Tokyo Midtown is calling for submissions for both the art and design segments of the Tokyo Midtown Award 2010. Launched in 2008, this year marks the third edition of the competition that hasView More >

Exhibition Installation view at TOSTEM Room of Shanghai EXPO Japan Industry Pavilion  Photo CANART London-based artist Anish Kapoor joins forces with Japanese architects on a project for Expo 2010, currently underway in Shanghai. Kapoor created the gate linking the realms ofView More >

Event Shiga Lieko   Lilly The third edition of the photo festival held annually since its launch in 2008 opens today in Brooklyn. Among the four main exhibitions, Hidden Books, Hidden Stories curated by playwright, musician and photographer Lou Reed includesView More >

Auction A painting by Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) set a world record for any work of art at auction at Christie’s Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale on May 4 in New York. Nude, Green Leaves and Bust fetched US$106,482,500 (includingView More >

Exhibition Yee Sookyung  Translated vase Photo: Shin Oh Seok   Courtesy the artist and Ota Fine Arts After declaring itself the International City of Crafts in 1995 and organizing various subsequent related activities, Kanazawa has launched the First International Triennale of KogeiView More >

Art fair The month of May will see two new art contemporary fairs take place consecutively – this weekend and next – in Kyoto. At Art Fair Kyoto more than 30 Japanese galleries, mainly Kyoto-based, display their wares in theView More >

Book & Exhibition The concept behind An Imperial Palace Museum Project stemmed from the fantasy of gathering all the important works of art in Japan and housing them in a giant museum to be constructed in the Imperial Palace compound.View More >

Award Exhibition view at Gyoko-dori Underground Gallery, 2009 Launched in 2006 with the aim of discovering and fostering budding artists of exceptional talent, Art Award Tokyo is bestowed annually on works selected from the graduation shows of Japanese art schools.View More >

geranium (detail), from New engineering © Yuichi Yokoyama 2000 The first large-scale solo exhibition of an artist whose work traverses the realms of manga and fine art. After studying painting at Musashino Art University, Yokoyama developed an expressive approach –View More >

Art fair Taking as its motto ‘Inheriting the Classical, Leading the Contemporary’, the fifth edition of contemporary art fair launched in 2006 will open tomorrow with more than 70 participating galleries from China and abroad. Hailing from Japan will beView More >

Kyoto Art Center is currently calling for applications from emerging artists and art researchers interested in participating in its 2011 artist-in-residence program. KAC residents explore new artistic expression during their stay through encounters with local culture and citizens. The programView More >

[PR] Rendering of the LeSportsac A.I.R. POP-UP STORE exterior and items from the label’s collection developed in collaboration with Kevin Devine. This week marks the opening of LeSportsac’s temporary A.I.R. POP-UP STORE in the Harajuku district of Tokyo. The outletView More >