© ROLEX/Hideki Shiozawa Results of the fourth cycle (2008-09) of the Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative, pairing emerging artists with great masters in their field for a year of creative collaboration, will be presented from 3-5 December at multiple venuesView More >
Among the projects caught up in the ‘budget screening’ being carried out by the Government Revitalization Unit are several art-related projects. The panel has pointed out that the 12.1 billion yen in operating expenses requested from the Ministry of ForeignView More >
Created in 2005, the Ordway prize acknowledges the contributions of a mid-career curator/arts writer and an artist between the ages of 40 and 65, with a developed body of work extending over a minimum of fifteen years, whose work hasView More >
Artist Miyajima Tatsuo organized the first Artists Summit Kyoto in 2005 as a meeting to discuss ideas by which artists can use their creative and imaginative powers to change the world. This year’s summit features a lecture by Polish artistView More >
One of four conversations forming the second semester program of the Tokyo Art School lecture series questioning needs in Tokyo today from multi-perspectives including art, design, and architecture. On Saturday 12 December, freelance writer and ART iT ArtBlogger Andrew MaerkleView More >
Canvas magazine, focusing art and culture from the Middle East and Arab world, presents a panel discussion on the subject of ‘gender, wars and chadors’ at Art Basel Miami Beach. Artists Ghada Amer, Kader Attia and Akram Zaatari join moderatorView More >
Miyake Shintaro’s drawing performance at opening night No Man’s Land is an art event staged at the French Embassy in Tokyo’s Hiroo district in which 74 French and Japanese artists make use of the entire compound – offices, courtyard gardens,View More >
The 53rd International Art Exhibition closed its gates on 22 November. Opening on 7 June with a record 77 national participations, during its 24 weeks running the biennale welcomed a record 375,705 visitors (an average of 2,223 per day), markingView More >
Koike Kazuko Photo Tomita Satomi For the next round of his talk-session series, Ozaki Tetsuya welcomes creative director Koike Kazuko. With the launching and running of Japan’s first alternative space, the Saga-cho Exhibit Space, she helped built the foundation for Japan’sView More >
Hirano Jiro 12 billion light years Installation view at Art Tower Mito, 2001 Sendai Art Walk is a multi-event biennial launched in 2005 with the aim of promoting the visual arts. On the roster this year are exhibitions of works byView More >
Book Photographer Ishikawa Naoki will hold a talk and booksigning to mark the publication of Archipelago, a collection of photos from his travels to Japan’s northern and southern islands that question what is Japan, what is a national border, whatView More >
■Event See Bach See #7 ©Tsuda Nao Courtesy hiromiyoshii Since 2008, BEAMS has been expanding on their BEAMING ARTS project as a vehicle for bridging the everyday realm of fashion and the otherworldly realm of art. This year, takingView More >