French artist Jeanne-Claude died on 18 November due to complications of a brain aneurysm. She was 74. Jeanne-Claude had been collaborating with her husband Christo since they made their first work together in Cologne in 1961. They worked under Christo’sView More >
In On the Trail of the Wolves, Konoike Tomoko documents from preparation to completion the making of her solo show Inter Traveler Twelve Wolf Poets, which travelled from the Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery and is now showing at theView More >
A two-day international symposium on ‘sound recording’. The conference will take up as its primary themes sound design, not as a by-product of music and cinema, but as a medium in its own right, and archiving recordings from the pastView More >
Deutsche Bank has made a five-year commitment to acting as the lead sponsor of the Hong Kong International Art Fair (ART HK). The third edition of Asia’s increasingly popular modern and contemporary art fair is scheduled for 27 – 30View More >
© Karijn Kakebeeke Khadija’s Dream 2006 Courtesy The Empty Quarter Gallery, Dubaï The 2009 BMW – Paris Photo Prize, reserved for artists represented by galleries participating in the eponymous international photography trade fair opening today, was awarded to the DutchView More >
■Event Dinh Q. Le South China Sea Pishkun 2009 Digital animation still Courtesy the artist and 10 Chancery Lane Gallery (Hong Kong) On the Agenda of the Arts is a series of projects sponsored by Tokyo Wonder Site and Goethe-InstitutView More >
The Ohara Museum of Art, a private museum with a collection of Western contemporary art in the city of Kurashiki, is calling for applications for its ARKO (Artist In Residence Kurashiki, Ohara) program. The program aims to support young artistsView More >
Phillips de Pury & Company’s New York Contemporary Art Part I sale on 12 November realized a total of $7,099,250 from 31 lots sold. The top lots were Kusama Yayoi’s Infinity Nets (T.W.A.) (2000) (est $300-400,000) and Andy Warhol’s BrilloView More >
The Tokyo Bijutsu Club will be host to the third edition of this art fair dedicated to contemporary art at which bidding and trading generally take place within the industry. Based on the idea of fostering the art scene’s nextView More >
©Hasunuma Masahiro Compartment city – Tokyo is the contemporary theatre unit headed by Takayama Akira, Port B’s contribution to Festival/Tokyo09. The installation-like piece set in Ikebukuro West Gate Park takes the form of a small booth inside which visitors canView More >
Sotheby’s New York Contemporary Art evening sale on 11 November realized a total of $134,438,000 – far above estimates – from 52 lots sold. The top lot was Andy Warhol’s 200 One Dollar Bills (1991) fetching $43,762,500 (est. $8-12,000,000), followedView More >
An adhoc gathering of the young researchers affiliated with the now completed CREAM Forum series of talks and discussions by Japanese and international artists and media arts researchers held in conjunction with the International Festival for Arts and Media Yokohama.View More >