CASA BRUTUS Vol.116 (out 10 October） Feature: Basic Knowledge of Japanese Art, Architecture and Design http://magazineworld.jp/casabrutus/116/ Bijutsu-techo Vol.62 (out 17 October) Feature: Aesthetics of Chanoyu http://www.bijutsu.co.jp/bt/ Bijutu-no-mado November (out 20 October) Feature: Drawing the body – Artistic anatomy http://www.tomosha.com/books/mado/newest.html ArtView More >
A retrospective exhibition of work by one of Japan’s representative experimental film artists, Ito Takashi, will be held at Tokyo’s Image Forum. Ito studied under Matsumoto Toshio and his maiden work, SPACXY received international critical acclaim. This exhibition presents screensView More >
From SIPF 2008 Yamada Ko Specimen of Good-Byes series © the artist The Singapore International Photography Festival, opening 10 October 2010, is now calling for entries for it open- and ‘Human: Nature’-themed segments (deadline 31 March 2010->11 April 2010). SIPF 2010 pridesView More >
The first of three big design events taking place currently around Tokyo kicks off today. At Tokyo Midtown in Roppongi, Design Touch (23 October – 3 November) focuses how design can make dreams come true, with Design Tide Tokyo 2009View More >
Fujii Hidemasa Stain ‘Expanse’ Tokyo Midtown announced the results today for both the art and design segments of the Tokyo Midtown Award 2009. The grand prix (1 million yen) in the art competition was awarded to Fujii Hidemasa for his workView More >
Artist Nakaya Fujiko, who creates outdoor site-specific installations using artificially generated fog, collaborates with doubleNegatives Architecture (dNA) headed by Ichkawa Sota on an installation for the courtyard of L’Institut Franco-Japonais de Tokyo. The piece establishes a dialogue between the dNA-developedView More >
César Mini Compression pop, Circa 80 The 36th staging of the French contemporary art fair FIAC (Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporain) kicked off in Paris on 22 October with over 200 galleries presenting work at the fair’s three main venues: theView More >
Courtesy Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners The Royal Institute of British Architects awarded its Stirling Prize 2009 to Richard Rogers for his cancer care sanctuary, Maggie’s Centre. Perhaps best known for his functionalistic works featuring exposed duckwork and staircases (RogersView More >
American artist Nancy Spero died on 18 October in New York. She was 83. Active as a pioneer of feminist art from the late 1950s, her figurative art addressed the realities of inequality between the sexes and political violence. SperoView More >
Sotheby’s Contemporary Art Including Arab & Iranian Art sale on 16 October in London realized a total of £12,757,125 from 158 lots sold. The top lot was Jean-Michel Basquiat’s Fuego Flores (1983) fetching £959,650, followed by Anish Kapoor’s Untitled (1997)View More >
IqtjlX5JO-Y The Saatchi Gallery and Channel 4 have awarded the 2009 New Sensations prize to 24-year-old Oliver Beer. Established to support art students graduating in the UK and to find new talent, New Sensations 2009 also presented the works ofView More >
Christie’s post-war and contemporary day sale on 17 October in London realized a total of £3,514,725 from 111 lots sold. The top lot was Anselm Kiefer’s Baum mit Panzer (1977) fetching £169,250, followed by Martin Kippenberger’s Self-Portrait (1981) at £139,250View More >