Shiota Chiharu Flowing Water 2009 Photo Sunhi Mang Shiota Chiharu’s solo show, Flowing Water, underway at the Nizayama Forest Art Museum in Toyama, has been extended until Wednesday 23 September. The show had originally been scheduled to close on 6View More >
Panorama 10, 2006, C-print, 65x80cm Kobe-born, London-based artist Maeda Shoko was awarded the 2009 Renaissance Arts Prize for Best Non-Italian Artist in the Photography Section by the Italian Cultural Institute London. The Prize, awarded to young artists working in theView More >
The One Piece Club (representative, Ishinabe Hiroko), a non-profit organization launched to promote the popularization of contemporary art in Japan from the standpoint of the collector, will stage an exhibition of works from the collections of its members. Established inView More >
The new line of footwear created by architect Zaha Hadid in collaboration with Lacoste, the fashion brand recognized by its green crocodile logo, will be released on 10 August at the Mid West boutique in Shibuya. Limited to 850 pairsView More >
Event Towada Art Center presents an evening of live Bossa Nova set against Takahashi Kyota’s Fragments of Color Cubes. The work uses the exterior of Nishizawa Ryue’s architecture for museum, completed in 2008, as a backdrop for a series ofView More >
Tsuda NaoRera Faraway #1 2009, 80x100cm （c）Tsuda Nao, Courtesy hiromiyoshii TOKYO PHOTO 2009, Japan’s international art fair specializing in works of photography, takes place the first weekend of September in Roppongi. Featuring Japanese and international galleries seen at Europe’s largestView More >
Left: Olafur Eliasson Sunspace for Shibukawa (working drawing) Right: Jean-Michel Othoniel Drawing for Kokoro Hara Museum Arc in Shibukawa, Gunma will unveil new permanent installations by Olafur Eliasson, Lee Bul and Jean-Michel Othoniel this autumn. Eliasson’s new outdoor work, aView More >
© Tate Tate Britain is seeking to appoint a director to lead the national gallery. The successful candidate will execute the public program at Tate Britain, while working within the Tate Director’s Group in developing the Tate’s Strategic Plan. CandidatesView More >
■Event Artist Aida Makoto joins Losgene (Lost Generation) for a talk session marking the publication of the magazine’s third issue. The event, titled ‘Modernity – a century of questions: The past, present and future of literature and art’, also includesView More >
Christie’s International announced its worldwide sales (including private) of £1.2 billion ($1.8 billion) for the first six months of 2009, down 35% by on last year’s figure of £1.8 billion ($3.5 billion) for the same period. Sales for Post-War &View More >
MARCO (Museo de Arte Contemporánea de Vigo, Spain) and FRAC Lorraine (Fonds regional d’art contemporain de Lorraine, France) offer curators born in and after 1970 the chance to execute an exhibition project. The competition is calling for proposals for exhibitionView More >
The organizers of Beppu Contemporary Art Festival 2009 Mixed Bathing World, staged this year from mid-April to mid-June, will hold a debrief session in Tokyo on August 23. General director of the Festival Serizawa Takashi, general producer Yamaide Junya andView More >