An exhibition protesting the Okinawa Prefectural Art Museum’s censorship of artist Oura Nobuyuki’s collage works in its staging of Into the Atomic Sunshine: Post-War art under the Japanese Peace Constitution Article 9 in April 2009. Talk events and performances byView More >
Odani Motohiko Hallucigenia 2009 Glass, stainless steel 363 x 283 x 262 cm A new commission by artist Odani Motohiko has been permanently installed at the SKY Perfect Toyocho Media Center completed in spring 2009. The tactile sculpture, Hallucigenia, is composedView More >
Booths at India Art Summit 2008 The second staging of India’s modern and contemporary art fair in New Delhi will see 54 galleries, primarily from India, but also from Asia, the Middle East, Europe and the United States. Participating fromView More >
Artistic director of the 2005 Yokohama Triennale and professor at the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris, artist Kawamata Tadashi’s Cafe Talk dialogue series, launched in 2002, will be held for three days starting tonight. In anticipation of hisView More >
Based on the idea of a mobile phone as art, KDDI brand iida collaborated with artist Kusama Yayoi to produce three limited edition models. The phones will be available starting 7pm (JST) on Thursday 30 July through the iida websiteView More >
Yasumoto Masako A showcase event with an emphasis on the performing arts renowned for its lineup of individualistic artists. Event regulars such as Yasumoto Masako will be joined this time by Chim↑Pom (presenting an installation), Ameya Norimizu and other contemporaryView More >
Film and media art critic Stephen Sarrazin talks with video art pioneer Idemitsu Mako, reflecting on her career, which has been highly acclaimed in North America and Europe. (In English with interpretation) PLUS QUE PARFAIT: Video art evening ‘Meeting withView More >
Artist Ohtake Shinro’s I ♥ 湯 (I love YU) art installation cum public bathhouse opened July 26th on the inland sea island of Naoshima. The space features mosaics and large-scale collages of image-printed tiles at the bottom of the baths,View More >
Merce Cunningham, one of the most influential choreographers of the 20th century, died Sunday night, 26 July. He was 90. Merce Cunningham Dance Company http://www.merce.org/
The third staging of the art project launched in 2007 that takes the city of Hiroshima as its stage. This year the Yoshijima area is liken to a treasure ship, which visitors tour ‘treasure-hunt’ style, looking for artworks scattered throughout.View More >
Mickalene Thomas Portrait of Qusuquzah, 2008 © Mickalene Thomas, Courtesy the artist and Lehmann Maupin Gallery The third staging of New York International Center of Photography (ICP)’s global survey of new work in photography and video – focusing this timeView More >
As part of his contribution to Architecture Tokyo 2009, Nagasaka Jo (Schemata Architecture Office) will convert areas of Happa – the recently completely multi-purpose office/gallery building that now houses his office – into a hotel for the duration of theView More >