This article has been updated with additional information, 5/24. Following an almost six-month-long search, Hong Kong’s Para/Site Art Space has appointed a new executive director/curator, ART iT has confirmed. Founded in 1996, the nonprofit independent art organization will introduce incomingView More >
The Japan Foundation has officially released complete details on Japan’s national presentation at this year’s Venice Biennale. Located in the Giardini among other permanent pavilions, the Japanese Pavilion will be devoted this year to a solo presentation by artist Tabaimo,View More >
New York’s Whitney Museum of American Art and Metropolitan Museum of Art are teaming up to ensure the continued vitality of the former’s iconic Marcel Breuer-designed building at 945 Madison Ave, it was announced May 11. The Whitney Museum isView More >
In a press release dated May 6, Art HK – Hong Kong International Art Fair has announced its acquisition by the Basel-based MCH Swiss Exhibition Group, parent company of the fairs Art Basel and Art Basel Miami Beach. MCH GroupView More >
This article has been updated with additional content. In a press release dated May 6, Art HK – Hong Kong International Art Fair has announced its acquisition by the Basel-based MCH Swiss Exhibition Group, parent company of the fairs ArtView More >
The critic Koji Taki has died at the age of 82 on Apr 13 in Hiratsuka, Kanagawa, it has been reported. A graduate of the art history program in the faculty of letters at Tokyo University, Taki wrote on aView More >
This article was originally published Mar 15. Last updated Apr 13. We appreciate the expressions of concern and sympathy from our friends and colleagues overseas following the Tohoku Pacific Earthquake and Tsunami that struck on Mar 11 and the ongoingView More >
3.25: Remembering Yusuke Nakahara (1931-2011) On Mar 3, the pioneering art critic and administrator Yusuke Nakahara died of complications related to gallbladder cancer, age 79. A graduate of Kyoto University’s Faculty of Science, Nakahara is perhaps best remembered for hisView More >
Photo courtesy Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art. On Mar 3, the pioneering art critic and administrator Yusuke Nakahara died of complications related to gallbladder cancer, age 79. A graduate of Kyoto University’s Faculty of Science, Nakahara was variously president ofView More >
This article was updated Mar 29. In a statement to the press Mar 22, Art Fair Tokyo announced it will be postponing its 2011 edition. Scheduled to run Apr 1-3, the fair will not be able to proceed as plannedView More >
Tatzu Nishi – The Merlion Hotel (2011), artist’s rendering, construction-installation. © the artist. On Mar 13 the third edition of the Singapore Biennale officially opened to the public at multiple venues in Singapore. Directed by artist Matthew Ngui, this year’sView More >
Known for his easily and cheaply assembled “paper log” houses, architect Shigeru Ban has announced plans to contribute to relief efforts following the devastating earthquake and tsunami that rocked northeastern Japan Mar 11. Ban’s designs have already been employed inView More >