Teruhisa Kitahara who is known as a toy collector of the global tin plate. The collection of Kitahara does not remain only to a toy, and the modern art works are collected, too. It was an encounter with the heartwarmingView More >
CINEMA OF CONSEQUENCE By Andrew Maerkle All images: Lav Diaz – Norte, the End of History (2013). © Raymond Lee & Lav Diaz. Born in 1958, Lav Diaz is known for his films depicting contemporary life in the Philippines throughView More >
(a session: for from February 8, 2014 to April 6) [special feature display] “The everlasting avant-garde that was born in Tadahiro Ono – Tsugaru” commemorative for birth 100 years After having learned from the Tokyo Bijutsu school sculpture department, TadahiroView More >
II. Exhibition view, “A short text on the possibility of creating an economy of equivalence,” Palais de Tokyo, Paris, 2005. Photo © Daniel Moulinet, courtesy Air de Paris, Paris. ART iT: Earlier this year you presented the Bampton Lectures 2013View More >
MEASURES OF CHANGE By Andrew Maerkle Ilya and Emilia Kabakov – Study for La Porte, sketch for Monumenta 2014, “The Strange City.” All images: © Ilya and Emilia Kabakov / ADAGP, Paris 2014. Born in 1944, Jean-Hubert Martin joined theView More >
A Restatement: The Art of ‘Ground Zero’ (Part 13) Nukes and Niigata – Addendum III The five children of Hidenaga, fourth generation of the Yoshihara Photographic Studio (1936), from “SPIRAL LIFE – 140 Years of the Yoshihara Family” (2011). PhotoView More >
II. Feast of Scraps (1994-98), detail, photographs and text, 29.2 x 52.1 cm. All images: Unless otherwise noted, courtesy Glenn Ligon. ART iT: We were just speaking about how art balances between transgression and aesthetization, and how what is consideredView More >
LEADER AS GUTTER By Andrew Maerkle Luke Fowler & Toshiya Tsunoda – Leader As Gutter, installation view at Taka Ishii Gallery, Tokyo, 2013. Photo Kenji Takahashi, courtesy of Taka Ishii Gallery, Tokyo. Based in Glasgow, Luke Fowler maintains a diverseView More >
Eiichiro Sakata – Enoshima July 13 (Saturday) – September 29 (Sunday), 2013 Enoshima 1999 ⓒ Eiichiro SAKATA The Hara Museum of Contemporary Art is pleased to present the first public showing of Eiichiro Sakata’s Enoshima, a photo series comprised mainly ofView More >
The Aomori Prefectural art museum stages Japan, China and South Korea coproduction business drama “celebration / 言” by the Japan Foundation and joint sponsorship. This work is the unprecedented trial that Japan, China, Korean artists settle a new work forView More >
HALL OF MIRRORS By Andrew Maerkle Rise and Fall (2009), installation view at the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, 2013. Photo ART iT. Based in Amsterdam, Fiona Tan makes works that investigate the nature of memory, both asView More >
Part II of Seeing the Sound, Hearing the Picture has begun, with a new selection of artworks to enjoy with your mind’s ear. Nunobiki Falls (detail), Sumiyoshi Hiroyuki, Edo period This is a scene from Chapter 87 of Ise MonogatariView More >