Chiaki Soma is the Program Director of the annual performing arts festival Festival/Tokyo. What follows are her things worth remembering for 2012: The year since the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami has been one in which the distance betweenView More >
I. International Exhibitions II. Solo Exhibitions III. Archives IV. Performance I. INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS In 2012 there were numerous large-format international exhibitions organized across the world, from La Triennale in Paris to the 7th Berlin Biennial, the 11th Havana Biennale, ManifestaView More >
III. ARCHIVES Since the year 2000 there has been a notable increase in attempts both in Japan and beyond to review the art of the 1960s and ’70s and to uncover the works of neglected artists. As social problems causedView More >
On “reproduction” – The tea bowls of Kohei Nakamura (Part 1) Kohei Nakamura – Wall: Rules of Form (2012). Foreground:Throne of Idea (2004). Installation view at “Art Crafting Towards the Future (2012) at the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art,View More >
Experimental Ground 1950s (from “Art Will Thrill You!: The Essence of Modern Japanese Art”) 16 OCT 2012 – 14 JAN 2013 The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo http://www.momat.go.jp/
Robin Cameron 28 OCT – 16 DEC 2012 ROOM EAST, New York http://www.roomeast.com/
Mickalene Thomas: How to Organize a Room Around a Striking Piece of Art 14 NOV 2012 – 5 JAN 2013 Lehmann Mupin, New York http://www.lehmannmaupin.com/
JJ Peet: DEFEND_Station 28 OCT – 16 DEC 2012 On Stellar Rays, New York http://onstellarrays.com/
Pieter Schoolwerth: After Troy 9 NOV – 22 DEC 2012 Miguel Abreu Gallery, New York http://www.miguelabreugallery.com/
Lizzi Bougatsos and Thornton Dial: I’m Not Pregnant 9 NOV – 21 DEC 2012 James Fuentes, New York http://www.jamesfuentes.com/
Kevin Zucker: No Hotel 9 NOV – 22 DEC 2012 Eleven Rivington, New York http://www.elevenrivington.com/
Artist Yasumasa Morimura has been appointed artistic director of the 5th Yokohama Triennale, it was announced Dec 18. The exhibition will be held in 2014, giving Morimura more than a year to prepare. Although Morimura is not widely known forView More >