Kuninosuke Matsuo and the Yomiuri Indépendent Exhibitions (Part II) In his previous column, Noi Sawaragi began exploring the links between the intellectual and newspaper correspondent, Kuninosuke Matsuo, and the Yomiuri Indépendent series of exhibitions that provided a key platform forView More >
I wonder if the gentle readers of ART iT are aware of the existence of a very different sort of magazine, devoted to the photographic efforts of those with what one might call “exhibitionist” proclivities? The sort of magazine, thatView More >
Claude Cahun May 24 – September 25, 2011 Jeu de Paume, Paris Left: Autoportrait (1928), 13.9 x 9cm. Jersey Heritage Collection, © Jersey Heritage. Right: Autoportrait (1929), 14 x 9cm. Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, © MuséeView More >
Building up to the Tokyo Art Fair: G-tokyo, Tokyo Frontline and Art Fair Tokyo Scene from G-tokyo 2011. Photo Keizo Kioku. In the last few years, February has become the month for graduation exhibitions and art fairs. Visitor numbers haveView More >
As reported earlier by ART iT, Japan Edition, the German-born curator Roger M Buergel will be the artistic director of the Busan Biennale 2012, the Busan Biennale Organizing Committee announced Jul 15. Buergel has put forward the concept of “GardenView More >
The laureates for the Praemium Imperiale 2011 were announced Jul 11 by the Japan Art Association. One of the world’s most prestigious cultural distinctions, the prize is awarded in by the imperial family of Japan in honor of Prince TakamitsuView More >
II. Mirror-Void-Other Kimsooja on the performance of non-action. Cities on the Move – 2727 KM Bottari Truck (1997), single-channel video, 7 min 33 sec loop, silent. Commissioned by Korean Arts & Culture Foundation. All images: Courtesy Kimsooja Studio. ART iT:View More >
By Leslie J Ureña Music While We Work (2011), audio and video installation recorded on location in Huwei, Yunlin, Taiwan. Photo You-Wei Chen, courtesy Hong-Kai Wang. Born in 1971, the Taiwanese artist Hong-Kai Wang works with sound as a conceptualView More >
The artist Cy Twombly died Jul 5 in Rome at the age of 83, it has been announced. The cause of death has not been revealed, but according to the New York Times Twombly had been engaged in a longView More >
Taipei, 31 May 2011 – The winners of the 9th annual Taishin Arts Awards were announced on May 11th, 2011 and attended by the fifteen finalists and nine international jury members. This year’s winner of the Visual Arts Award isView More >
POINTS OF CONVERGENCE By Andrew Maerkle Still from Thread Routes – Chapter 1 (2010), 16mm film transferred to HD format, 29 min 31 sec, sound. All images: Courtesy of Kimsooja Studio. In 1999, in Tokyo’s bustling Shibuya neighborhood, Kimsooja producedView More >
A unique urban ecology prompts a new look at globalization. By Naohiko Hino Photo Naohiko Hino. Extending from the interior of the mainland to the southern regions west of Hong Kong, the Pearl River Delta is home to Guangzhou, China’sView More >