2.25: Toyo Ito plans ‘architecture cram school’ The offices of world-renowned architect Toyo Ito have long been known as the unofficial training ground for successive generations of Japanese architects, including joint-Pritzker Prize winners Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa from theView More >
The offices of world-renowned architect Toyo Ito have long been recognized as the unofficial training ground for successive generations of Japanese architects, including joint-Pritzker Prize winners Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa from the firm SANAA. Now, Ito is taking hisView More >
The 3rd Yebisu International Festival for Art & Alternative Visions ‘Daydream Believer!!’ February 18-27, 2011 Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography Javier Tellez – Still from Caligari and the Sleepwalker (2008), Super-16mm film transferred to HDV Blue-ray, sound, b&w, 27 minView More >
Amid rumors circulating of Art Basel’s possible “collaboration” with the Art HK art fair, American trade shows continue looking west, not east. The upstart Pulse franchise, which already operates events in New York and Miami, has just announced that itView More >
Yuichi Saito – Detective Konan (c 2005) pen on paper, 39.8 x 54.8 cm, private collection. Held at the National Art Center, Tokyo, the 42nd Japan Fine Arts Exhibition (Nitten) ran from late October to the beginning of December 2010,View More >
Galoppa! (2009), installation view in the solo exhibition “Last Fuck” at Galleria Zero, Milan, 2009. Work details: one saddle, two framed documents (the riding saddle of bishop Peter Tran Thanh Chung who ministered to the indigenous people in the CentralView More >
III. Sculpting in Time Left: Yutaka Sone, photo Grant Delin. Right: Photo of Little Manhattan (2010) under production at Yutaka Sone Studio, Chongwu. All images: Unless otherwise noted courtesy Yutaka Sone and David Zwirner, New York. ART iT: You justView More >
View of the framework for Tadashi Kawamata’s “Tokyo in Progress” observation tower at Shioiri Park in Tokyo’s Minami-Senju neighborhood, looking inland from the west bank of the Sumida River. Photo ART iT. Artist Tadashi Kawamata celebrated the raising of theView More >
Artist Soju Tao serenades a reel of Getty Images stock footage during his performance at the G-tokyo x New Tokyo Contemporaries salon held in conjunction with the G-tokyo art fair on Feb 19, 2011. Photo ART iT.
Exterior view of Taka Ishii Gallery Photography/Film’s bungalow-style space at Piramide Building complex, Roppongi, 2011. Photo ART iT. Since the rise of a new generation of contemporary art dealers in the 1990s, Tokyo has become famous for its itinerant galleriesView More >
Installation view of G-Tokyo 2011 at Mori Arts Center Gallery with works by Peter McDonald on display in the booth of Gallery Side 2 in foreground. Photo ART iT. Spun as a “boutique” art fair when it debuted in 2010,View More >
Installation view of Daniel Crooks’ Static No. 12 (Seek Stillness in Movement) (2008) as installed at the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography for the 3rd Yebizu International Festival for Art & Alternative Visions, 2011. Photo ART iT. While the tendencyView More >