The Indian city of Kochi, Kerala, will soon be inaugurating a new biennial art festival, it was announced to the international press Feb 16 in advance of an official launch declaration in Kochi Feb 17. Spearheaded by contemporary artists BoseView More >
Installation view of the “Gym” sales section of Tokyo Frontline at 3331 Arts Chiyoda, 2011. Photo ART iT. From Art Fair Tokyo to 101Tokyo Contemporary, Tokyo Photo and G-Tokyo, Tokyo has seen any number of commercial art fairs come andView More >
Moving Photographs: Taiji Matsue’s ‘survey of time’ (Part II) ANF 100465 (2010), Single channel HD digital video, 28 min 50 sec. All images: © Taiji Matsue, courtesy Taro Nasu. At a time when, due to the virtual integration of digitalView More >
As first reported by AFP on Feb 14, Chinese conceptual artist and activist Ai Weiwei has decided to cancel his planned retrospective at Beijing’s private Ullens Center for Contemporary Art (UCCA). Primarily through social media such as his personal blogView More >
The Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art (QAG|GoMA) announced in Brisbane today that it will reopen Feb 16 after a month-long hiatus caused by catastrophic floods in the state of Queensland in Australia’s northeastern region. The floods beganView More >
2.2.1861 (2009- ), last letter of Saint Théophane Vénard to his father before he was decapitated, copied by Phung Vo, ink on paper, 29,6 x 21 cm (title and number of existing copies remains undefined until the death of PhungView More >
‘HANAWANDER – Liberation -‘ January 15 – February 19, 2011 Zenshi, Tokyo Both: Installation view of “HANAWANDER – Liberation -” at Zenshi, Tokyo, 2011. Photo ART iT. Possessing one of Tokyo’s more characteristic gallery spaces – located in a two-storyView More >
II. Material/Film Top: Detail of Storyboard for Never Ever Movie (2000), marker, charcoal and paint on paper, 192.4 x 241.3 cm. Left: Detail of Hong Kong Island (Chinese) (1998), carved marble, 65 x 120 x 80 cm. Right: Still fromView More >
Asia-Pacific area Opening this week Lee Jung 2.17 – 3.17 One and J. Gallery, Seoul “A Pile of Passion” 2.18 – 3.20 ShanghART Gallery, Shanghai “Intermission” 2.19 – 3.9 James Cohan Gallery Shanghai Zhang Yu 2.20 – 28 Today ArtView More >
Tadashi Kawamata ‘Field Sketch: Tadashi Kawamata Early Photo Works’ February 4 – March 21, 2011 NADiff a/p/a/r/t, Tokyo Misaki Kawai ‘Enpitsu Taisou’ February 5 – March 12, 2011 Take Ninagawa, Tokyo Tadashi Kawamata – Field Sketch (2010) by edition nord.View More >
February 9 – May 9, 2011 The National Art Center, Tokyo Installation view, projections of Luis Buñuel’s L’Âge d’or (1930) at left and Un chien andalou (1929) at right, on display in “Le Surréalisme” at the National Art Center, Tokyo,View More >
After a six-month hiatus, the private gallery Takahashi Collection will be reopening Feb 18 in a new location near Tokyo’s Hinode Pier, it has been announced. The gallery has traversed a good portion of central Tokyo since it was establishedView More >