Art Fair The third edition of Hong Kong’s modern and contemporary art fair previews today with more than 150 galleries participating from 29 countries. Alongside name galleries from major cities throughout Asia Pacific, Europe and the US are many ofView More >
12 May – 13 June 2010 Gwangju Museum of Art Kunsthalle Gwangju Lee Bul Heaven and Earth 2007 128 x 768 x 768 cm Fiberglass, plywood, plaster, mortar, tiles, plastic, steel and ink May 1980. Thousands of civilian protesters callingView More >
The Venice Biennale has announced that Bice Curiger, a curator at Kunsthaus Zurich as well as co-founder and editor-in-chief of Parkett magazine, will be the artistic director of 2011’s 54th Venice Biennale. A graduate of the University of Zurich, CurigerView More >
Award HdW-08PN5-k Thai artist/filmmaker Apichatpong Weerasethakul (born 1970 in Bangkok) became the surprise winner of the Palme d’Or at the 63rd Cannes Film Festival. The winning work, Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall his Past Lives, is a surreal tale aboutView More >
‘The Tropics: view from the middle of the globe’ March 13 – June 12, 2010 The Jim Thompson Art Center, Bangkok Vong Phaophanit – Still from the video installation All That’s Solid Melts into Air (2005/06). © Vong Phaophanit. HeldView More >
27 April – 19 June 2010 SCAI THE BATHHOUSE (Yanaka) Untitled, 2009, Steel, 300x300x41cm Photo Dave Morgan, courtesy the artist and Lisson Gallery The first solo show in Tokyo in five years by contemporary art giant Anish Kapoor whose recentView More >
Award Frieze magazine is calling for entries for the 2010 edition of its annual Frieze Writer’s Prize, established in 2006 to support emerging critics. Writers are invited to submit an unpublished review (700 words in English, translations permitted) of aView More >
in Japan* Opening this week >Art museum/gallery list Pomdejou (part）, 2010, oil on canvas Botan Yasuyoshi: dodo 5.28 – 6.26 MA2 Gallery（Ebisu）[MAP] Psychoanalysis 5.29 – 8.1 Tokyo Wonder Site Shibuya [MAP] Closing this week Through 5.25 Kitazume Jun hpgrp GalleryView More >
Hiroshi Sugimoto – Installation view of “Hiroshi Sugimoto: History of History” at 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, 2008-09. Foreground: Heian period Juichimen Kannon figure (wood, c. 10-11 centuries); Background: Silver gelatin print photos from the “Seascapes” series (1980-95).View More >
Seven Installations by Japanese Architects 29 April – 8 August Museum of Modern Art Tokyo (Takebashi) Ito Toyo, Study model for installation Shedding light on the creative process of a discipline built on solving problems posed by myriad pre-conditions, WhereView More >
Exhibition “I’m a journalist, not an artist.” Thus declares Tsuzuki Kyoichi at the entrance to his solo show opening to the public tomorrow at Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art. After writing and editing for magazines on a range ofView More >
Doryun Chong on Marina Abramović’s ‘The Artist is Present’ at MoMA Since March 14 of this year, Marina Abramović has been sitting in the grand atrium inside the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York, every single moment that theView More >