Dan Cameron Compares Two Currents in the History of Performance Art Two concurrent exhibitions in the New York area – Marina Abramović’s “The Artist is Present” at the Museum of Modern Art and Carolee Schneemann’s “Within and Beyond the Premises”View More >
BEGINNINGS, BEGINNINGS, BEGINNINGS A letter from Hans Ulrich Obrist to Hou Hanru Dear Hanru, Thanks so much for your message and many congratulations on your Lyon Biennale. Since your last letter ART iT ceased its print publication and has becomeView More >
Artist Louise Bourgeois died of a heart attack May 31 in New York at the age of 98, it has been reported. Born in Paris in 1911, Bourgeois was known for making sculptural works in bronze, marble and unconventional materialsView More >
in Japan* Opening this week >Art museum/gallery list untitled (fl.s.d-021) © Yuichi Higashionna Courtesy Yumiko Chiba Associates Higashionna Yuichi: fluorescent / new prints & drawings 6.2 – 7.11 NADiff Gallery（Ebisu）[MAP] Kumazawa Mikiko 6.2 – 7.3 Mizuma Action（Nakameguro）[MAP] Yamashita Ritsuko 6.4 –View More >
Thoughts on Art HK 2010 A topic that has been on my mind recently is the concept of provinciality. Often used pejoratively to describe a state of unsophistication and limited perspective, provinciality seems increasingly relevant in the current era ofView More >
Issue 1: COMMUNICATION ART iT was founded as Japan’s only bilingual contemporary art periodical in 2003, and moved to an exclusively online platform in 2009. The past year’s experience has provided the editorial staff an opportunity to think deeply aboutView More >
Installation/Performance as Hadron By Natsuko Odate Performance still from the installation/performance Secrets of My Mother’s Child (2009). Photo Arturo Vidich, courtesy the artist. Aki Sasamoto is on the move. You could say this is only natural given that she’s aView More >
Photo courtesy ART HK 10. (Hong Kong) Some time during the afternoon of May 25, a loud crash echoed through the third-level halls of the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. As soon became clear to exhibitors setting up forView More >
On May 30, Italy’s first national museum for contemporary art opened in Rome. Known as MAXXI, the National Museum of XXI Century Arts was designed by Zaha Hadid, the Iraq-born, London-based Pritzker Prize-winning architect. Opening programs included the unveiling ofView More >
Born in 1972 in Tarnów, Poland, Wilhelm Sasnal is among a new generation of contemporary artists who emerged following the country’s transition from Communist to democratic rule in 1989. He is best known for making paintings that combine elements ofView More >
I. Like Everyone Born in the 1940s, My Mother Was a Fan of Elvis Wilhelm Sasnal on the role of chance in documenting the world, and the connections between film, Land Art and painting. Installation view of Untitled (2007), 16mmView More >
II. Silent Landscapes Begin to Speak Wilhelm Sasnal discusses visualizing history and the ‘ethos of painting.’ Moscice 1 (2005), oil on canvas, 100 x 140 cm. Courtesy collection Fundação de Serralves – Museum of Contemporary Art, Porto. ART iT: ConsideringView More >