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Takekawa Nobuaki / Koike Manami @ Ota Fine Arts
3.23 – 5.8 http://www.otafinearts.com/ Takekawa Nobuaki Takekawa Nobuaki Globes in the sky 2010 Takekawa Nobuaki Turban shell view of history 2010 Koike Manami Kajika-Zawa 2009 Koike Manami Toki-soba 2009 ART iT Partner: Ota Fine Arts
Four Japanese shows top 2009 attendance ranking
The Art Newspaper‘s annual survey of museum attendance figures shows four Japanese exhibitions crowning the 2009 list for average visitors per day. Regarding the blockbuster status of exhibitions featuring Japan’s historical treasures, the paper notes that not only the artisticView More >
Olafur Eliasson and Ma Yansong: Feelings Are Facts
4 April – 20 June 2010 Ullens Center for Contemporary Art (Beijing) Having just closed his solo outing at the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, artist Olafur Eliasson joins forces with the standard-bearing young Chinese architect Ma YansongView More >
What is Japanese Art 10: Conclusion
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Sotheby’s Contemporary Asian Art far exceeds estimates
Auction Sotheby’s Contemporary Asian Art sale held in Hong Kong on 5 April ended on positive ground, suggesting recovery in the Asian art market. The sale exceeded the high end of its pre-sale estimate by almost HK$20 million, realizing aView More >
Kyoto Art Center calls for proposals
Kyoto Art Center is calling for exhibition proposals from curators and artists for its new Exhibition Draft 2011 project. The two-stage review process involves an initial screening of application materials by judges Hasegawa Yuko (Chief Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art,View More >
Matsumoto Chikara: That which illuminates the end, vol. 1
3 April – 8 May 2010 Take Ninagawa (Higashiazabu) A solo show by the artist known for his hand-drawn animations with experimental soundtracks, and for his appearances in live animation concerts. At this exhibition he presents That which illuminates theView More >
opening/Closing this week（4.12-18）
in Japan* Opening this week >Art museum/gallery list Miyake Kazuki 4.13 – 5.1 YOKOI FINE ART(Azabu) [MAP] Miyake KazukiYOGA‐PRANA 2010 Arimoto Toshio / Funakoshi Katsura 4.14 – 25 Bunkamura Gallery(Shibuya) [MAP] Takehara Yoshiji: Just as it is 4.14 – 6.19View More >
Roppongi Crossing 2010: Can There Be Art?
20 March – 4 July 2010 Mori Art Museum (Roppongi) Ujino Muneteru The Ballad of Backyard 2008 Wood furniture, household appliances, mixed media Photo Koo Launched in 2004 and held triennially ever since, Roppongi Crossing introduces the present-tense creative practicesView More >
Dan Graham
The whole idea of conceptual art being about philosophy is bull; humor is more important. Proponent of conceptual art, pioneer of contemporary art, prognosticator of post-conceptualism… Countless phrases have been turned to sum up Dan Graham, but none quite likeView More >
Mitsubishi Ichigokan Museum, Tokyo opens
The new Mitsubishi Ichigokan Museum, Tokyo opened its doors this week on 6 April. Housed in the former Mitsubishi Ichigokan, which was originally built in 1894 as the first office building in the Marunouchi area, the building underwent over twoView More >