‘The beauty of distance: songs of survival in a precarious age’ May 12 to August 1, 2010 Multiple Venues, Sydney Paul McCarthy – Ship of Fools, Ship Adrift 2 (2010), rigid urethane foam, steel, wood and carpet, 600 x 365View More >
Magazine
A Question of Balance
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 >
No. 15
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 >
Louise Bourgeois (1911-2010)
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 >
Opening/Closing this week（5.31-6.6）
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 >
ZERO STARTS FROM THREE
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 >
WASTING TIME ORGANIZING TIME FREE TIME
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 >
Aki Sasamoto
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 >
Hong Kong art fair emerges as regional focal point
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 >
Italy’s National Museum of XXI Century Arts opens
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 >
Wilhelm Sasnal: Intro
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 >
Wilhelm Sasnal: Part I
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 >