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 >
Magazine
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 thatView 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 upView 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 elementsView 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),View More >
Wilhelm Sasnal: Part II
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. ARTView More >
Wilhelm Sasnal: Part III
III. Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Your Grievances Wilhelm Sasnal addresses the influence of music on his artistic development and walking the line between the trivial and significant. Untitled (2001), acrylic on canvas, 153 x 180 cm.View More >
Wilhelm Sasnal: Essay
Wilhelm Sasnal: Overturning the Everyday By Akiko Kasuya Untitled (The Concert) (2009), oil on canvas, 70 x 55 cm. Wilhelm Sasnal was born in 1972 in Tarnów, a small city just outside Poland’s former capital, Kraków. After studyingView More >