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 >
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 >
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 >
6 February – 9 May 2010 Art Tower Mito Sawa Hiraki O 2009 Still from multi-channel video installation Courtesy Ota Fine Arts, Tokyo Focusing video as a medium that invites contemplation, this exhibition features a selection of video works created since theView More >
Book The first published collection of works by the artist unit known for their controversial projects such as SUPER RAT (2006) and Making Hiroshima’s Sky Pika (2009). The book documents photographically the unit’s activities since their debut in 2005. Chim↑PomView More >
David Ratcliff / Furunishi Noriko 3.19 – 5.1 TOMIO KOYAMA GALLERY (Kyoto) http://www.tomiokoyamagallery.com/ David Ratcliff David Ratcliff Furunishi Noriko Furunishi Noriko Furunishi Noriko
A Fragmentary Anatomy of Every Setting Sun 2010 Polyurethane panel, acrylic paint, mirror, LED Photo Kioku Keizo A new work by the driving force of the Korean contemporary art, Lee Bul, has been permanently installed at the Hara Museum ARCView More >
16mm films 4.2 – 6.6 RAT HOLE GALLERY http://www.ratholegallery.com ART iT articles ART iT ArtPartner: RAT HOLE GALLERY
Art Fair Tokyo 2010 2 – 4 April 2010 http://www.artfairtokyo.com Gallery Koyanagi Wada Fine Arts Tsubaki Modern Gallery SCAI THE BATHHOUSE
Koenji-based Mujin-to Production has relocated to a new space near Kiyosumi-shirakawa station. Mujin-to has been proactive since its launch in 2006 not only in organizing shows by gallery artists, which include Chim↑Pom and Kazama Sachiko, but also in producing DVDs,View More >
2.27 – 4.11.2010 Cheng Ran, Martha Colburn, Feng Mengbo, Li Ming, Hiraki Sawa, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Zhang Ding http://www.jamescohan.com/ Cheng Ran Rock Dove 2009 Single channel video Top: Installation view Above: video still Sawa Hiraki Out of the Blue 2008 Dual channel video with audio Top: Installation view Above:View More >
Biennale François Morellet Lamentable 2006 Courtesy the artist and Galerie m Bochum The world’s first biennale devoted to light art launched last week in the German state of North-Rhine Westphalia. Set in 60 private living/working spaces scattered around six citiesView More >