Not one but two Japanese curators will be on the scene for this year’s triumvirate of large-scale international art festivals in Korea. Independent curator and art critic Takashi Azumaya is directing the 2010 Busan Biennale, while independent curator Fumihiko SumitomoView More >
Kader Attia – Untitled (Ghardaïa) (2009), cooked couscous, edition of 3 + 1 AP. Courtesy Tate Modern, London. In anticipation of its 10th anniversary later this year, London’s Tate Modern has announced a list of new acquisitions since 2009View More >
British-Japanese artist Simon Fujiwara is the winner of the 2010 Cartier Award, it has been announced. Organized in conjunction with the annual Frieze Art Fair, London, the competitive award recognizes emerging artists living outside the UK, providing the winner 10,000View More >
11 March – 9 May 2010 Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography http://syabi.com by Yamagishi Kaoru A Requiem: Remembrance Parade/1945, USA 2010 Since the mid-1980s Morimura Yasumasa has explored the possibilities of Japanese artistic expression beginning in the imitationView More >
Award Exhibition view of 2009 Art Competition Tokyo Midtown is calling for submissions for both the art and design segments of the Tokyo Midtown Award 2010. Launched in 2008, this year marks the third edition of the competitionView More >
It’s here already. The only thing you have to do is agree with it. < Part 1 Horizontal/vertical/revolving: the artist and architect’s senses of space HV: I went to Naoshima five years ago, alone, and I was amazedView More >
It’s here already. The only thing you have to do is agree with it. Henk Visch is known as a reclusive sculptor, and an artist with a gift for subtly manipulating the properties of spaces. Nishizawa Ryue meanwhileView More >
I have seen real happiness nowhere, but it is doubtless here 2 April – 22 May Wako Works of Art（Shinjuku） I have seen real happiness nowhere, but it is doubtless here, 2010, metal, h210cm Born in 1950 inView More >
Exhibition Installation view at TOSTEM Room of Shanghai EXPO Japan Industry Pavilion Photo CANART London-based artist Anish Kapoor joins forces with Japanese architects on a project for Expo 2010, currently underway in Shanghai. Kapoor created the gate linking theView More >
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Event Shiga Lieko Lilly The third edition of the photo festival held annually since its launch in 2008 opens today in Brooklyn. Among the four main exhibitions, Hidden Books, Hidden Stories curated by playwright, musician and photographer LouView More >
Auction A painting by Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) set a world record for any work of art at auction at Christie’s Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale on May 4 in New York. Nude, Green Leaves and Bust fetchedView More >