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Kobayashi Kaori @ MEGUMI OGITA GALLERY
Core 3.30 – 4.24 http://www.megumiogita.com/
2010 Three Shadows Photography Award Winners
Award Zhang Xiao Them No. 3. 2009 © The Artist Courtesy Three Shadows Photography Art Centre The results of the second Three Shadows Photography Award, established in 2008 to recognize new talent in contemporary Chinese art photography, are official. TheView More >
Jeff Koons’ BMW art car
Jeff Koons, design concept for 17th BMW Art Car Art Cars are cars that BMW has commissioned artists to transform through painting and other means into artworks. The project began in 1975, and the collection, which was featured inView More >
Morimura Yasumasa: A Requiem
Art on Top of the Battlefield 11 March – 9 May, 2010 Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography (Ebisu) Gift of Sea: Raising a Flag on the Summit of the Battlefield 2010 A survey of the complete works from Morimura’sView More >
Opening/Closing this week（4.19-25）
in Japan* Opening this week >Art museum/gallery list Kyotaro: I saw a lot of fairies 2004-2010 4.21 – 5.22 Mizuma Action（Nakameguro）[MAP] Hosokawa Morihiro: Shisei no sankyo 4.22 – 7.19 Maison Hermes 8F FORUM（Ginza）[MAP] Kato Izumi: Untitled 2009 KatoView More >
‘Arts Towada’ grand opening
Kusama Yayoi Love Forever, Singing in Towada ©Yayoi Kusama Arts Towada, a project organized by the Aomori Prefecture city of Towada, will celebrate its grand opening this month on 24 June. Likening the city’s Kanchogaidori boulevard to a museum, theView More >
Caochangdi PhotoSpring 2010
17 April – 30 June 2010 Multiple venues in Beijing ©Moriyama Daido Courtesy Taka Ishii Gallery The first Caochangdi PhotoSpring launches today, aiming to become an annual event where photographers and photography collectors can meet and have access toView More >
Apichatpong Weerasethakul wins first Asia Art Award
Award Apichatpong Weerasethakul Phantoms of Nabua 2009 © Apichatpong Weerasethakul Courtesy SCAI THE BATHHOUSE The first Asia Art Award has announced Thai artist Apichatpong Weerasethakul as its winner. The award was established to provide a support system for AsianView More >
Kato Izumi @ ARATANIURANO
SOUL UNION – Painting 3.12 – 4.17 (SOUL UNION – Sculpture: 4.23 – 5.22) http://www.arataniurano.com/ Photos Kioku Keizo Courtesy ARATANIURANO ART iT related articles Picks: Kato Izumi: SOUL UNION ArtPartner: ARATANIURANO
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 >