Auction Sotheby’s Contemporary art auction held 9 March in New York realized a total of US$5,847,378. The top lot was Andy Warhol’s Self Defense (1985-1986) fetching $506,500 (est. $250-350,000), followed by Robert Motherwell’s Open #94 (1969) at $224,500 (est. $100-150,000).View More >
Event For the final round of his talk-session series, ART iT editor-in-chief Ozaki Tetsuya welcomes artist Nakamura Masato. Head of the artists’ initiative Command N since 1997, Nakamura’s creative practice has consistently explored the relationships between ‘art and society’ andView More >
Award Sophie Calle Photo: Yves Géant French artist Sophie Calle has been selected as the 2010 winner of the prestigious Hasselblad Foundation International Award in Photography. The award was established by the Swedish camera manufacturer in 1980, making Calle theView More >
Japan* Opening this week >>Art museum gallery list Majima Naoko 3.10 – 4.10 Mizuma Action (Nakameguro) [MAP] Morimura Yasumasa A Requiem: Remembrance Parade/1945, USA 2010 Morimura Yasumasa: A Requiem: Art on top of the battlefield 3.11 – 5.9 Tokyo MetropolitanView More >
6 February – 10 April 2010 Para/Site Art Space (Hong Kong) Matt Sheridan Smith Untitled (contrast test) (detail) 2008 Black and white inkjet print Courtesy the artist and Lisa Cooley Fine Art With the spread ofView More >
A conversation between Ozaki Tetsuya and Koike Kazuko (part 1) Text in Japanese only.
A conversation between Ozaki Tetsuya and Koike Kazuko (part 2) Text in Japanese only.
Thanks to APT, now conscious of the Asia-Pacific as one big region Nara Yoshitomo is currently taking part in APT 6 as YNG (Yoshitomo Nara and graf), presenting an arresting combined effort that catches the eye immediately on entering theView More >
We respect local art forms made according to local histories As an art festival focusing in the vast and varied region known as the Asia-Pacific, yet intimately tied to its locale, the Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (hereafter APT)View More >
– I’d like to talk about the selection of Japanese artists this time – Nara/graf, Ohmaki Shinji, Nawa Kohei, Sawa Hiraki – why did you choose these artists? With Nara/graf I was thinking about collaboration, partly in light of theView More >
The art festival bringing together noteworthy art from across Asia and the Pacific held (almost) every three years in Brisbane, Australia is now underway. The sixth and latest edition of the Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (APT) boasts moreView More >
The 6th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art 2009.12.5 – 2010.4.5 Queensland Art Gallery, Gallery of Modern Art (Brisbane) http://qag.qld.gov.au/exhibitions/current/apt6 by Ozaki Tetsuya (ART iT) Gallery of Modern Art First staged in 1993 and being held for the sixth time,View More >