4 April – 20 June 2010 Ullens Center for Contemporary Art (Beijing) Having just closed his solo outing at the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, artist Olafur Eliasson joins forces with the standard-bearing young Chinese architect Ma YansongView More >
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Auction Sotheby’s Contemporary Asian Art sale held in Hong Kong on 5 April ended on positive ground, suggesting recovery in the Asian art market. The sale exceeded the high end of its pre-sale estimate by almost HK$20 million, realizing aView More >
Kyoto Art Center is calling for exhibition proposals from curators and artists for its new Exhibition Draft 2011 project. The two-stage review process involves an initial screening of application materials by judges Hasegawa Yuko (Chief Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art,View More >
3 April – 8 May 2010 Take Ninagawa (Higashiazabu) A solo show by the artist known for his hand-drawn animations with experimental soundtracks, and for his appearances in live animation concerts. At this exhibition he presents That which illuminates theView More >
in Japan* Opening this week >Art museum/gallery list Miyake Kazuki 4.13 – 5.1 YOKOI FINE ART(Azabu) [MAP] Miyake KazukiYOGA‐PRANA 2010 Arimoto Toshio / Funakoshi Katsura 4.14 – 25 Bunkamura Gallery(Shibuya) [MAP] Takehara Yoshiji: Just as it is 4.14 – 6.19View More >
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