3 April – 20 June Suntory Museum (Osaka) Janet Cardiff The 40 parts monet 2001 The final contemporary art exhibition to be held at the Suntory Museum in Osaka, which is scheduled to close its doors at theView More >
Magazine
Noi Sawaragi: Notes on Art and Current Events 6
‘Chaos*Lounge 2010’ – Budding freedom/equality and their future Installation view of “Chaos*Lounge 2010 in Takahashi Collection Hibiya” On April 16, artist and art critic Yohei Kurose gave a lecture in conjunction with Takashi Murakami’s GEISAI University (at theView More >
Sawaragi Noi: Notes on Art and Current Events 6
Chaos*Lounge 2010 – Budding freedom/equality and their future Installation view of Chaos*Lounge 2010 in Takahashi Collection Hibiya On April 16, artist and art critic Kurose Yohei gave a lecture in conjunction with Murakami Takashi’s GEISAI University (at the KakaiView More >
Art Beijing Contemporary Art Fair opens
Art fair Taking as its motto ‘Inheriting the Classical, Leading the Contemporary’, the fifth edition of contemporary art fair launched in 2006 will open tomorrow with more than 70 participating galleries from China and abroad. Hailing from JapanView More >
Kyoto Art Center calls for 2011 artists in residence
Kyoto Art Center is currently calling for applications from emerging artists and art researchers interested in participating in its 2011 artist-in-residence program. KAC residents explore new artistic expression during their stay through encounters with local culture and citizens. TheView More >
Wilhelm Sasnal: 16mm films
2 April – 6 June RAT HOLE GALLERY (Minamiaoyama) Love songs 2005 16mm film The first solo show in Japan by the internationally acclaimed artist born in Poland in 1972. While Wilhelm Sasnal is perhapsView More >
Morimura Yasumasa: part 1
A desire to revisit the 20th century, ascertaining something along the way Morimura Yasumasa has carved out an unconventional niche in the realm of self-portraiture that has included embedding himself in some of art history’s most famous paintings,View More >
LeSportsac A.I.R. POP-UP STORE opens
[PR] Rendering of the LeSportsac A.I.R. POP-UP STORE exterior and items from the label’s collection developed in collaboration with Kevin Devine. This week marks the opening of LeSportsac’s temporary A.I.R. POP-UP STORE in the Harajuku district of Tokyo.View More >
Opening/Closing this week (4.26-5.1)
in Japan* Opening this week >Art museum/gallery list Anish Kapoor Shooting into the Corner2008-09 Anish Kapoor 4.27 – 6.19 SCAI THE BATHHOUSE (Yanaka) [MAP] Lucie Rie A Retrospective 4.28 – 6.21 The National Art Center, Tokyo (Roppogi) [MAP]View More >
Morimura Yasumasa: part 2
A desire to revisit the 20th century, ascertaining something along the way < Part 1 Requiem and self-questioning, or past and future – The final work, Gift of Sea: Raising a Flag on the Summit of the BattlefieldView More >
Hussein Chalayan’s first solo art exhibition in Japan
Exhibition Inertia, Spring/Summer 2009 Photo Chris Moore Fashion designer and artist Hussein Chalayan’s first solo exhibition in Japan is currently underway at the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo. Born in Cyprus in 1970 and resident in the UK,View More >
Murase Kyoko: Fluttering far away
10 April – 13 June Toyota Municipal Museum of Art Swallows 3 2009 A solo outing by the Dusseldorf-based Japanese artist who has given birth to numerous images of young women wandering through groves, grottos and along theView More >