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 >
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 >
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 >
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 >
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
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
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 >
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 architectView 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 ContemporaryView 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 whichView More >