2009.10.31 – 2010.1.24 Contemporary Art Center, Art Tower Mito http://www.arttowermito.or.jp/art by Sanbonmatsu Tomoyo (Associate curator, The Museum of Modern Art, Kamakura & Hayama) SHIGEO ANZAI 2 JUNE 1984 The Japanese introduction to Joseph Beuys (1921-86) began in the 1970s throughView More >
1.16 – 24 Department of Inter Media Art, Tokyo University of the Arts http://www.sentan2010.com/ 1.29 – 31 Department of Graphic Design / Department of Web Design, Nihon Kogakuin College 1.30 – 31 School of Network and Information, Senshu University KousaView More >
Event Live sound, light, and scent performance and installation taking place this weekend only at the No Man’s Land art event underway at the former French embassy in Hiroo. The performances will also be webcast courtesy UStream. Saturday 23 JanuaryView More >
NANZUKA UNDERGROUND, who relocated from Shibuya to the Shirokane art complex in April 2009, will reopen their Shibuya space as a viewing room and project space. After a one-day sneak preview today, 22 January, the space will begin operating inView More >
2009.10.31 – 2101.1.24 Contemporary Art Gallery, Art Tower Mito http://www.arttowermito.or.jp/art/ Installation view Documentary video of talk session at Tokyo University of the Arts, 1984 Video interviews with people involved in Beuys’ 1984 Japan visit, 2009 Documentary video of the actionView More >
Paintings by four artists / Yamamoto Keisuke: Crossing 2010.1.8 – 30 Tomio Koyama Gallery, Kyoto http://www.tomiokoyamagallery.com/ Paintings by four artists Fukunaga Daisuke KuwakuboToru Kudo Makiko Ohno Satoshi Keisuke Yamamoto: Crossing
Event Seven ‘new-generation’ Tokyo art galleries stage their third Tokyo art month. The event’s main venue, SPACE NIO (@ Nikkei Inc), will feature a collection room and screenings of films by a select group of artists represented by the galleries.View More >
Tout animal est dans le monde comme de l’eau à l’intérieur de l’eau 14 November 2009 – 24 January 2010 Museum of Modern Art, Kamakura http://www.moma.pref.kanagawa.jp by Shirasaka Yuri (Art writer) The spirit 2009 (2006 -) Photo Hatakeyama Naoya TheView More >
16 January – 13 February Taka Ishii Gallery (Kiyosumi) Tears Wall (conceptual drawing) 2009 Glass, water, metal, pump 220 x 180 x 10 cm (approx) Courtesy Dorell.Ghotmeh.Tane / Architects The Tokyo-born, Paris-based Tane is a member of Dorell.Ghotmeh.Tane / Architects,View More >
Yuka Sasahara Gallery, which launched in Kagurazaka since 2006, has relocated to Kanda, where it will share space a jointly run space with ZENSHI, who moved to Kanda in 2009. In future, the two galleries will alternate organizing shows inView More >
Ozawa Tsuyoshi The Carpet from the Sky Tokyo’s Image Forum will hold double-feature screenings this weekend and next of two anthology works on video by filmmakers and visual artists. One, planned and composed by the pioneer of Japanese experimental film, MatsumotoView More >
Yang Fudong, the Shanghai-based artist known for his lyrical works on film, has just completed a promotional film for the fashion label Prada. Titled First Spring, the nine-minute black-and-white film forms the core of Prada’s spring/summer 2010 menswear campaign. InView More >