Biennale François Morellet Lamentable 2006 Courtesy the artist and Galerie m Bochum The world’s first biennale devoted to light art launched last week in the German state of North-Rhine Westphalia. Set in 60 private living/working spaces scattered aroundView More >
2 – 7 April Spiral Garden (Omotesando) Kanno Sakan HUNCH-1000190.mephisto 2009 (detail) An exhibition showcasing – and taking as its theme – some of the distinctive technical skills peculiar to Japanese artists. Curated by Radi-um art gallery directorView More >
Japan* Opening this week >>Art museum gallery list Yoneda Takuro: Lost & Found 4.6 – 5.16 Photographers’ gallery(Shinjuku)[MAP] Peter Coffin, Matthew Darbyshire, Cary Kwok, Djordje Ozbolt, Nick Relph, Donald Urquhart: Herald St 4.9 – 5.8 TARO NASU (Tokyo）(Kanda )[MAP] View More >
3 April – 8 May 2010 Singapore Tyler Print Institute Wallpaper 04 2009 Mixed media 167 x 143 x 19 cm The artist whose video-based works and installations have stemmed from her almost obsessive devotion to drawingView More >
Exhibition An exhibition featuring the works of 63 outsider artists from Japan is showing through the end of the year at the Halle Saint Pierre in Paris. Art Brut Japonais was organized in cooperation with the Borderless MuseumView More >
Award Ryue Nishizawa and Kazuyo Sejima Photo Takashi Okamoto Courtesy SANAA Sejima Kazuyo and Nishizawa Ryue, the duo of Japanese architects who work together under the name SANAA, have been awarded the 2010 Pritzker Architecture Prize, an honor oftenView More >
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Art fair Art Fair Tokyo 2009 Photo: Iwashita Munetoshi Japan’s top art fair, Art Fair Tokyo, kicks off its 2010 edition on 2 April at Tokyo International Forum. Launched in 2005, participating galleries this year at the Fair’s fifthView More >
Paintings: 12 March – 17 April Sculpture: 23 April – 22 May ARATANIURANO (Shintomi) Untitled 2009 Oil on canvas The first solo show in three years at ArataniUrano by the artist known for his subdued yet throbbing senseView More >
Event Yamamoto Motoi Labyrinth 2010 Salt 17.3 x 13m Installation at MOT Annual 2010, Courtesy the artist As a closing event to the MOT Annual 2010: Neo-Ornamentalism from Japanese Contemporary Art exhibition, the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo is inviting 100View More >
Event Photo: Suzuki Yoshio From photographic works to sculpture, and with the opening of the IZU PHOTO MUSEUM (2009, Mishima), to architectural and garden design… Sugimoto Hiroshi forges on with his sweeping creative practice. Deputy editor of BRUTUS,View More >
Exhibition The sixth edition in BankArt’s Food and contemporary art series is structured around the idea of a ‘full course’ tour of the city. Visitors stroll the streets of Yokohama sampling projects by 11 artists/units including Kimura TakahitoView More >