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 >
A conversation between Ozaki Tetsuya and Tsumura Kosuke (part 2) Text in Japanese only.
For the next round of his talk-session series, Ozaki Tetsuya welcomes Mizuma Art Gallery owner, Mizuma Sueo. Based in Tokyo, Mizuma has launched the careers of artists the likes of Aida Makoto, Konoike Tomoko, Tenmyouya Hisashi, and Yamaguchi Akira. HeView More >
The new iZine, ART and ARCHITECTURE REVIEW (AAR), made its online debut today, 20 January. AAR is edited by TEAM ROUNDABOUT, with architect Fujimura Ryuji and editor Yamazaki Yasuhiro at the helm, who date have published the ROUNDABOUT JOURNAL, aView More >
An Image of Love Supreme Takahashi Collection Hibiya 2010.1.9 – 4.4 http://www.takahashi-collection.com/ Araki Nobuyoshi Foreground: Funakoshi Katsura Background: Araki Nobuyoshi Araki Nobuyoshi Araki Nobuyoshi Calligraphy by Araki Nobuyoshi ART iT Interview: Araki Nobuyoshi
Recent Works ‘Post-Something’ 16 January – 27 February ShugoArts (Kiyosumi) N.H.K (New Caledonia. Helsinki. Kyoto) 2010 Chromogenic print N.H.K (New Caledonia. Helsinki. Kyoto), a photograph taken back in Kaneuj’s Kyoto days capturing the switch in late-night scenes on NHKView More >
Part 1: 9 Janurary – 28 February Part 2: 13 March – 25 April Project Fulfill Art Space (Taipei) Iida Ryuta (installation view) Japanese artists born after 1970 and raised in times of mass-production and mass-consumption often tinker with ‘things’View More >
Exhibition The Berlin-based Japanese artist Hanayo has two solo shows forthcoming in Tokyo. In addition to her exhibition of video, installation and sculptural works at VACANT, she will join Ukawa Naohiro for a talk on 28 January. Her show atView More >
Event The art fair produced by Murakami Takashi in which young artists present their own work on an individual basis, last year saw its first staging in Taiwan. Back in Tokyo this year, the organizers have just announced that artView More >