The US edition of the art show held in Switzerland in June, Art Basel Miami Beach opens its doors tomorrow (3 – 6 December) at the Miami Beach Convention Center. Among the more than 250 participating galleries, from Japan willView More >
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Mario Garcia Torres: Unspoken Dailies
11.21 – 12.12 Taka Ishii Gallery (Kiyosumi) Unspoken Dailies 2003-09 16mm black and white film, 66 min. Courtesy the gallery The Mexico-born (1975), Los Angeles-based artist who subtitled his conceptual foray at the 2008 Yokohama Triennale ‘a site with the soundtrack ofView More >
Medicine and Art @ Mori Art Museum (2)
Imagining a Future for Life and Love 11.28 – 2010.2.28 Mori Art Museum (Roppongi) http://www.mori.art.museum/english/contents/medicine/index.html Bai Yiluo Recycling Right: Kuroda Seiki Copy of “The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp” by Rembrandt van Rijn The Tissue Culture & Art ProjectView More >
Medicine and Art @ Mori Art Museum (1)
Imagining a Future for Life and Love 11.28 – 2010.2.28 Mori Art Museum (Roppongi) http://www.mori.art.museum/english/contents/medicine/index.html Ivory Anatomical Figures of a Male and Pregnant Female Gilles Barbier L’Hospice (The Nursing Home) Left: Matsui Fuyuko Virgin Specimen Right: Francis Bacon Lying FigureView More >
Forum: collecting sentiment against budget screening
In response to a call by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) for submissions on the screening of programs by the Government Revitalization Unit formed in September to eliminate wasteful public spending, the Japan Center, PacificView More >
What is Japanese Art 4: Hasegawa Yuko (part 2)
A conversation between Ozaki Tetsuya and Hasegawa Yuko (part 2) Text in Japanese.
Asian Auction Week in HK posts positive results
Asia’s collaborative contemporary art auction, Asian Auction Week in Hong Kong, took place on 29 November at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel. It was staged as a joint effort between four Asian auction houses: K Auction of Korea, Kingsley’s of Taiwan,View More >
Simon Starling: Red White Blue
10.29 – 12.19 Casey Kaplan (New York) Project for a Temporary Public Sculpture (Hiroshima) 2009 Bronze, wallpaper The centerpiece of this exhibition is a large-scale mobile titled Project for a Temporary Sculpture (Hiroshima) hanging from the gallery ceiling.View More >
Handa Masanori X Rebecca Horn @ Tate Modern
© ROLEX/Hideki Shiozawa Results of the fourth cycle (2008-09) of the Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative, pairing emerging artists with great masters in their field for a year of creative collaboration, will be presented from 3-5 December at multiple venuesView More >
Paul Chan: Sade for Sade’s sake
10.22 – 12.5 Green Naftali Gallery （New York） Sade for Sade’s Sake 2009 Digital video projection 5’45” Courtesy the gallery A suite of works (video projection, drawings, sculpture, and computer fonts) made during the past two years and inspiredView More >
Art related projects caught in cost-cutting panel
Among the projects caught up in the ‘budget screening’ being carried out by the Government Revitalization Unit are several art-related projects. The panel has pointed out that the 12.1 billion yen in operating expenses requested from the Ministry of ForeignView More >
Manit Sriwanichpoom: Masters
11.19 – 12.12 Chalk Horse（Sydney） The first Sydney solo exhibition of the Thai artist best known for his Pink Man series critiquing Thai consumerism. Focusing on the eerily life-like sculptures of famous monks placed in Thai temples to solicit cashView More >