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8 Days – Beuys in Japan
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 theView More >
Graduation exhibitions @ BankART NYK
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 >
Kare-San-Sui Surroundings X KENZOKI Sound installation
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. SaturdayView More >
NANZUKA UNDERGROUND SHIBUYA reopens
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 operatingView More >
8 Days – Beuys in Japan @ Art Tower Mito
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
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
New Tokyo Contemporaries 3
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 >
Naito Rei
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 NaoyaView More >
Tane Tsuyoshi: sur-impression
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.TaneView More >
Yuka Sasahara Gallery moves to Kanda
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 >
Omnibus films by artists @ Image Forum
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,View More >