16 Jan – 4 Apr The National Museum of Art, Osaka Nara Yoshitomo The Little Judge 2001 Private Collection ©Yoshitomo Nara Photo Yoshitaka Uchida Courtesy Tomio Koyama Gallery An exhibition focusing on new figurative painting from the mid-1990s to presentView More >
2009.12.11 – 2010.3.3 Yokohama Museum of Art http://www.yaf.or.jp/yma by Shinsan Nameko (Manga artist, columnist) Akunin Installation view of Yokohama Museum of Art 2009 © Ufer! Art Documentary, Courtesy the artist and Gallery Koyanagi In Danmen Tabaimo has deliveredView More >
Shirin Neshat Women Without Men 2009 The second staging of the Yebisu International Festival for Art & Alternative Visions will take place this February. Taking ‘Searching Songs’ as its theme and striving to share and debate visions of newView More >
Exhibition Christian Boltanski Personnes 2010 The Grand Palais, Paris The third edition of MONUMENTA, in which a leading international contemporary artist is invited to create a new site-specific work for the 13,500 m² Nave of the Grand PalaisView More >
I want to share quietly the ephemerality and fragility of the things that affect me deep inside Portrait: Nagare Satoshi An artist whose delicate style enables her to transform often subtle feelings and even drops of water into artworks,View More >
A conversation between Ozaki Tetsuya and Tsumura Kosuke (part 1) Text in Japanese. Tsumura Kosuke Left: Queen Giddra 2008 Mixed media 38x42x23cm Rght: Borderless Frame 2008 Mixed media 90x11cm Doragogh 2008 Oi on canvas 61x50cm Courtesy the artist and NANZUKAView More >
Left: Ginka; right: High Fashion Bunka Publishing Bureau has announced it will cease publishing the magazines Ginka and High Fashion as of February. Ginka, a quarterly taking the aesthetics of traditional Japanese living including ceramics and textiles as itsView More >
The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (MOCA) has appointed New York gallerist Jeffrey Deitch as the museum’s new director. He begins his tenure on 1 June. Deitch has a 30-year career as an independent curator who has organized noteworthyView More >
14 January – 14 February Tang Contemporary Art (Bangkok) Since his appearance on the Thai contemporary art scene in 2000, Wattuya has translated his critical viewpoints into socially provocative artworks that question the identity of his country. Uniform/UniformityView More >
Exhibition Photo: Nagare Satoshi The dates for Murakami Takashi’s solo exhibition at the Palace of Versailles this autumn are set: the show will run for three months from 12 September to 12 December. The artist’s first solo showView More >
– Christian Boltanski to represent France at the 2011 Venice Biennale (Le Matin) http://www.lematin.ch/flash-info/loisirs/christian-boltanski-representera-france-biennale-venise-2011 – North Korea’s latest export: Fine art（CNN） http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/12/24/north.korea.art/ – Guard arrested in theft of Degas painting from the Cantini Museum (AHN) http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7017405331?Guard%20Arrested%20In%20Theft%20Of%20Degas%20Painting%20From%20Paris%20Museum
Exhibition Yokoo Tadanori opens a solo show this weekend at Six, the exhibit space run by the fashion label Comme des Garçons, in Osaka. The show features works from Yokoo’s Pink Girl series, a series the artist has worked onView More >