8 Key Figures of China’s New Generation Artists 11.17 – 2.28 Ullens Center for Contmporary Art (Beijing) MadeIn To See Is An Obstacle 2009 Installation 22 x 1.8 x 0.02 m UCCA’s first exhibition looked back at the history ofView More >
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Hirayama Ikuo (1930-2009)
Nihonga painter and Order of Culture recipient Hirayama Ikuo (born 1930 in Hiroshima) died earlier today after suffering a stroke. He was 79. Hirayama graduated from the Tokyo School of Art (now Tokyo University of the Arts), where he becameView More >
Jeon Joonho: BLESS YOU @ SCAI
11.20 – 12.25 SCAI THE BATHHOUSE http://www.scaithebathhouse.com ART iT Picks：Jeon Joonho: BLESS YOU ART iT ArtPartner: SCAI THE BATHHOUSE
Talk: Nakazawa Shinichi x Shiriagari Kotobuki
Nakazawa Shinichi ©Yoshie Tominaga (MILD) Right: Shiriagari Kotobuki The popular talk series in which thinker, religion scholar and anthropologist Nakazawa Shinichi invites guests from various fields including music, architecture, art and theatre to explore the subject of art anthropology. AsView More >
Art Basel Miami Beach 2009
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 >
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 >