The fifth in a series of symposia co-organized by the Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies, University of Tokyo and the Graduate School of Film and New Media, Tokyo University of the Arts. In this round the French philosopher whoView More >
Kimura Taiyo Routine (Wuerttembergischer Kunstverein Stuttgart) 1998 Photo: Frank Kleinbach The facility that each year hosts a large-scale solo show by a Japanese contemporary artist – to date having featured the likes of Shiota Chiharu and Koganezawa Takehito – opensView More >
12.16 – 2010.1.23 Kanagawa Kenmin Hall Gallery http://www.bachigai.info/ Kimura Taiyo Sato Keiko Izumi Taro Kubota Hironari Todo Ramon
I make investigations that ask people to become aware of what they are looking at. The artist who studied under the Bechers and has since become a key figure in the realm of German Photography was in Tokyo to openView More >
Kusama Yayoi presents Polka Dot Galaxy Audi, the artist’s collaboration with the German car manufacturer at their showroom, Audi Forum Tokyo. Kusama covered a white Audi R8 in red polka dots to celebrate the centennial of the company’s launch. AlongView More >
Tokyo Wonder Site is calling for entries for the 2010 edition of its annual Wonder Seeds exhibition. Launched in 2003, the program is designed to support young artists by providing a platform for showing and selling their works. Entry isView More >
Ukawa Naohiro (CREAM competition juror) Hachiya Kazuhiko (Participating artist) Sumitomo Fumihiko (Director of the Festival) Anyone can create their own video and watch all manner of video in this ‘media art paradise’ of recent years, a paradise in which suchView More >
Curators Francesco Bonami and Gary Carrion-Murayari have announced the lineup for the Whitney Museum’s next biennial survey of art in America today. Their 2010 edition (25 February – 30 May) will feature 55 artists (compared to 81 in ’08) rangingView More >
12.4 – 26 Gallery Naruyama (Kudanshita) Etude for Virgin Specimen 2009 The Japanese female artist whose ghastly yet beautiful images of ghosts and dissected viscera invite us to rethink the relation between the physical and spiritual elements of sentiment and pain.View More >
Kusama Yayoi Dots Obsession 2008 Installation at LA VILLETTE, Paris The first Aichi Triennale slated to open summer 2010 has announced elements of the festival that are now official. A press conference held 4 December revealed the Triennale’s aim to present worksView More >
12.15 – 1.9 Grotto Fine Art (Hong Kong) Aureola No.2 2009 Light installation Solo exhibition of works by the Hong-Kong artist whose art practice focuses on the human body. Ho Siu-kee represented Hong Kong at the 2001 Venice Biennale. His new project,View More >
cassini + zycles 10.16 – 12.16 Gallery Koyanagi (Ginza) http://www.gallerykoyanagi.com ART iT Picks: Thomas Ruff: cassini + zycles ART iT ArtPartner: Gallery Koyanagi