12.16 – 2010.1.23 Kanagawa Kenmin Hall Gallery http://www.bachigai.info/ Kimura Taiyo Sato Keiko Izumi Taro Kubota Hironari Todo Ramon
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Thomas Ruff: cassini + zycles
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 TokyoView More >
Kusama Yayoi Congratulates Audi 100th-101st Anniversary
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.View More >
Wonder Seeds 2010 call for works
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. EntryView More >
CREAM special conversation: Future directions of media art
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 whichView More >
Whitney Biennial announces 2010 lineup
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 >
Drawings by Matsui Fuyuko
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 sentimentView More >
Aichi Triennale 2010 outlines program
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 presentView More >
Ho Siu-kee: The Constrained Body
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. HisView More >
Thomas Ruff @ Gallery Koyanagi
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
Tabaimo: Danmen @ Yokohama Museum of Art
2009.12.11 – 20103.3 Yokohama Museum of Art http://www.yaf.or.jp/yma/ 2010.7.10 – 9.12 The National Museum of Art, Osaka http://www.nmao.go.jp/i Apartment Strata (detail) 2009 Video installation 2′ 53″ loop akunin (detail) 2009 Video loop yudangami (detail) 2009 Video installation 4′ 13″ loopView More >
Opening/Closing this week (12.14-20)
Japan* Opening this week Hosoe Eikoh（Part 1） 12.15 – 26 tokinowasuremono (Aoyama) http://www.tokinowasuremono.com/index.html Iba Yasuko / Katsumoto Mitsuru / Botan Yasuyoshi / Kiki Smith 12.15 – 26 MA2 Gallery (Ebisu） http://www.ma2gallery.com Kimura Taiyo Routine (Wuerttembergischer Kunstverein Stuttgart) 1998 PhotoView More >