Phillips de Pury & Company’s New York Contemporary Art Part I sale on 12 November realized a total of $7,099,250 from 31 lots sold. The top lots were Kusama Yayoi’s Infinity Nets (T.W.A.) (2000) (est $300-400,000) and Andy Warhol’s BrilloView More >
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Tokyo Contemporary Art Fair 2009
The Tokyo Bijutsu Club will be host to the third edition of this art fair dedicated to contemporary art at which bidding and trading generally take place within the industry. Based on the idea of fostering the art scene’s nextView More >
The 7 top runners: Art merry-go-round
11.10 – 1.24 The Museum of Fine Arts, Gifu Left: Murase Kyoko Puddles 2008 Private collection Right: Ohmaki Shinji ECHO – Crystallization – 2005, Installation view Photo Taniguchi Teruki MFA Gifu launched its Cross Waves in Art series introducing artists affiliatedView More >
Pushpamala N. in a cinematic installation
11.9 – 12.9 Chemould Prescott Road (Mumbai) Paris Autumn – Angeles2006 – 2008 Silver gelatin print An installation of Pushpamala N’s Paris Autumn, an experimental short film based on the artist’s own experiences, and photographs. In the autumn of 2005,View More >
‘Compartment city’ hits Ikebukuro
©Hasunuma Masahiro Compartment city – Tokyo is the contemporary theatre unit headed by Takayama Akira, Port B’s contribution to Festival/Tokyo09. The installation-like piece set in Ikebukuro West Gate Park takes the form of a small booth inside which visitors canView More >
Sotheby’s New York sales results
Sotheby’s New York Contemporary Art evening sale on 11 November realized a total of $134,438,000 – far above estimates – from 52 lots sold. The top lot was Andy Warhol’s 200 One Dollar Bills (1991) fetching $43,762,500 (est. $8-12,000,000), followedView More >
Opening/Closing this week (11.16-22)
Japan* Opening this week Motoi Yasuo: Hi・Amoru・Ki 11.16 – 21 ASK? art space kimura（Kyobashi）[MAP] http://www2.kb2-unet.ocn.ne.jp/ask/default.htm Kiyokata’s Nostalgia: Kiyokata Kaburaki, a Painter who Loved the Quintessence of Edo 11.18 – 2010.1.11 Suntory Museum of Art（Roppongi）[MAP] http://www.suntory.com/culture-sports/sma/index.html ©Usui Ryohei 2009 Usui Ryohei:View More >
CREAM Forum – Revisited
An adhoc gathering of the young researchers affiliated with the now completed CREAM Forum series of talks and discussions by Japanese and international artists and media arts researchers held in conjunction with the International Festival for Arts and Media Yokohama.View More >
Christie’s New York posts sale results
Christie’s New York Post-War and Contemporary evening sale on 10 November realized a total of $74,151,500 from 39 lots sold. The top lot was Peter Doig’s Reflection (What does your soul look like) (1991) fetching $10,162,500 (est $4-6,000,000), followed byView More >
‘neoneo girls’ talk session
Round one of talk events planned by the Takahashi Collection Hibiya in conjunction with ‘neoneo girls’ open up Ama-no-Iwato (heavenly rock cave) by herselves currently underway at the gallery. Collector Takahashi Ryutaro chats with exhibiting artists Matsui Erina (Gold prizeView More >
neoneo Part 2 [girls]
‘neoneo girls’ open up Ama-no-Iwato (heavenly rock cave) by herselves 10.31 – 12.27 Takahashi Collection Hibiya Kashiki Tomoko Flower 2006 Courtesy Ota Fine Arts © Kashiki Tomoko Psychiatrist and art collector Takahashi Ryutaro uses the term ‘neoteny’ (referring to theView More >
Miyajima Tatsuo’s stage design for LIMEN
Royal Ballet LIMEN Choreography: Wayne McGregor / Stage design: Miyajima Tatsuo Music: Kaija Saariaho 4 – 18 November 2009 Royal Opera House (London) http://www.roh.org.uk/ ART iTNews: Miyajima Tatsuo designs for Royal Ballet