Lee Seung-taek Painted Flowers on the Rocks 1968 The Nam June Paik Art Center Prize, an international award of US$50,000 split among the winners, announced the recipients of its inaugural prize on 9 November. The prize recognizes artistsView More >
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Kimura Yuki
Creating a place that counterbalances images and their physical medium Times, places, cultures. The myriad encounters of this world are not confined to being in the same place at the same time and engaging in conversation. Coinciding withView More >
Koganezawa Takehiro: Memo
11.7 – 11.21 hiromiyosii (Kiyosumi) The Berlin-based artist’s third solo show at TIG presents groupings of photographs, video and drawings in each of the gallery’s three spaces. Long exposures of the moon as seen from the window ofView More >
Aqua Metropolis Osaka 2009
2009.8.22 – 10.12 Nakanoshima Park http://www.suito-osaka2009.jp/ by Shinkawa Takashi Yanobe Kenji Lucky Dragon 2009 From midsummer to early autumn, a massive arts festival including several major music and film events ran at various locations around both the KitaView More >
Nick Waterlow (1941–2009)
Photo: Anthony Browell Australian curator Nick Waterlow was found dead on 9 November. He was 68 years of age. Mr. Waterlow was director of the Ivan Dougherty Gallery at the College of Fine Arts at the University of NewView More >
Miyake Saori: CONSTELLATION 2
11.21 – 12.26 Yuka Sasahara Gallery (Kagurazaka) plant, sheet, bed 2009 Gelatin silver print 80 x 80 cm In her 2007 solo exhibition CONSTELLATION at the same gallery, Miyake Saori compelled us to consider the boundaryView More >
Sejima Kazuyo appointed director VB Architecture 2010
Architect Sejima Kazuyo has been appointed as Artistic Director of the 12th Venice Biennale International Architecture Exhibition taking place in 2010. At past stagings of the festival, Sejima was responsible for exhibit design of the Japanese Pavilion in 2000 andView More >
Sato Rihoko solos, directed by Teshigawara Saburo
Photo Bengt Wanselius (left), Teshigawara Saburo(right) Dancer Sato Rihoko, who gave a dazzling performance at the 2008 Yokohama Art Triennale on a field of broken glass in Teshigawara Saburo’s Fragments of Time, will appear in the Teshigawara-directed solo performanceView More >
Alfredo Jaar @ KENJI TAKI GALLERY
10.31 – 11.28 KENJI TAKI GALLERY / Tokyo (Shinjuku) http://www.kenjitaki.com/ Gold in the Morning 1985 (Documenta 11_Editions) 2002 Gold in the Morning 1985 Gold in the Morning (detail) 1985 Left: Gold in the Morning (C) 1985 Right: Gold inView More >
CREAM artists answer the question…
What are the greatest possibilities and challenges you face in your current (media-based) art practice? Alfredo Jarr (The Sound of Silence) http://www.ifamy.jp/en/programs/single/414/ My greatest challenge is ALWAYS my next project. Hachiya Kazuhiko (Seeing is believing) http://www.ifamy.jp/en/programs/single/519/ PhotoView More >
Yamamoto Motoi: Labyrinth
11.14 – 12.23 L MD galerie (Paris) Labyrinth (detail) 2005 Salt 4 x 8.5 m Installation view at Gallery Sowaka, Kyoto, Japan Salt, one of the basic elements of life, is a symbol of purification inView More >
Bus tour round Tokyo galleries
The One Piece Club, a non-profit group of art lovers who pledge to buy at least one work a year, will sponsor a pair of a one-day bus tours stopping at more than 20 contemporary art galleries around Tokyo. MembersView More >