Sugimoto Hiroshi Lightning Fields 119 2009 Gelatin silver print ©Hiroshi Sugimoto Courtesy Gallery Koyanagi Recipients of the 21st Praemium Imperiale, awarded annually by the Japan Art Association (under the presidency of Prince Hitachi) to honor worldwide achievement in the arts, were announced on 24View More >
Asada Akira Academia open lectures by KUAD Grad School president Asada Akira and his guests begin next month at the University. The 20 October session will include a screening of S/N, the legendary stage piece by multimedia performance group dumbView More >
9.16 – 1.3 Multiple Venues in Lyon Eko Nugroho L’arc en ciel sous la pierre 2008-2009 Collection of the artist Photo Blaise Adilon Curated by Chinese native Hou Hanru and taking ‘The Spectacle of the Everyday’ as itsView More >
Responses to an immigration request from one hundred and ninety four governments 9.17 – 10.17 Sutton Gallery (Melbourne) Installation view of the exhibition Solo show by the Cairo-born, Melbourne-based artist. Forming an analysis of global immigration laws and trends, theView More >
9.7 – 10.10 http://www.otafinearts.com/index.html Shimada Yoshiko Seacret Screen, 2009 Inose Naoya Niagara Falls, 2008 Teruya Yuken, 2005 Inose Naoya Large Family – Nuclear Family – ” “, 2009 Akira the Hustler Shirohata – kimigayo, 2004 ART iT picks: SLOGAN ARTView More >
Akihabara will soon be home to a new art center. After undergoing renovation, the former Chiyoda-ku Rensei Junior High School will feature exhibition space, artists’ studios and workshop areas. Working towards a planned launch in February 2010, the facility isView More >
2009.9.3 – 25 Kimusa (DSC), Artsonje Center (Seoul) http://www.platformseoul.org/ by Ozaki Tetsuya (ART iT) Kang Jaegu Prologue #3 Portrait Shot 2009, 90x130cm, Inkjet print A group exhibition held every year since 2006 in Seoul’s foremost art district, Samcheong-dong. This yearView More >
Contemporary artist Matsukage Hiroyuki will screen the new version of his video ECHO, presented last month at the Dojima River Biennale in Osaka, and appear in a symposium. ECHO is a performance in which the artist throws and breaks glassView More >
Ohmaki Shinji Echoes – Shanghai Road, 2009 302x2600cm, Photo Tokyo Gallery + BTAP The Best Young Artist awards from the curated DISCOVERIES exhibition at ShContemporary09 went to Japanese artists Miyanaga Aiko and Ohmaki Shinji and Chinese artist Shi Qing. SponsoredView More >
9.18 – 10.17 Taro Nasu (Higashikanda) Kobe 2008 bugs 2008 Miyamoto Ryuji’s first solo show in Japan since 2006 comprises one pinhole photograph and 20 photograms. The latter, created by placing objects directly onto the surface photosensitive paper and then exposingView More >
10.2 – 12.27 RAT HOLE GALLERY (Omotesando) Oil (detail) 2007 Mixed media Installation at the German Pavilion, 52nd Venice Biennale Courtesy German Pavilion 2007 © Jan Bitter Iza Genzken represented Germany at the 2007 Venice Biennale with Oil and herView More >
10.10 – 11.29 Maison Hermès 8F FORUM Little utopian house 2000-03 Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial 2009, ©ANZAÏ French artist Jean Michel Alberola was born in Algeria in 1953. In Japan, he has participated in the Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial since its launchView More >