A competition launched in 2008 by the Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art as a platform for fostering young talent in which the winners stage an exhibition at the museum. Acting as special judges this year were artist Ozawa TsuyoshiView More >
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Araki Nobuyoshi: Faces of Hiroshima
10.10 – 12.6 Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art Shooting view of Faces of Japan Courtesy the Faces of Japan project, Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art Araki Nobuyoshi’s Nihonjin no kao (‘Faces of Japan’) project, in whichView More >
Early Japanese/US video art
A collaborative program organized by Electronic Arts Intermix (EAI), the Yokohama Museum of Art and Japanese researchers to present Japanese and US video art from the 1960s and 70s through screenings in cities of both countries. This three-part screening programView More >
Call for exhibit plans for Aichi Triennale
The 2010 Aichi Triennale is calling for plans for contemporary art exhibits. The exhibits will be shown at Aichi Arts Center for about 20 days each over a three-month period starting 21 August. Forming the selection committee are Kataoka MamiView More >
Kimura Yuki: Year 1940 was a leap year starting on Monday
10.10 – 11.7 Taka Ishii Gallery (Kiyosumi) Ursel (24,Ⅻ,40) 2009 The latest solo show by the artist whose summer collection exhibition at Daiwa Press Viewing Room (Hiroshima) was the topic of much discussion. Here she presents 10 photographic/sculpturalView More >
Iza Genzken @ RAT HOLE GALLERY
OIL XV / XVI 10.2 – 12.27 http://www.ratholegallery.com/ ART iT Picks: Iza Genzken: OIL XV / XVI ART iT ArtPartner：RAT HOLE GALLERY
Opening/Closing this week (10.5-11)
Japan* Opening this week Kaikai Kiki News 3 2009 Image size: 60 x 60 cm overall Sheat size: 70 x 70 cm ©2009 Takashi Murakami/Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. Orimoto Tatsumi: Finger Dolls 10.5 – 11 Gallery GEN（Ginza） http://www.jpartmuseum.com/g_gen/index.html Takashi Murakami’s:View More >
Shenzhen/HK Biennale of Urbanism
This year marks the third staging of the Shenzhen & Hong Kong Bi-city Biennale of Urbanism. With venues in both cities, this edition of the international exhibition takes ‘City Mobilization’ as its theme. Chief curator Ou Ning and his curatorialView More >
Minoru Shimizu: Critical Fieldwork 1
Observations on Contemporary Art in Japan Developing Posteriority Kimura Yuki’s posteriority at the Daiwa Press Viewing Room Found photographs and surrealism The found photographs are a series of ‘intriguing photographs’ the artist happened to came across amongst a stack ofView More >
Critical Fieldwork 1
Developing Posteriority: Yuki Kimura’s ‘posteriority’ at the Daiwa Press Viewing Room Found photographs and surrealism The found photographs are a series of “intriguing photographs” the artist happened to came across amongst a stack of amateur snaps that found their wayView More >
William Kentridge: part 1
The absurd as dislocated logic, which is the only way to make sense of the world. William Kentridge, a towering presence on the arts scene known for his charcoal and pastels ‘drawings in motion’, was born and raisedView More >
Reversed Images
Reversed Images: Representations of Shanghai and Its Contemporary Material Culture 9.25 – 12.23 Museum of Contemporary Photography (Chicago) Su Chang Citylife Really Makes your Life Better? 2008 Installation Courtesy the artist Shanghai, developing a breakneck speed sinceView More >