September 16 marks the grand opening of (an art) PAWNSHOP at The shop operated by Vitamin Creative Space in Beijing. The project appeals both to artists ‘in need of fast cash’ and prospective buyers to ‘come down and browse itsView More >
Magazine
I Love Art: Love & Capitalism vol.3
Round 3 of the ‘I love Art – Art & Capitalism: Art Lovers’ Mixer’, a place to meet other art enthusiasts both male and female and for art fans to meet gallerists, takes place once again courtesy Civic Art, theView More >
Talk: Yasmeen Godder + Norikoshi Takao
Japanese and international dancers and choreographers converge in Aoyama on 18 September for the launch of Dance Triennale Tokyo 2009. As a related event, Israeli choreographer Yasmeen Godder joins dance critic Norikoshi Takao for a talk at Aoyama Book CenterView More >
Takagi Masakatsu film at KAVC
Art Triangle Vol.1, a simultaneously staged dance, film and art event, is currently underway at Kobe Art Village Center (KAVC). As one of the three events, artist Takagi Masakatsu’s film documenting the Tai Rei Tei Rio project Aruongaku and hisView More >
India Art Summit sales report
India Art Summit published results from second annual staging which took place in late August. Over the course of its four days, the international art fair saw some 40,000 visitors, with participating galleries making sales of approximately 260 million IndianView More >
Shirin Neshat (2006)
Once you get involved with teamwork, it’s automatically a collaborative process Portrait Marlene Marino Shirin Neshat’s work continuously refers to the binary correlations of home and exile, solitude and solace, culture and gender, spanning pre- and post-Islamic revolution Iran. HereView More >
Shirin Neshat takes Silver Lion for best director
©la Biennale di Venezia Iran-born artist Shirin Neshat was awarded the the Silver Lion for Best Director at the 66th Venice International Film Festival for her first feature Women Without Men (Germany, Austria, France). The score for the film wasView More >
Reading & dance performance on Futurism
A discussion and performance to commemorate 100 years since the publication of ‘The Futurist Manifesto’ by FT Marinetti, the Italian poet, writer and commentator. The event is being produced by the Milan-based writer, commentator and director, Massimiliano Finazzer Flory, andView More >
‘Lucky Dragon’ Cruise with Yanobe Kenji
Photo Yanobe Kenji (Team PJ) Artist Yanaobe Kenji will personally conduct a series of boat tours with his newest work, Lucky Dragon, created for the Aqua Metropolis Osaka 2009 festival currently underway in the city. Yanobe and guests will boardView More >
Opening/Closing this week (9.14-20)
Japan* Opening this week ANDO COLLECTION 9.15 – 11.28 ANDO GALLERY（Kiba）[MAP] http://www.andogallery.co.jp/ Kitahara Ai 9.16 – 10.17 MA2 Gallery（Ebisu）[MAP] http://www.ma2gallery.com TOKYO FIBER ’09 SENSEWARE 9.18 – 27 21_21 DESIGN SIGHT（Roppongi）[MAP] http://www.2121designsight.jp Miyamoto Ryuji: The grass, bugs and sea 9.18 –View More >
Varda Caivano @ TKG Kyoto
The Inner Me 9.11 – 10.17 Tomio Koyama Gallery Kyoto http://www.tomiokoyamagallery.com/exhibitions_en/varda-caivano-exhibition-2009_en/ ART iT Snapshots: Ernesto Caivano @ TKG Contemporary ART iT Snapshots: Jonathan Meese @ Tomio Koyama Gallery
11 settembre
Lola, born on 9.11 2009 Italian artist Stefano Cagol launches today a simultaneous installation in different locations across Europe taking September 11 as its theme. The date referred to as 9.11 since the terrorist attacks is also incidentally the artist’sView More >