Kitajima Keizo 1975-1991 : Koza / Tokyo / New York / Eastern Europe / USSR 8.29 – 10.18 Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography http://www.syabi.com/details/kitajima.html ART iT Picks Kitajima Keizo 1975-1991
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Morimura Yasumasa solo show & talk
© Morimura Yasumasa Morimura Yasumasa’s solo show Maburakashi opens today at Epsite in Shinjuku. The title is a word coined by the artist from the Japanese words mabusu (to cover, smear or sprinkle) and mazekoze ni suru (to mix upView More >
+81 international magazine conference and symposium
From left: Azuma Makoto, Nawa Kohei, Ninagawa Mika +81Creatives, an outshoot of the design magazine +81, will bring together art directors and creatives working in Japan and abroad to take part in a three-day powwow. Among the scheduled events areView More >
Seminar: Re-tying the Gordian Knot
The second seminar staged in conjunction with Exposition of Mythology – Electronic Technology currently underway (through 4 October) at the Nam June Paik Art Center. The exhibition poses diverse translations of the enormous effect of Paik’s first solo show ExpositionView More >
Lesportsac releases new ‘Artist In Residence’ bags
(left to right) Paint Splash (out August), Gingham (out September), Numbers (out October) Handbag brand LeSportsac has added to its ‘Artist In Residence’ line of handbags created in collaboration with artists a series by New York-based Japanese artist Matsuyama Tomokazu.View More >
Ai Weiwei: part 2
To me, art and activism are one. Presenting one topical work after another at international shows, designing the ‘Bird’s Nest’ stadium for the Beijing Olympics, while on the other hand having his blog shut down by the authorities for hisView More >
Hanging Fire: Contemporary Art from Pakistan
9.10 – 1.3 Asia Society (New York) Faiza Butt Get out of my dreams II 2008 Ink on polyester film, 55.9 x 72.4 cm Private collection, London; courtesy the artist A survey of Pakistani art from the past 20 years.View More >
Martin Creed to make choreographic debut
Having recently wrapped up two solo shows in Japan, 2001 Turner Prize-winning artist Martin Creed prepares to make his choreographic debut during this autumn’s Frieze Art Fair. The piece was co-commissioned as an offsite event by Frieze Music and Sadler’sView More >
This week @ ART iT
Editors’ picks (20-26 August) Interview: Song Dong https://www.art-it.asia/en/u/admin_interviews_e/giD39m1wnJVsqkl8eb0T/ Video: SANAA: Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2009 https://www.art-it.asia/fpage/?OP=mov&bclid=27342443001&bctid=35081601001 Snapshots & Video: Raqs Media Collective: Escapement at Frith Street Gallery https://www.art-it.asia/en/u/admin_expht_e/AZyEJP8WvBXTONcx06h2/ https://www.art-it.asia/fpage/?OP=mov&bclid=27342443001&bctid=35081106001 News: Aqua Metropolis Osaka 2009 launched https://www.art-it.asia/en/u/admin_news_e/1BU8QtpqVbEwIiHxGYPS/ Exhibition: Picks – Louisa BufardeciView More >
Kusama Yayoi x COMME des GARÇONS
©YAYOI KUSAMA, Photo COMME des GARÇONS COMME des GARÇONS launched their new space, Six, in the Minamisenba district of Osaka with a solo show by Kusama Yayoi and the Kawakubo Rei-designed space has taken on the flavor of Kusama’s world.View More >
Making of the New Silk Roads: Bangkok symposium
Xu Zhen www.okmyclub.com-Fought Annan in New York 2005 Courtesy the artist and Shangart A four-day symposium organized by the Hong Kong-based non-profit foundation ArtHub to reexamine the complex interconnections within the artistic and cultural fabric of Asia. The forum takesView More >
Louisa Bufardeci & Zon Ito
7.28 – 10.25 Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney Left: Louisa Bufardeci Team Joy 2004, Mixed media installation Right: Ito Zon The End of the Neighborhood 2000, Embroidery on fabric The fourth in a series of projects pairing an Australian artistView More >