I am not me, the horse is not mine 2008 © William Kentridge To coincide with the opening of his solo exhibition at the National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, William Kentridge will present his lecture/multimedia performance I am not me, theView More >
■Award The 1st Nakamura Keith Haring Collection International Painting Contest for children is calling for submissions. Taking ‘Peace’ as its theme, the contest offers prizes in each of four divisions: pre-school, grades 1-3, grades 4-6, and middle school. The contestView More >
The Suntory Museum Tempozan in Osaka has announced it will be closing its doors at the end December 2010. Suntory Holdings Limited, which operates the Museum, will merge with the Suntory Music Foundation on 1 September 2009, to become theView More >
7.8 – 9.30 Frith Street Gallery, London http://www.frithstreetgallery.com ART iT ArtBlog: Raqs https://www.art-it.asia/u/ab_raqsmc/ ART iT Picks: Raqs Media Collective: Escapement https://www.art-it.asia/en/u/admin_exrec_e/JkPl2vW80tyrNGjxAOsV/
Event Yanobe Kenji Lucky Dragon (study drawing) 2009 (c) Yanobe Kenji Art boat designed to cruise area waterways An event staged to symbolize Osaka’s revitalization as a city of water, Aqua Metropolis Osaka 2009 kicked off today. Among an extensive program ofView More >
A mother alive even after death Currently on display at New York’s Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), Song Dong’s Waste Not installation was a joint effort with the artist’s mother, employing an immense collection of household goods she could notView More >
Art House Project Ishibashi, Photo Watanabe Osamu Nihonga artist Senju Hiroshi has complete his new work for the Benesse Art Site Naoshima Art House Project, a series of permanent installations in which artists transform vacant houses on the island intoView More >
Xijing Men (l to r: Chen Shaoxiong, Ozawa Tsuyoshi and Gimhongsok) There was a northern capital (Beijing), a southern capital (Nanjing) and an eastern capital (Tokyo), but no western capital (Xijing)…until the Xijing Men (Ozawa Tsuyoshi, Chen Shaoxiong and Gimhongsok)View More >
Lim Jihye the black buffalo #2 Mezzotint Korean artist Lim Jihye is the grand prizewinner of the international printmaking competition staged to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of mezzotint artist Hamaguchi Yozo. Japanese artist Kobayashi Misako took secondView More >
LOAPS Art Room, offering classes to a wide range of people from children to budding artists, is now operating in Tokyo. Assuming the roles of directors and special instructors are art critic Ichihara Kentaro, artist Hiro Sugiyama, and gallerist YoshiiView More >
9.17 – 10.10 10 Chancery Lane Gallery (Hong Kong) Comerchina – Hopscotch Installation A solo show of new paintings and installations exploring new China’s over-commercialization and obsession with money. The artist coined the word ‘Comerchina’ to mean ‘Commercial China’ orView More >
A driving force in the Yogyakarta art scene, Cemeti Art House will close from August through November, while it revises the direction of its activities. Future not-for-profit activities will focus on their new Art Practice and Society projects from variousView More >