Artist unit Chim↑Pom’s planned exhibition, Fujiyama, GEISHA, JAPAnEse!!, is finally set to kick off on 26 July. The exhibition had been indefinitely postponed after access to the top of Mount Fuji, where they planned to create their new work, openedView More >
The Spanish newspaper El Periodico de Catalunya published an article in its July 24 online edition claiming that the classic Spanish Civil War photograph Loyalist Militiaman at the Moment of Death, Cerro Muriano, September 5, 1936 by master of photojournalismView More >
Antony Gormley Another Singularity Antony Gormley, who is visiting Japan to participate in the Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial, will appear in a special talk at the British Council in Tokyo on 27 July. The British sculptor known for his large scale publicView More >
Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennal 2009, which kicks off Sunday in Niigata, has established an information center in Tokyo. Stop by and pick up guidebooks and this year’s art map – otherwise only available on site – to help plan your tripView More >
Avant-garde stage artist Robert Wilson pays homage to Japanese choreographer Hanayagi Suzushi, a long-time friend and collaborator, with KOOL- Dancing in My Mind. Now 80, Hanayagi studied classical Japanese dance and modern dance in the 1950s. She moved to theView More >
Choreographer, dancer and driving force in the world dance scene Teshigawara Saburo will present his new work Mirror and Music at the New National Theatre, Tokyo in autumn. For this outing Teshigawara not only undertakes choreography, direction, art direction, lighting,View More >
In recent times, terrorist attacks among other things has meant the cost of insuring artwork on loan from overseas has skyrocketed, thus creating an obstacle to the holding of large exhibitions. In response to this, the Agency for Cultural AffairsView More >
Photo Nick Cobbing British artist Roger Hiorns’ arresting sculptural project Seizure – an abandoned London flat transformed into a cavern coated in copper sulfate crystals that first opened last autumn – will reopen from 23 July. The work led toView More >
8.1–9.27 Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art Vegetable Weapon Special – oyster pot, runny simmered tofu, sake pot / Hiroshima 2005 Solo show by the artist whose practice focuses on things born of everyday life and human interaction. Invisible RunnerView More >
Melody Cup, a new performance piece by Takamine Tadasu, will be staged in the Hyogo Prefecture city of Itami. The multitalented artist known for his performance, video and installation works received critical acclaim for his collaboration last year with musicianView More >
A four-hour discussion about issues surrounding media and art will be held with media artist Fujihata Masaki (Director of the Graduate School of Film and New Media, Tokyo University of the Arts), art critic and poet Akira Tatehata (Director ofView More >
The ‘I love Art – Art & Capitalism: Art Lovers’ Mixer’, a place to meet other art enthusiasts both male and female, has been organized by Civic Art, an organization whose purpose is to create contact points between art andView More >