Akihabara will soon be home to a new art center. After undergoing renovation, the former Chiyoda-ku Rensei Junior High School will feature exhibition space, artists’ studios and workshop areas. Working towards a planned launch in February 2010, the facility isView More >
2009.9.3 – 25 Kimusa (DSC), Artsonje Center (Seoul) http://www.platformseoul.org/ by Ozaki Tetsuya (ART iT) Kang Jaegu Prologue #3 Portrait Shot 2009, 90x130cm, Inkjet print A group exhibition held every year since 2006 in Seoul’s foremost art district, Samcheong-dong. This yearView More >
Contemporary artist Matsukage Hiroyuki will screen the new version of his video ECHO, presented last month at the Dojima River Biennale in Osaka, and appear in a symposium. ECHO is a performance in which the artist throws and breaks glassView More >
Ohmaki Shinji Echoes – Shanghai Road, 2009 302x2600cm, Photo Tokyo Gallery + BTAP The Best Young Artist awards from the curated DISCOVERIES exhibition at ShContemporary09 went to Japanese artists Miyanaga Aiko and Ohmaki Shinji and Chinese artist Shi Qing. SponsoredView More >
9.18 – 10.17 Taro Nasu (Higashikanda) Kobe 2008 bugs 2008 Miyamoto Ryuji’s first solo show in Japan since 2006 comprises one pinhole photograph and 20 photograms. The latter, created by placing objects directly onto the surface photosensitive paper and then exposingView More >
10.2 – 12.27 RAT HOLE GALLERY (Omotesando) Oil (detail) 2007 Mixed media Installation at the German Pavilion, 52nd Venice Biennale Courtesy German Pavilion 2007 © Jan Bitter Iza Genzken represented Germany at the 2007 Venice Biennale with Oil and herView More >
10.10 – 11.29 Maison Hermès 8F FORUM Little utopian house 2000-03 Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial 2009, ©ANZAÏ French artist Jean Michel Alberola was born in Algeria in 1953. In Japan, he has participated in the Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial since its launchView More >
British photographer Stephen Gill, who held his first Japanese solo show Hackney Flowers at Ebisu’s G/P gallery in February, has returned to Japan and will give a special talk. In what promises to be an enjoyable evening, the artist willView More >
Chinese artist Ai Weiwei has been posting news on Twitter about head surgery he underwent at and his subsequent release from a Munich hospital. Ai had been detained, but later released, by police in August in the Sichuan city ofView More >
The Museum of Chinese in America opened its doors on 22 September at its new location on Centre Street in New York’s Chinatown district. MOCA’s new home was designed by artist and architect Maya Lin. The museum kicked off withView More >