2009.4.29 – 8.30 (Zone 1) / 4.29 – 7.20 (Zone 2) 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa by Uchida Shinichi (ART iT) Tanikawa Shuntaro+Yamamoto Motoi in the gallery space with Yamamoto’s100 Labyrinths Photo Ikeda Hiraku, Courtesy the 21st Century MuseumView More >
2009.3.15-30 The Ueno Royal Museum http://www.ueno-mori.org/ by Donald Eubank Nawa Kohei Catalyst #11, 2009 Vinyl acetate and polystyrene on acrylic panel One work in particular stood out at the annual Vision of Contemporary Art exhibition that displays and awards artistsView More >
Echoes between West and East Text: Yanashita Tomoko In a meadow surrounded by the Alps, a lone female plays the cello as if engaging in a dialogue with her own echo. The sound rings out beautifully. But equally memorable areView More >
Continually pursuing new images of beauty Shiseido has continually pursued new images of beauty that are ahead of the times. As a pioneer of corporate support of the arts in this country, over the years it has taken on partView More >
When technology and art meet Over the last 30 years, BMW, one of the world’s leading automobile manufacturers, has implemented over 100 cultural support programs. Of these, the BMW Art Car Collection, which features BMW cars transformed into artworks, isView More >
2009.1.2-4.18 Three Shadows Photography Art Centre (Beijing) by Maya Kóvskaya I’m not going, 1990 Courtesy the artist and Three Shadows Photography Art Centre In Ai Weiwei’s black-and-white photograph, Bleeding Protestor. Tompkins Square Park Riots, the rivulets of blood streaking downView More >
2008.11.29 – 12.24 sendai mediatheque, gallery 4200 by Yamagishi Kaoru (ART iT) Big Stop, 2008 Installation view and scene from tour In a vast space pierced by massive tubular columns, an unfamiliar world titled Big Stop manifests itself. The onlyView More >
From Matthew Barney to Rirkrit Tiravanija Corporate support for the arts takes all manner of forms, including the collection of works, the sponsorship of exhibitions and residence programs, and the establishment of prizes. But just why and how do corporatesView More >
Disarmingly pragmatic about the Indian art boom Text: Chaitanya Sambrani Portrait: Nawa Makiko Widely hailed as the most prominent Indian artist of his generation on the international circuit, Subodh Gupta is a representative of the new Indian artist: ambitious, worldly-wise,View More >
A world of ‘quiet mystery’ Text: Uchida Shinichi Portrait: Nagare Satoshi If there were such an activity as creating quietness, then Michaël Borremans’ paintings could well serve as a model. The figures in his paintings, which are depicted with aView More >
Art Works! The world’s largest corporate collection Assembling over 50,000 works and displaying them in its offices rather than shutting them away to gather dust in a vault somewhere: this is how the world’s largest corporate art benefactor shows itsView More >
2009.1.31 – 3.6 Ota Fine Arts, Tokyo by Uchida Shinichi (ART iT) silts, 2009, Installation at Ota Fine Arts Courtesy the gallery [Text in Japanese only] Sawa Hiraki http://www.softkipper.com/ Ota Fine Arts http://www.otafinearts.com/