Pioneering choreographer Pina Bausch (born 27 July 1940, in Solingen, Germany) died Tuesday 30 June, five days after being diagnosed with cancer. She was 68. Pina Bausch Tanztheater Wuppertal http://www.pina-bausch.de/news.htm
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Yanagi Miwa on NHK ‘Sunday Museum’
NHK Educational TV’s Sunday Museum spotlights artist Yanagi Miwa in the feature segment of its 26 July broadcast. The artist herself will appear as a guest, delving into the subject of ‘the maturing image of women’. The previous week’s broadcastView More >
Art Basel 2009: Art Statements
Mother’s Tankstation: Nina Canell solo show http://www.motherstankstation.com/ Winner Baloise Art Prize http://www.baloise.com/website2/chbs585e.nsf/web/Engagement/Kunst/Kunstpreis/Kunstpreistraeger2009?OpenDocument D’Amelio Terras: Leslie Hewitt solo show http://www.damelioterras.com/ Leslie Hewitt http://www.whitney.org/www/2008biennial/www/?section=artists&page=artist_hewitt Gallery Iris Kadel: Benedikt Hipp solo show http://www.iris-kadel.de/ http://www.iris-kadel.de/biography_english.php?id=89 Herald St: Josh Brand solo show http://www.heraldst.com/ http://www.heraldst.com/artists/brand/brand.html
Ukawa Naohiro + Chim↑Pom + Yoshida Go talk event
With an exhibition of autographs he ‘signed’ while possessed by the spirits of 300 different celebrities well underway, Ukawa Naohiro next ventures to invite prankster art unit Chim↑Pom and famed interviewer Yoshida Ko to join him in a powwow. NowView More >
Nezu Museum reopens 7 October
The Nezu Museum, renowned for its collection of Japanese and Eastern art, will reopen on 7 October. The Museum has undergone a three-year-long renovation project that includes construction of a new building designed by architect Kuma Kengo. Nezu Museum (Minami-aoyama)View More >
AIDS Orphans in Uganda Meet an Artist
What can art do for children in developing countries? Students under the tutelage of artist Miyajima Tatsuo at Tohoku University of Art and Design and Kyoto University of Art and Design present the results of their workshop with AIDS orphansView More >
Odani Motohiko Talk Event
Odani Motohiko joins Saki Naoki (waterdesignscope) for the 26th round of his podcast series of dialogues with top creatives, SAKAI PODCASTS 2.0. The open recording session takes place tomorrow at the Apple Store Ginza. Thursday 2 July 2009 19:00 –View More >
Tsuda Nao: solo show and talk
Making of SMOKE LINE, an exhibition photographs by Tsuda Nao opens today at NOW IDeA by UTRECHT. In conjunction with the show, the artist will join photography critic Takeuchi Mariko and Utrecht’s Eguchi Hiroshi for a talk event titled ‘Bound/Unbound’View More >
Emerging artist exhibitions in the Ginza area
Koike Junya Utsu, 2008 Courtesy Gallery Yamaguchi Twelve galleries in the Ginza/Kyobashi areas of Tokyo have each planned a solo show by an emerging artist to be staged concurrently under the umbrella title Statements From Galleries: Focusing on a NewView More >
Kusama Yayoi @ Gagosian Gallery, Beverly Hills
5. 30 – 7.17 Kusama Yayoi with Flowers That Bloom at Midnight Kusama Yayoi Flowers That Bloom at Midnight, 2009 Kusama Yayoi Flowers That Bloom at Midnight, 2009 Kusama Yayoi Passing Winter, 2005 Mirror, glass 80x80x190cm Opening reception at GagosianView More >
Kusama Yayoi ＠ Gagosian Gallery, New York
4. 16 – 6.27 Kusama Yayoi I Want to Live Forever, 2008 227.3×181.8cm, 5 panels (overall 227.3x909cm) Kusama Yayoi Pumpkin, 2008/2009 Kusama Yayoi Fear of Death, 2008 Opening reception at the Gagosian Gallery, New York http://www.gagosian.com/exhibitions/2009-04-16_yayoi-kusama/ Copyright Yayoi Kusama CourtesyView More >
Comics museum opens in France
On 20 June, the Musée de la bande dessinée (Museum of Comics) opened in the French city of Angoulême, a city also known for hosting the annual Festival international de la bande dessinée d’Angoulême (Angoulême International Comics Festival). The newlyView More >