The Japanese government has announced its supplementary budget for the 2009 financial year: 13.9256 trillion yen. Of this the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) portion totals 1.3174 trillion yen, 31.5 billion of which has been allocatedView More >
The first Festival/Tokyo featuring Japanese and international performing artists was staged in February – March this year. A second festival will now be held in October at venues around Ikebukuro. Many performers from the first festival, including Romeo Castellucci, AmeyaView More >
…Hong Kong A sale of 20th century Chinese art and Asian contemporary art was held at Christie’s Hong Kong over two days from May 24. According to Christie’s official figures, 34 items were presented at the first day’s sale, fetchingView More >
To celebrate their third anniversary, Mujin-to Production of Koenji, Tokyo have opened up their gallery space as a bar (or something like a bar?) for a limited time only. Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays from Friday 29 May – Friday 26View More >
5.20 – 7.4 White Cube (London) Photo Stephen White Shaw takes his decorative surrealism to new proportions, with seven paintings, including his biggest to date – seven meters wide – and his first large-scale sculptural installation. The Kashmir Valley nativeView More >
I try to place the spectator in the dialogue, to make them find their own orientation. This Bangladesh-born, British artist and movie lover has produced a string of works referencing the history and vocabulary of film, focusing on the 14View More >
5.15 – 7.19 Artsonje Center (Seoul) Things of Friendship 2000- An exhibition tracing the transformations in Oh Inhwan’s experimental art through a body of work that includes new video and installation pieces. Rooted in social and cultural criticism, Oh usesView More >
The latest monograph on Thai film director and more recently acclaimed contemporary artist Apichatpong Weerasethakul is now available. The volume covers all films directed by Apichatpong. Filmmuseum Synema Publikationen Vol. 12 2009/Vienna Editor: James Quandt 256 pages/245 color plates, textView More >
5.14 – 7.2 Yancey Richardson Gallery (New York) Celebrating Shichi-go-san, a gala day for girls at ages three and seven, 2001 Gelatin silver print, image 14 x 14″ / paper 16 x 20″ Signed, titled, editioned and dated in pencilView More >
5.13 – 8.2 The Ian Potter Museum of Art (Melbourne) A survey of more than 50 paintings and drawings by this significant urban Aboriginal artist who deploys potent symbolism. (Natalie King) http://www.art-museum.unimelb.edu.au/art_exhibitions_detail.aspx?view=147&category=current
Channeling the myriad contradictions of reality into their art Here are two artists who by their own admission do nothing to stress their Tokyo identity. Even so, the city is indelibly imprinted on their art: perhaps because they search forView More >
This autumn will see current San Diego Museum of Art executive director Derrick R. Cartwright assume the role of director at the Seattle Art Museum. Cartwright holds a PhD from the University of Michigan, and specializes in North American artView More >