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 >
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Friends of the arts: BMW
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 >
Ai Weiwei: New York Photographs 1983-1993
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 >
Takamine Tadasu: BIG REST Gardening for the Future 1095?
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 >
Friends of the arts: The Hugo Boss Prize
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 >
Subodh Gupta
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 >
Michaël Borremans
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 >
Friends of the arts: Deutsche Bank
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 >
Sawa Hiraki
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/
Roni Horn
On This is Me, This is You Text: Matsuura Naomi This is Me, This is You consists of portraits of a young girl shot over a period of about two years. The photos were taken two at a time usingView More >
Friends of the arts: Cartier
Invitation to a creative space Since its establishment in 1847, the French jeweler and watch manufacturer Cartier has continued to produce modern jewelry that is ahead of its time. The Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, which was founded as aView More >
Wolfgang Tillmans
Exhibiting the ‘now’ Text: Iida Shihoko Portrait: Nagare Satoshi On a wet spring night at the scene of his solo show, Wolfgang Tillmans stood surrounded by starstruck admirers. Flashing the same charming smile as his previous trip to Japan fourView More >