■A Ai Weiwei part 1｜Part 2 I’m fighting for freedom of speech. I never settle for less. I don’t engage in negotiation. Interview: ART iT Ando Tadao and Sugimoto Hiroshi Creating an alternative world: What is the ideal art museum architecture?View More >
2009.3.7 – 4.29 ARTSPACE (Auckland) by Charlotte Huddleston Shimabuku, Then, I decided to give a tour of Tokyo to the Octopus from Akashi, 2000 Photos Sam Hartnett, Courtesy the artists and ARTSPACE As an exhibition, the chaotic and/or free-rangingView More >
Index 6: Chaos*Lounge 2010 – Budding freedom/equality and their future 5: Ernest Fenollosa – the unacknowledged source of simulationism? 4: From art history concepts to independents – On viewing the Expressionist Movements in Japan exhibition 3: Overseas territories as culturalView More >
2009.4.4 – 5.2 Yamamoto Gendai, Tokyo http://www.yamamotogendai.org/ by Sumiyoshi Chie SP4 the specter – What wonders around in every mind, 2009 FRP, cloth, horsehair, other media, 30 x 235 x 105 cm Photo Kioku Keizo, courtesy Yamamoto Gendai {TextView More >
Laboratory for an uncertain future A letter from Hou Hanru to Hans Ulrich Obrist Dear HUO, I was very impressed by your text on Paul Chan. Certainly the question of political engagement in contemporary art activity has become more crucialView More >
Paul Chan in the Uncertain States of America A letter from Hans Ulrich Obrist to Hou Hanru Dear Hanru Last night, as I was writing a bit about Paul Chan, I suddenly decided to send it to you. If weView More >
The Staff Contemporary art surely has to be the freest form of expression in the world. A painting, an object, a performance: simply say ta-dah! A work of art! And there you have it ? contemporary art. But even contemporaryView More >
Contemporary “hot spring” art museum What would you do if a hot spring sprung in your backyard? Build a super sento public bath with all the trimmings? A spa, a sanitarium? Sure, but there are plenty of these already. HowView More >
Announcing the results of our ‘unsolicited proposal’ selection! (Round 1) Well we called for your proposals, and sure enough, in they rolled! A grand total of two that is, so far anyway. Huh! Anyway, this issue we present the proposalView More >
Announcing the results of our ‘unsolicited proposal’ selection! (Round 2) It’s here at last: autumn, the season of art. So exclusively for the enjoyment and edification of ART iT readers, this issue we present a proposal from Monika, of Poland.View More >
Announcing the results of our ‘unsolicited proposal’ selection! (Round 3) Once again this issue we present a proposal from overseas ? this time from Italy. Hang on, what’s this?! Traversing the galleries of New York’s venerable Guggenheim Museum, fabled creationView More >
Exhibition of Manga This issue’s proposal is an exhibition concept complete with all the bells and whistles, primed and ready for use by any worthy art museum. Recently the likes of manga and anime have been elevated to the statusView More >