7.18 – 9.27 Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery (Shinjuku) Shira-Spirit from the Wild (detail), 2009 Japanese ink, shell powder on Kumohada-mashi (Japanese paper) 182 x 1632 cm Photo: Miyajima Kei (c) Konoike Tomoko Courtesy Mizuma Art Gallery Konoike Tomoko’s firstView More >
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China in Four Seasons: Jin Jiangbo
7.4 – 9.6 Govett-Brewster Art Gallery (New Plymouth, New Zealand) Mass production workshop no.1 of a foreign capital television manufacturer , 2008 Jin Jiangbo presents his most recent series of photographic works as the Gallery’s first International Artist in Residence toView More >
Christie’s launches iPhone App
Beginning July 15, Apple iPhone and iPod Touch users can enjoy mobile access to Christie’s online features, including previews of lots at sales, real-time sales results, and more. The application can be downloaded free from the iTunes Store. Christie’s iPhoneView More >
Call for Art Proposals: Setouchi International Art Festival
Seven islands of the Seto Inland Sea and the port of Takamatsu form the stage for a new art and architecture festival set to launch next summer. Participating artists include Christian Boltanski, Ilya & Emilia Kabakov, Lee Ufan, Ohtake Shinro,View More >
Lee Bul
6.23 – 7.25 Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac (Paris) Solo exhibition of primarily drawings by the leading Korean artist Lee Bul. Further information at http://www.ropac.net/exhibitions/2009_6_lee-bul/
Art & Design magazines out July-August
Art Collector No.15 Art HK /Ishii Takayuki (Taka Ishii Gallery) / Ikeuchi Tsutomu (Roentgenwerke) http://www.tomosha.com/collector/index.html Geijutsu Shincho Feature: Paul Gauguin Speak low: Takahashi Ryutaro CASA BRUTUS No.113 Feature: World heritage http://magazineworld.jp/casabrutus/113/ Bijutsu Techo Vol.61 Feature: Ise Jingu Mary Blair /View More >
D-Cinema Festival 2009
No Puedo Vivir Sin Ti © Luminoso Film Co., Ltd. A competition-style ‘film’ festival focusing on digitally generated, non-film-based works. Launched in 2004, this year marks the festival’s sixth staging. A total of 48 works including feature-length and shorts plusView More >
Bill Viola to undertake commission for St Paul’s
Artist Bill Viola has been commissioned to create two video-based altarpieces on the themes of Mary and Martyrs for permanent display in London’s St Paul’s Cathedral. Each work will involve an arrangement of multiple plasma screen panels configured in aView More >
Young Artists Japan + Autumn Award
Online dealers in contemporary art, Tagboat, have begun accepting submissions to their autumn event bringing together collectors and emerging artists, Young Artists Japan Vol. 2. The Tagboat Autumn Award will be held concurrently, and Tagboat is calling for submissions toView More >
New stage work by Ameya Norimizu
Artist Ameya Norimizu’s staging of Sannin iru! (Three people here!), a remake of the work performed in 2007 by the theatre troupe Tokyo Deathclock, begins its twelve-day run on 31 July. Ameya Norimizu has been involved in theatre since hisView More >