Beijing’s gallery-filled 798 or Dashanzi Art District will stage its first biennale late this summer. Eight curators working under Art Map editor and critic Zhu Qi (China) as artistic director and Marc Hungerbühler (Switzerland/USA) as curatorial director have selected overView More >
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Documentary film focusing on Takagi Masakatsu
The new documentary film Aruongaku (directed by Tomihisa Takashi), focusing on Takagi Masakatsu and two of his concerts, will screen together with Takagi’s own works on film, Homicevalo and NIHITI, from 7.4-24 at Shibuya Eurospace, thereafter touring nationwide. Eurospace View More >">http://www.eurospace.co.jp/View More >
Jan Fabre: From the Feet to the Brain (Venice Biennale)
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Teresa Margolles @ Venice Biennale (Mexico Pavilion)
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Tokyo Wonder Site: Emerging Artist Support Program 2009
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ZENSHI re-opens!
ZENSHI Gallery has relocated to a new space in Kanda-Iwamotocho, a convenient five-minute’s walk from both Kanda and Akihabara stations. The gallery reopens on Friday 26 June with The King is Here, a solo show by Tada Tomomitsu. ZENSHI View More >">http://www.zenshi.com/View More >
Guggenheim launches online forum
The Guggenheim Museum has announced the launch the Guggenheim Forum, a new series of online discussions among experts from a variety of fields that will occur in conjunction with major Guggenheim exhibitions. Each Forum will span two weeks, with liveView More >
Art Basel 2009 / Japanese Artists
Kusama Yayoi (Victoria Miro) Kudo Tetsumi (Andrea Rosen) Kaneuji Teppei (Shugoarts) Arakawa Ei (Taka Ishii Gallery) Nara Yoshitomo (Tomio Koyama Gallery)
Koyama Tomio’s new book out Friday
Gallerist Koyama Tomio’s third book on the business of art will be in bookstores on Friday. Koyama Tomio no nani mo nai purodusu jutsu (Koyama Tomio’s guide to hands-off artist production) Author: Koyama Tomio Publisher: Toyo Keizai Shichosha 224 pagesView More >
Talk: Ota Hidenori and Takahashi Ryutaro on Kusama Yayoi
Gallerist Ota Hidenori (Ota Fine Arts) and collector Takahashi Ryutaro chat about Kusama Yayoi in a talk event staged in conjunction with the artist’s solo show currently underway at the new Takahashi Collection space in Hibiya. Admission free. Saturday 27View More >