Kusama Yayoi (Victoria Miro） Kudo Tetsumi (Andrea Rosen) Kaneuji Teppei (Shugoarts） Arakawa Ei (Taka Ishii Gallery) Nara Yoshitomo (Tomio Koyama Gallery)
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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 >
Kyoto Art Center Artist in Residence Program 2010
The Kyoto Art Center is calling for applicants to its 2010 artist-in-residence program for emerging visual and performing artists and art researchers. Applications will be accepted through June 30. Submission guidelines and applications available on the KAC website. Artist inView More >
UKAWA’S TAGS FACTORY!!! 300 Counterfeit Autograph!!!
Ukawa Naohiro Florence Nightingale 2008 Pen on paper 270 x 240 cm Courtesy YAMAMOTO GENDAI Ukawa Naohiro shows 300 forged celebrity autographs at the live house Liquid Room and TimeOut Cafe & Diner in Tokyo’s Ebisu district. UKAWA’S TAGS FACTORY!!!View More >
White Noise at James Cohan Gallery
A noteworthy group show underway at the James Cohan Gallery in New York blurs the boundaries between visual art and sound. Through sounds to be looked at and objects to be heard, the exhibition explores ‘how sound can obliterate asView More >
Winter Garden: Exploration of the Micropop Imagination…
5.23-7.20 Winter Garden: Exploration of the Micropop Imagination in Contemporary Japanese Art Hara Museum of Contemporary Art (Tokyo) Yagi Lyota VINYL, 2006 Copyright Lyota Yagi Courtesy Mujin-to Production,Tokyo ‘Micropop’ is a term coined by the art critic (and curator ofView More >
July issues of art magazines out this week
Artforum summer 2009 out now [Features] Situation Hacker: The Art of Ryan Trecartin / In conversation: Yoko Ono and Rirkrit Tiravanija http://www.artforum.com/inprint/ Art Review: #33 summer 2009 out now [Feature] Steve McQueen / Bruce Nauman / Venice: A User’s GuideView More >
Call for entries for the Tokyo Midtown Award 2009
The Tokyo Midtown Award, established in 2008 with distinct art and design segments, is calling for entries for its 2009 awards. The deadline for entries is July 13. The Art Competition seeks ideas for artworks expressing ‘Japan value’ (unique JapaneseView More >
Azumaya Takashi appointed director of Busan Biennale
The Busan Biennale has appointed Japanese curator Azumaya Takashi artistic director of the 2010 biennale. A designated team within the organizing committee selected Azumaya was from among 147 Korean and international candidates. Azumaya is the first non-Korean national appointed toView More >