Known for his easily and cheaply assembled “paper log” houses, architect Shigeru Ban has announced plans to contribute to relief efforts following the devastating earthquake and tsunami that rocked northeastern Japan Mar 11. Ban’s designs have already been employed inView More >
The following galleries and museums are closed due to the earthquake in Japan. Please note that gallery and museum hours are in most cases being shortened (evening hours are generally cancelled), and closure schedules are continuously changing due to scheduledView More >
The latest version of this article can be found here: Emergency closures in Japan (March 15) (2011/03/15) The following galleries and museums are closed due to the earthquake in Japan (last update: March 14 6:11PM). Please note that galleries andView More >
Under construction since 2005, the Zaha Hadid-designed Guangzhou Opera House has finally been completed. Commissioned by the Guangzhou Municipal Government and estimated to have cost CNY 1.38 billion, the 70,000sqm complex overlooking the Pearl River is Hadid’s first built projectView More >
2.25: Toyo Ito plans ‘architecture cram school’ The offices of world-renowned architect Toyo Ito have long been known as the unofficial training ground for successive generations of Japanese architects, including joint-Pritzker Prize winners Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa from theView More >
The offices of world-renowned architect Toyo Ito have long been recognized as the unofficial training ground for successive generations of Japanese architects, including joint-Pritzker Prize winners Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa from the firm SANAA. Now, Ito is taking hisView More >
Amid rumors circulating of Art Basel’s possible “collaboration” with the Art HK art fair, American trade shows continue looking west, not east. The upstart Pulse franchise, which already operates events in New York and Miami, has just announced that itView More >
View of the framework for Tadashi Kawamata’s “Tokyo in Progress” observation tower at Shioiri Park in Tokyo’s Minami-Senju neighborhood, looking inland from the west bank of the Sumida River. Photo ART iT. Artist Tadashi Kawamata celebrated the raising ofView More >
Exterior view of Taka Ishii Gallery Photography/Film’s bungalow-style space at Piramide Building complex, Roppongi, 2011. Photo ART iT. Since the rise of a new generation of contemporary art dealers in the 1990s, Tokyo has become famous for its itinerantView More >
Installation view of G-Tokyo 2011 at Mori Arts Center Gallery with works by Peter McDonald on display in the booth of Gallery Side 2 in foreground. Photo ART iT. Spun as a “boutique” art fair when it debuted inView More >
Installation view of Daniel Crooks’ Static No. 12 (Seek Stillness in Movement) (2008) as installed at the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography for the 3rd Yebizu International Festival for Art & Alternative Visions, 2011. Photo ART iT. While theView More >
The Indian city of Kochi, Kerala, will soon be inaugurating a new biennial art festival, it was announced to the international press Feb 16 in advance of an official launch declaration in Kochi Feb 17. Spearheaded by contemporary artists BoseView More >