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 >
Installation view of the “Gym” sales section of Tokyo Frontline at 3331 Arts Chiyoda, 2011. Photo ART iT. From Art Fair Tokyo to 101Tokyo Contemporary, Tokyo Photo and G-Tokyo, Tokyo has seen any number of commercial art fairs comeView More >
As first reported by AFP on Feb 14, Chinese conceptual artist and activist Ai Weiwei has decided to cancel his planned retrospective at Beijing’s private Ullens Center for Contemporary Art (UCCA). Primarily through social media such as his personal blogView More >
The Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art (QAG|GoMA) announced in Brisbane today that it will reopen Feb 16 after a month-long hiatus caused by catastrophic floods in the state of Queensland in Australia’s northeastern region. The floods beganView More >
After a six-month hiatus, the private gallery Takahashi Collection will be reopening Feb 18 in a new location near Tokyo’s Hinode Pier, it has been announced. The gallery has traversed a good portion of central Tokyo since it was establishedView More >
Contemporary art fairs have turned up in seemingly every major metropolis across the developed world in recent years, so it was perhaps an inevitability that someone would attempt to expand the model to the Internet. Now, with the Jan 22View More >
Installation view, Art Stage Singapore, 2011. All images: Photo ART iT. On January 12 at the Marina Bay Sands Exhibition and Convention Centre in Singapore, regional collectors and art professionals had their first look at the latest fair toView More >
International curator Wonil Rhee has died following a heart attack at his home in Seoul in the early hours of January 11, it has been reported. Rhee oversaw large-scale exhibitions including the biennial Media City Seoul (in 2002 and 2006),View More >