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Installation view of Ai Weiwei’s Cube Light (2008) at Misa Shin Gallery, 2010. Photo ART iT.   In recent years Tokyo has seen an influx of young galleries focusing on a new generation of Japanese artists. While certainly new, theView More >

German artist Hans-Peter Feldmann has been awarded the 8th Biennial Hugo Boss Prize, the Guggenheim Foundation announced in New York on Nov 5. Established in 1996, the prize includes USD 100,000 and a solo exhibition at the Guggenheim Museum inView More >

The Serpentine Gallery has outbid two other competitors for the rights to convert a heritage-protected building in Kensington Gardens into a new gallery space, it was announced in London on Nov 1. The move will almost double the Serpentine’s currentView More >

On Oct 26 in Tokyo, the Japanese government announced that architect Tadao Ando and fashion designer Issey Miyake are among this year’s seven inductees to the Order of Culture, and that photographer Eiko Hosoe is among this year’s 17 newView More >

Installation view of works by Morag Keil in the booth of Frankfurt’s Galerie Neue Alte Brücke at the Lafayette Sector in FIAC, Paris, 2010. Photo ART iT.   FIAC’s Lafayette Prize was awarded to artist Morag Keil, it was announcedView More >

All photos: ART iT   Open to the public from Oct 14-17 in London, this year’s Frieze Art Fair was a more sober affair than years past, with fewer visitors from the US and some continental collectors apparently electing toView More >

The Grand Palais, Paris, one of FIAC’s principle venues. All photos: ART iT.   The 34th edition of France’s FIAC art fair opened to the public in Paris Oct 21 amid escalating resentment towards France’s Sarkozy regime and nationwide strikesView More >

Paris-based curator Akiko Miki has been selected as artistic director for next year’s 4th Yokohama Triennale, it was announced Oct 1. Miki is chief curator at the contemporary art center Palais de Tokyo. While she has yet to determine anView More >

Anne Collier – Woman with a Camera (35mm) (2009), slide projection. © Anne Collier, courtesy Anton Kern Gallery, New York.   Taking the theme “10,000 Lives,” this year’s 8th Gwangju Biennale is directed by Massimiliano Gioni, a curator at theView More >

junya.ishigami+associates – Architecture as air: study for château la coste (2010), installation view in the Arsenale, 12th Venice Architecture Biennale. All images: Photo Yasuhiro Takagi for ART iT.   Japanese architect Junya Ishigami has been awarded the Golden Lion forView More >

Yayoi Kusama – Inochi no ashiato (2010), installation view at the Aichi Triennale 2010, Nagoya.   On August 21, the inaugural Aichi Triennale officially opened to the public in Nagoya. Taking the theme “Arts and Cities” and directed by AkiraView More >

Considered one of Japan’s premier international contemporary art events, the Yokohama Triennale will be returning for a fourth edition in 2011, it has been confirmed. In an August 18 press conference, the City of Yokohama unveiled initial plans for theView More >