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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 the NewView 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 for BestView 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 Akira Tatehata,View 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 >

Yasuhiro Suzuki – Ship of the Zipper (2010) Megijima, rendering. Courtesy the Setouchi International Art Festival. (Naoshima) On July 19, Japan’s newest art festival opened to the public. Sprawling across seven islands in the Seto Inland Sea as well asView More >

Still from Blow (2009), video installation, © Tabaimo, courtesy the artist and Gallery Koyanagi, Tokyo. The Japan Foundation revealed on June 5 that the media artist Tabaimo will represent Japan at next year’s 54th Venice Biennale. Known for hand-drawn animationsView More >

Exterior view of Art Basel 41 at Messe Basel, with Heimo Zobernig’s Art Public installation Black Cube (2010) visible at middle-right. Courtesy Art Basel. (Basel) Since the start of this year, art professionals have been cautiously optimistic that the marketView More >

Architect’s rendering of the Marina Bay Sands development, which will be home to the inaugural Art Stage Singapore art fair in January 2011. Courtesy Art Stage Singapore. (Singapore) Since 2007 alone, the Asia-Pacific region has seen a flurry of activityView More >

Buenos Aires-based independent curator Victoria Noorthoorn has been appointed curator for the 2011 Lyon Biennial, it was announced June 24. Noorthorn has been active primarily in the Americas, serving as projects coordinator of the international program at the Museum ofView More >

Installation view, Kunstverein München 1999. Photo Archiv HZ, courtesy Kiesler Foundation Vienna. Austrian artist Heimo Zobernig has won the EUR 55,000 Austrian Frederick Kiesler Prize for Architecture and the Arts 2010, it was announced on June 24. Established in 1997,View More >

Totaling GBP 153 million, Christie’s June 23 sale of Impressionist and Modern Art has broken the record for biggest art auction in London, with Picasso’s Blue Period Portrait d’Angel Fernández de Soto selling for £34.8 million. However, with Monet’s “WaterView More >