Artist Louise Bourgeois died of a heart attack May 31 in New York at the age of 98, it has been reported. Born in Paris in 1911, Bourgeois was known for making sculptural works in bronze, marble and unconventional materialsView More >
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Opening/Closing this week（5.31-6.6）
in Japan* Opening this week >Art museum/gallery list untitled (fl.s.d-021) © Yuichi Higashionna Courtesy Yumiko Chiba Associates Higashionna Yuichi: fluorescent / new prints & drawings 6.2 – 7.11 NADiff Gallery（Ebisu）[MAP] Kumazawa Mikiko 6.2 – 7.3 Mizuma Action（Nakameguro）[MAP] Yamashita Ritsuko 6.4 –View More >
Hong Kong art fair emerges as regional focal point
Photo courtesy ART HK 10. (Hong Kong) Some time during the afternoon of May 25, a loud crash echoed through the third-level halls of the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. As soon became clear to exhibitors setting upView More >
Italy’s National Museum of XXI Century Arts opens
On May 30, Italy’s first national museum for contemporary art opened in Rome. Known as MAXXI, the National Museum of XXI Century Arts was designed by Zaha Hadid, the Iraq-born, London-based Pritzker Prize-winning architect. Opening programs included the unveiling ofView More >
Art Fair Tokyo gets new executive director
Art fair Kaneshima Takahiro (b. 1977, Tokyo) Having established itself firmly on the springtime art calendar, Art Fair Tokyo is set to see new leadership when director of FEC (Far East Contemporaries) Kaneshima Takahiro takes over as theView More >
Dennis Hopper (1936-2010)
On May 29, actor Dennis Hopper died at the age of 74 due to complications from prostate cancer. Although he is best known for his role in Hollywood films alongside leading men from James Dean to Jack Nicholson and KeanuView More >
Christie’s Hong Kong achieves rare white glove sale
Coinciding with the Art HK international art fair, Christie’s May 29 evening sale of Asian Contemporary and Chinese 20th Century Art achieved a rare 100 percent of lots sold. The first ever “white glove” sale for contemporary art in Asia,View More >
Shiseido Art Egg call for submissions
Award Murayama Goro Left: God is in the parts, 2009. Right: The interpenetration is done, the drift is done, 2009. Collection of the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo Photo Kioku Keizo Submissions for the fifth ‘shiseido art egg’,View More >
Hariu ichiro (1925-2010)
Art and literary critic Hariu Ichiro died on May 26 in Kawasaki. The cause of death was attributed to heart failure. He was 84. Hariu’s writings during the 1950s and ’60s, focusing primarily on avant-garde art, earned him the reputationView More >
ART HK10 opens to public tomorrow
Art Fair The third edition of Hong Kong’s modern and contemporary art fair previews today with more than 150 galleries participating from 29 countries. Alongside name galleries from major cities throughout Asia Pacific, Europe and the US areView More >
Venice Biennale appoints artistic director for 2011
The Venice Biennale has announced that Bice Curiger, a curator at Kunsthaus Zurich as well as co-founder and editor-in-chief of Parkett magazine, will be the artistic director of 2011’s 54th Venice Biennale. A graduate of the University of Zurich, CurigerView More >
Weerasethakul wins Palme d’Or at Cannes
Award HdW-08PN5-k Thai artist/filmmaker Apichatpong Weerasethakul (born 1970 in Bangkok) became the surprise winner of the Palme d’Or at the 63rd Cannes Film Festival. The winning work, Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall his Past Lives, is a surreal tale aboutView More >