Wa5NNtFt0TY Already a worldwide brand with branches in New York, Bilbao, Berlin and Venice, and a forthcoming branch in Abu Dhabi, the Guggenheim Foundation has now taken its expansion to the Internet through a new partnership with YouTube. The initiative,View More >
The German artist Sigmar Polke died June 10 in Cologne at the age of 69 due to complications related to cancer, it has been reported. Born in 1941 in Oels, Lower Silesia, in what is now Poland, Polke is consideredView More >
On June 3, the Judd Foundation announced the temporary closure of 101 Spring Street in New York, the historic home of artist Donald Judd (1928-94). Located on the corner of Spring and Mercer Streets in the heart of New York’sView More >
Dancer Kazuo Ohno died June 1 in Yokohama due to respiratory failure at the age of 103, it has been reported. Born in Hakodate, Hokkaido, in 1906, Ohno was along with Tatsumi Hijikata a pioneer of post-war avant-garde Butoh dance.View More >
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 >
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 >
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 up forView More >
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 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 the new ExecutiveView More >
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 >