On May 12 France’s national museum of modern art, the Pompidou Center, inaugurated its satellite space in the northeastern city of Metz, capital of the Lorraine region. Pompidou Center Metz has already gained worldwide distinction for the design of itsView More >
Event To celebrate the opening of his solo show Spies are only revealed when they get caught this Saturday at the Watari-um in Tokyo, Ochiai Tam has organized and will perform in his very own, all-friends, all-artist orchestra.View More >
Award Left: Hsu Su-Chen and Lu Chien-Ming Plant-Matter NeoEden: Born in a Vegetable Patch & Material World in the Amis Tribe of Riverbank Right: Visual Arts Award ceremony The Taishin Arts Awards recognize the best of Taiwanese visual andView More >
Not one but two Japanese curators will be on the scene for this year’s triumvirate of large-scale international art festivals in Korea. Independent curator and art critic Takashi Azumaya is directing the 2010 Busan Biennale, while independent curator Fumihiko SumitomoView More >
Kader Attia – Untitled (Ghardaïa) (2009), cooked couscous, edition of 3 + 1 AP. Courtesy Tate Modern, London. In anticipation of its 10th anniversary later this year, London’s Tate Modern has announced a list of new acquisitions since 2009View More >
British-Japanese artist Simon Fujiwara is the winner of the 2010 Cartier Award, it has been announced. Organized in conjunction with the annual Frieze Art Fair, London, the competitive award recognizes emerging artists living outside the UK, providing the winner 10,000View More >
Award Exhibition view of 2009 Art Competition Tokyo Midtown is calling for submissions for both the art and design segments of the Tokyo Midtown Award 2010. Launched in 2008, this year marks the third edition of the competitionView More >
Exhibition Installation view at TOSTEM Room of Shanghai EXPO Japan Industry Pavilion Photo CANART London-based artist Anish Kapoor joins forces with Japanese architects on a project for Expo 2010, currently underway in Shanghai. Kapoor created the gate linking theView More >
Event Shiga Lieko Lilly The third edition of the photo festival held annually since its launch in 2008 opens today in Brooklyn. Among the four main exhibitions, Hidden Books, Hidden Stories curated by playwright, musician and photographer LouView More >
Auction A painting by Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) set a world record for any work of art at auction at Christie’s Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale on May 4 in New York. Nude, Green Leaves and Bust fetchedView More >
Exhibition Yee Sookyung Translated vase Photo: Shin Oh Seok Courtesy the artist and Ota Fine Arts After declaring itself the International City of Crafts in 1995 and organizing various subsequent related activities, Kanazawa has launched the First International TriennaleView More >
Art fair The month of May will see two new art contemporary fairs take place consecutively – this weekend and next – in Kyoto. At Art Fair Kyoto more than 30 Japanese galleries, mainly Kyoto-based, display their wares in theView More >