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A Fragmentary Anatomy of Every Setting Sun 2010 Polyurethane panel, acrylic paint, mirror, LED   Photo Kioku Keizo   A new work by the driving force of the Korean contemporary art, Lee Bul, has been permanently installed at the Hara MuseumView More >

Koenji-based Mujin-to Production has relocated to a new space near Kiyosumi-shirakawa station. Mujin-to has been proactive since its launch in 2006 not only in organizing shows by gallery artists, which include Chim↑Pom and Kazama Sachiko, but also in producing DVDs,View More >

Biennale   François Morellet   Lamentable   2006 Courtesy the artist and Galerie m Bochum   The world’s first biennale devoted to light art launched last week in the German state of North-Rhine Westphalia. Set in 60 private living/working spaces scattered aroundView More >

Exhibition     An exhibition featuring the works of 63 outsider artists from Japan is showing through the end of the year at the Halle Saint Pierre in Paris. Art Brut Japonais was organized in cooperation with the Borderless MuseumView More >

Award   Ryue Nishizawa and Kazuyo Sejima Photo Takashi Okamoto  Courtesy SANAA   Sejima Kazuyo and Nishizawa Ryue, the duo of Japanese architects who work together under the name SANAA, have been awarded the 2010 Pritzker Architecture Prize, an honor oftenView More >

Art fair   Art Fair Tokyo 2009　Photo: Iwashita Munetoshi   Japan’s top art fair, Art Fair Tokyo, kicks off its 2010 edition on 2 April at Tokyo International Forum. Launched in 2005, participating galleries this year at the Fair’s fifthView More >

Event   Yamamoto Motoi Labyrinth  2010  Salt  17.3 x 13m Installation at MOT Annual 2010, Courtesy the artist   As a closing event to the MOT Annual 2010: Neo-Ornamentalism from Japanese Contemporary Art exhibition, the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo is inviting 100View More >

Event   Photo: Suzuki Yoshio   From photographic works to sculpture, and with the opening of the IZU PHOTO MUSEUM (2009, Mishima), to architectural and garden design… Sugimoto Hiroshi forges on with his sweeping creative practice. Deputy editor of BRUTUS,View More >

Exhibition     The sixth edition in BankArt’s Food and contemporary art series is structured around the idea of a ‘full course’ tour of the city. Visitors stroll the streets of Yokohama sampling projects by 11 artists/units including Kimura TakahitoView More >

Event     Tonight (Saturday 27 March) Tokyo’s Roppongi district holds its annual art all-nighter. Among the host of events, artist Tsubaki Noboru will unveil a new work and performance and the French performance troupe Compagnie des Quidams will takeView More >

Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall, site of The Unilever Series © Tate   Tate Modern has invited the Chinese artist Ai Weiwei to make a site-specific work for the gallery’s Turbine Hall, a space 35 meters in height and 152 metersView More >

4O0OqdIoOPQ The new multi-use Rolex Learning Center is located on the campus of the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale in Lausanne, which overlooks Lake Geneva and the Alps. Open to the public as well as students, it will act as a hubView More >