Left: Ginka; right: High Fashion Bunka Publishing Bureau has announced it will cease publishing the magazines Ginka and High Fashion as of February. Ginka, a quarterly taking the aesthetics of traditional Japanese living including ceramics and textiles as itsView More >
The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (MOCA) has appointed New York gallerist Jeffrey Deitch as the museum’s new director. He begins his tenure on 1 June. Deitch has a 30-year career as an independent curator who has organized noteworthyView More >
Exhibition Photo: Nagare Satoshi The dates for Murakami Takashi’s solo exhibition at the Palace of Versailles this autumn are set: the show will run for three months from 12 September to 12 December. The artist’s first solo showView More >
– Christian Boltanski to represent France at the 2011 Venice Biennale (Le Matin) http://www.lematin.ch/flash-info/loisirs/christian-boltanski-representera-france-biennale-venise-2011 – North Korea’s latest export: Fine art（CNN） http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/12/24/north.korea.art/ – Guard arrested in theft of Degas painting from the Cantini Museum (AHN) http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7017405331?Guard%20Arrested%20In%20Theft%20Of%20Degas%20Painting%20From%20Paris%20Museum
Exhibition Yokoo Tadanori opens a solo show this weekend at Six, the exhibit space run by the fashion label Comme des Garçons, in Osaka. The show features works from Yokoo’s Pink Girl series, a series the artist has worked onView More >
Art Fair The 22nd edition of the art fair launched in 1988 kicks off on 13 January. With 100 plus galleries participating annually, the booths alone provide a chance to see works by more than 1000 artists ranging from theView More >
Event Photos Tatsuki Masaru The February 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics will see the Japanese luge team vie for the first time on new-model sleds developed collaboratively by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and the University of TokyoView More >
Event For one night only, three of the Japanese contemporary art scene’s hot male artists will moonlight as hosts at the ‘Host Club MAGICROOM???’ Don’t miss Biennale YAZAWA (Matsukage Hiroyuki), Hachi♂ (Hachiya Kazuhiko) and Bambi (Odani Motohiko) make their barView More >
83jG4Nhuw2k Dancer Yasumoto Masako, who closed 2009 with a performance in collaboration with Tabaimo to coincide with the artist’s solo show Tabaimo: Danmen currently underway at the Yokohama Museum of Art, kicks off 2010 with performances in the 13th AnnualView More >
Matsu Fuyuko Etude for Keeping up the Pureness 2004 The newly established Japanese Society of Artistic Anatomy celebrates its launch with a day of events. JSAA chairman Yoro Takeshi (Anatomist; Professor emeritus, University of Tokyo) intends to make this ‘Japan’s topView More >
Exhibition / Events Hashimoto Satoshi fruit 2008 The National Art Studio in Changdong (run by National Museum of Contemporary Art, Korea), Seoul’s Alternative Space LOOP and the director of last autumn’s International Festival for Arts and Media Yokohama, Sumitomo Fumihiko,View More >
The Yokohama BankART-sponsored BankART school has announced its program for the January – March semester and is now accepting applications. Instructors this semester, who change according to the day of the week, include the butoh dancer Uesugi Mitsuyo andView More >