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  Tokyo Wonder Site is calling for entries for the 2010 edition of its annual Wonder Seeds exhibition. Launched in 2003, the program is designed to support young artists by providing a platform for showing and selling their works. EntryView More >

Curators Francesco Bonami and Gary Carrion-Murayari have announced the lineup for the Whitney Museum’s next biennial survey of art in America today. Their 2010 edition (25 February – 30 May) will feature 55 artists (compared to 81 in ’08) rangingView More >

Kusama Yayoi  Dots Obsession 2008  Installation at LA VILLETTE, Paris   The first Aichi Triennale slated to open summer 2010 has announced elements of the festival that are now official. A press conference held 4 December revealed the Triennale’s aim to presentView More >

An exhibition by students from 13 art universities running through Sunday at the Artcomplex Center of Tokyo in Yotsuya. The six! features the award-winning works from the art festivals held at each university and the shortlisted artworks from a web-basedView More >

Thomas Hoving, the former director of New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art and author of numerous artworld-related books including Masterpiece and Making the Mummies Dance: Inside the Metropolitan Museum of Art, died on 10 December from cancer at 78. HovingView More >

Onimusume 1 by Utatane Hiroyuki （1994） © Utatane Hiroyuki / Comic House ©KAIYODO Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved.   Bome, the modeler known primarily from his work on Murakami Takashi’s Project KO2 series of figure sculptures, 
opens his own soloView More >

Sarah McCrory appointed as curator of Frieze Projects (Art Review） http://www.artreview.com/profiles/blog/show?id=1474022%3ABlogPost%3A924605 Steve McQueen directs Fela, a feature film based on the life of African musician and activist Fela Anikulapo Kuti. (Artforum） http://www.artforum.com/news/#news24370 New Prize Created by Victor Pinchuk Honors ArtistsView More >

Anish Kapoor   The Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative is a program created to nurture rising talents in a variety of artistic fields by bringing them together with great masters for a year of creative collaboration in a one-to-oneView More >

  Open Studio presents the results of the ARCUS Project’s yearlong artist-in-residence program, for which international artists are selected each year through an open call for applications. The 2009 resident artists are Daniel Seiple (USA), Doreen Uhlig (Germany) and WuView More >

David Bowen growth modeling device   The Japan Media Arts Festival Executive Committee (The Agency for Cultural Affairs / The National Art Center, Tokyo / CG-ARTS) has announced the 24 award-winning works in the 13th Japan Media Arts Festival. OneView More >

Unitled (detail) 2008 Courtesy Gagosian Gallery, London/New York; the Modern Institute/Toby Webster Ltd, Glasgow and BQ, Berlin   Britain’s high profile contemporary art prize was awarded last night to site-specific painter Richard Wright, with the announcement and award presentation broadcastView More >

The Cartier Award 2010 is calling for proposals for a new work to be realized at Frieze Art Fair 2010. The award covers project production costs of up to £10,000 and
 includes a three-month residency at Gasworks (London) providing 
accommodation,View More >