Book Araki’s new photobook 2THESKY, my Ender was released by Shinchosha at the end of 2009. The book contains 254 works from a series created in a kind of diaristic mode using photographs of the sky taken from his balconyView More >
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Japanese artists talk about Beuys
Event Beuys in Japan Filmart, A5/224 pages/¥2,600 out January 2010 Beuys in Japan, the catalogue published to coincide with the 8 Days – Beuys in Japan exhibition showing through 24 January at Art Tower Mito, has just been released. ToView More >
Seven young artists at Montblanc Ginza
Left: Watanabe Yutaka untitled Right: Sudo Yukiko Montblanc flowers and weeds Montblanc, of fountain-pen fame, is exhibiting works by seven emerging Japanese artists in its Ginza store. The retailers launched their Montblanc Young Artists Patronage in Japan program in 2007 asView More >
Art & design magazines out this month
CASA BRUTUS vol.118（out 10 December） Feature: Best 100 in architecture and design http://magazineworld.jp/casabrutus/118/ Bijutsu-techo vol. 62 No.932（out 17 December） Feature: History of Japanese illustration http://www.bijutsu.co.jp/bt/ Art Review: December 2009 60th Anniversary Issue http://www.artreviewdigital.com/ Flash Art November/December 2009 Features: JungYeondoo /View More >
Goodbye ‘magical’; hello ‘island’
magical, ARTROOM president/director Okada Satoshi says he will retire from the gallery world, and instead focus his efforts on running the alternative space and bar MAGIC ROOM??? on the fourth floor of the same building (NADiff a/p/a/r/t), in preparation toView More >
Paul Chan on his New Orleans project
■Event Tickets are now on sale for the Hong Kong-born, New York-based artist-activist Paul Chan’s extraordinary live multimedia presentation about his November 2007 productions in New Orleans of Waiting for Godot. Chan staged five performances of the production to localView More >
Philagrafika 2010
dolefullhouse 2007 Still image from a single-channel Blu-ray video projection with sound Dimensions variable © Tabaimo Courtesy Gallery Koyanagi From January – April 2010, Philadelphia will host the inaugural edition of Philagrafika, a print-related art festival involving more thanView More >
Miyake Saori receives VOCA prize 2010
Miyake Saori (left) a secret talk, and Bed Gelatin silver prints Photo © Ueno Norihiro The exhibition touted as the steppingstone to success for emerging Japanese artists, Vision of Contemporary Art (VOCA) has announced its award-winners for the 17th edition.View More >
Visionaire 57 takes form of electronic daily art calendar
Visionaire’s 57th issue and first in digital format, ‘2010’, presents 365 artworks organized into an electronic daily calendar selected by 52 curators, designers, architects, and collectors from around the world. Among those making the selections were Hans Ulrich Obrist, HerzogView More >
Art NPOs discuss cultural administration
National art NPO network Arts NPO Link is to host an emergency forum on Japan’s arts and culture policy at Yokohama’s BankART on the 23rd (Wed/public holiday). In the wake of drastic cuts to cultural administration grants in November’s governmentView More >