This year marks the 30th anniversary of China’s first public contemporary art show: The Stars Exhibition. To celebrate the occasion, the pioneer founding member of the avant-garde Stars group and advocate of the Dashanzi Factory 798 Art District, Huang Rui,View More >
Sugimoto Hiroshi Lightning Fields 119 2009 Gelatin silver print ©Hiroshi Sugimoto Courtesy Gallery Koyanagi Recipients of the 21st Praemium Imperiale, awarded annually by the Japan Art Association (under the presidency of Prince Hitachi) to honor worldwide achievement in the arts, were announced on 24View More >
Asada Akira Academia open lectures by KUAD Grad School president Asada Akira and his guests begin next month at the University. The 20 October session will include a screening of S/N, the legendary stage piece by multimedia performance group dumbView More >
Akihabara will soon be home to a new art center. After undergoing renovation, the former Chiyoda-ku Rensei Junior High School will feature exhibition space, artists’ studios and workshop areas. Working towards a planned launch in February 2010, the facility isView More >
Contemporary artist Matsukage Hiroyuki will screen the new version of his video ECHO, presented last month at the Dojima River Biennale in Osaka, and appear in a symposium. ECHO is a performance in which the artist throws and breaks glassView More >
Ohmaki Shinji Echoes – Shanghai Road, 2009 302x2600cm, Photo Tokyo Gallery + BTAP The Best Young Artist awards from the curated DISCOVERIES exhibition at ShContemporary09 went to Japanese artists Miyanaga Aiko and Ohmaki Shinji and Chinese artist Shi Qing. SponsoredView More >
British photographer Stephen Gill, who held his first Japanese solo show Hackney Flowers at Ebisu’s G/P gallery in February, has returned to Japan and will give a special talk. In what promises to be an enjoyable evening, the artist willView More >
Chinese artist Ai Weiwei has been posting news on Twitter about head surgery he underwent at and his subsequent release from a Munich hospital. Ai had been detained, but later released, by police in August in the Sichuan city ofView More >
The Museum of Chinese in America opened its doors on 22 September at its new location on Centre Street in New York’s Chinatown district. MOCA’s new home was designed by artist and architect Maya Lin. The museum kicked off withView More >
It is now more than likely that the Japanese government will review the plans for the National Center for the Media Arts (provisional name). On 22 September, Kawabata Tatsuo, Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) in theView More >
Complaints Choir of Helsinki 2006 Photo Petri Summanen The Complaints Choir, an art project that turns gripes against the world into positive energy through the medium of song, is looking for participants for its Tokyo edition. Launched by Helsinki-based artists Tellervo KalleinenView More >
Performa 09, the visual art performance biennial, will take place in New York City over the course of three weeks in November. The third staging of the event presents works by 150 artists including Candice Breitz, Mike Kelley, William Kentridge,View More >