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The Japanese conceptual artist On Kawara died in New York City at the age of 81, it was learned on Jul 10. Born in 1933 in Kariya, Aichi Prefecture, Kawara began his career as a member of Tokyo’s postwar avant-gardeView More >

Still from 12th Taishin Arts Award Grand Prize winner Su Yu-hsien’s Hua-Shan-Qiang (2013), video, 21 min 8 sec. Courtesy Taishin Arts Award. Artist Su Yu-hsien has been awarded the grand prize of the 12th Taishin Arts Award, it was announcedView More >

Koki Tanaka – “abstract speaking – sharing uncertainty and collective acts,” installation view, the Japan Pavilion, 55th Venice Biennale, 2013. Photo Keizo Kioku, courtesy the Japan Foundation. Koki Tanaka has been named the Deutsche Bank Artist of the Year 2015,View More >

Artist Chiharu Shiota (right) with curator Hitoshi Nakano in front of their maquette for the Japan Pavilion at the 56th Venice Biennale in 2015. Chiharu Shiota will represent Japan at the upcoming 56th Venice Biennale in 2015, it was announcedView More >

The artistic director of the Yokohama Triennale 2014, Yasumasa Morimura, unveiled a detailed list of participating artists in his exhibition at a press conference at the Yokohama Museum of Art on Apr 22. Morimura announced the names of 55 newView More >

Pipilotti Rist – Mercy Garden Retour Skin (2014), audio and video installation (photograph inspired by Yuji). Courtesy the artist, Hauser & Wirth and Luhring Augustine. At a press conference in Kyoto on April 4, Shinji Kohmoto, the artistic director ofView More >

Cardboard Cathedral (2013), Christchurch, New Zealand. Photo Stephen Goodenough. Shigeru Ban has been awarded the 2014 Pritzker Architecture Prize, it has been announced. Ban is the seventh Japanese architect to win the prize, considered to be the top distinction inView More >

Yokohama Triennale 2014 artistic director Yasumasa Morimura (center), flanked from left to right by participating artists Akira Takayama, Kanayo Ueda of Kama Gei, Gregor Schneider and Masahiro Wada. New details have emerged about the Yokohama Triennale 2014, presented at aView More >

UTUX, Pan-Spirit’s Men for Music and Dance – Her Silent Innermost (2012), installation view at the “11th Taishin Arts Award Exhibition,” Museum of Contemporary Art, Taipei. One of Taiwan’s most prestigious honors in the field of arts and culture, theView More >

Installation view, “The Encyclopedic Palace.” Photo ART iT. The 55th edition of the Venice Biennale opened to the public Jun 1, with 88 national participations and a centerpiece exhibition curated by this year’s artistic director, Massmilioni Gioni. Titled “The EncyclopedicView More >