Shiriagari Kotobuki returns to his hometown of Shizuoka as guest curator and artist where he is joined by fellow manga artists Tanaka Katsuki, Amahisa Masakazu, Kawai Katsuo and Nagao Kenichiro. In an experiment expanding the possibilities of manga toView More >
© Morimura Yasumasa Morimura Yasumasa’s solo show Maburakashi opens today at Epsite in Shinjuku. The title is a word coined by the artist from the Japanese words mabusu (to cover, smear or sprinkle) and mazekoze ni suru (to mix upView More >
From left: Azuma Makoto, Nawa Kohei, Ninagawa Mika +81Creatives, an outshoot of the design magazine +81, will bring together art directors and creatives working in Japan and abroad to take part in a three-day powwow. Among the scheduled events areView More >
The second seminar staged in conjunction with Exposition of Mythology – Electronic Technology currently underway (through 4 October) at the Nam June Paik Art Center. The exhibition poses diverse translations of the enormous effect of Paik’s first solo show ExpositionView More >
(left to right) Paint Splash (out August), Gingham (out September), Numbers (out October) Handbag brand LeSportsac has added to its ‘Artist In Residence’ line of handbags created in collaboration with artists a series by New York-based Japanese artist MatsuyamaView More >
Having recently wrapped up two solo shows in Japan, 2001 Turner Prize-winning artist Martin Creed prepares to make his choreographic debut during this autumn’s Frieze Art Fair. The piece was co-commissioned as an offsite event by Frieze Music andView More >
Editors’ picks (20-26 August) Interview: Song Dong https://www.art-it.asia/en/u/admin_interviews_e/giD39m1wnJVsqkl8eb0T/ Video: SANAA: Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2009 https://www.art-it.asia/fpage/?OP=mov&bclid=27342443001&bctid=35081601001 Snapshots & Video: Raqs Media Collective: Escapement at Frith Street Gallery https://www.art-it.asia/en/u/admin_expht_e/AZyEJP8WvBXTONcx06h2/ https://www.art-it.asia/fpage/?OP=mov&bclid=27342443001&bctid=35081106001 News: Aqua Metropolis Osaka 2009 launched https://www.art-it.asia/en/u/admin_news_e/1BU8QtpqVbEwIiHxGYPS/ Exhibition: Picks – Louisa BufardeciView More >
©YAYOI KUSAMA, Photo COMME des GARÇONS COMME des GARÇONS launched their new space, Six, in the Minamisenba district of Osaka with a solo show by Kusama Yayoi and the Kawakubo Rei-designed space has taken on the flavor of Kusama’sView More >
Xu Zhen www.okmyclub.com-Fought Annan in New York 2005 Courtesy the artist and Shangart A four-day symposium organized by the Hong Kong-based non-profit foundation ArtHub to reexamine the complex interconnections within the artistic and cultural fabric of Asia. The forum takesView More >
Yamane Yasuhiro Hare The artist group SWAMP has kicked off a three-part series of exhibitions at NADiff Gallery: solo shows by each of the principal members Takano Itohisa and Yamane Yasuhiro, to be followed by a collaborative exhibition. The firstView More >
ⓒ Naoko Tamura Director Aoyama Shinji’s Le Petit Chaperon Rouge will make its Japanese screen debut at Vacant in Harajuku. Also underway at the same venue is a photo exhibition by Tamura Naoko featuring portraits taken during the making ofView More >
Left: Moriyama Daido Photo Sawatari Hajime Right: Ohtake Shinro ⓒ Nakano Masataka Moriyama Daido’s Hokkaido – Introduction opens 12 September at Sapporo PARCO. In conjunction with the exhibition, Ohtake Shinro, who has collaborated with the photographer on a number of magazinesView More >