Opening weekend (5-6 September) of the 4th Fukuoka Asian Art Triennale will be chock-full of events from morning to night! Scheduled are talks by the Xijing Men, Huang Yong Ping and Shahzia Sikander; Nomura Makoto’s collaboration with middle school students;View More >
Amemiya Yosuke truth, 2005, oil on FRP Courtesy Yuka Sasahara Gallery An art fair dubbed KOMAZAWA MUSEUM X ART will take place next month at a housing gallery near Komazawa Park. Works by one or two of more than 30View More >
Photo Honma Takashi The Mitsubishi Ichigokan is slated to reopen in April 2010 as the Mitsubishi Ichigokan Museum, Tokyo following restoration to its original Meiji-period design. To celebrate the completion of the project, the building will open to public inView More >
Dazaifu Tenmangu, Ema Hall Artist Michael Lin will present an original ema votive painting to the Dazaifu Tenmangu shrine in Fukuoka. Lin embarked on the project after visiting the shrine last year. Lin’s painting will be dedicated to theView More >
I am not me, the horse is not mine 2008 © William Kentridge To coincide with the opening of his solo exhibition at the National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, William Kentridge will present his lecture/multimedia performance I am not me,View More >
■Award The 1st Nakamura Keith Haring Collection International Painting Contest for children is calling for submissions. Taking ‘Peace’ as its theme, the contest offers prizes in each of four divisions: pre-school, grades 1-3, grades 4-6, and middle school.View More >
The Suntory Museum Tempozan in Osaka has announced it will be closing its doors at the end December 2010. Suntory Holdings Limited, which operates the Museum, will merge with the Suntory Music Foundation on 1 September 2009, to becomeView More >
Event Yanobe Kenji Lucky Dragon (study drawing) 2009 (c) Yanobe Kenji Art boat designed to cruise area waterways An event staged to symbolize Osaka’s revitalization as a city of water, Aqua Metropolis Osaka 2009 kicked off today. Among an extensive programView More >
Art House Project Ishibashi, Photo Watanabe Osamu Nihonga artist Senju Hiroshi has complete his new work for the Benesse Art Site Naoshima Art House Project, a series of permanent installations in which artists transform vacant houses on the island intoView More >
Xijing Men (l to r: Chen Shaoxiong, Ozawa Tsuyoshi and Gimhongsok) There was a northern capital (Beijing), a southern capital (Nanjing) and an eastern capital (Tokyo), but no western capital (Xijing)…until the Xijing Men (Ozawa Tsuyoshi, Chen Shaoxiong and Gimhongsok)View More >
Lim Jihye the black buffalo #2 Mezzotint Korean artist Lim Jihye is the grand prizewinner of the international printmaking competition staged to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of mezzotint artist Hamaguchi Yozo. Japanese artist Kobayashi Misako took secondView More >
LOAPS Art Room, offering classes to a wide range of people from children to budding artists, is now operating in Tokyo. Assuming the roles of directors and special instructors are art critic Ichihara Kentaro, artist Hiro Sugiyama, and gallerist YoshiiView More >