Portrait of Rob Pruitt and the Delusional Downtown Divas Photo Kai Regan New York’s Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum has announced the establishment of The First Annual Art Awards with event partner Calvin Klein Collection. Artist Rob Pruitt has conceived theView More >
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 >