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 >
Moriyama,・Shinjuku・Araki exhibition 2005 Photo Kioku Keizo Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery celebrated its tenth anniversary on 9 September. To mark the occasion the gallery is posting on its website an illustrated chronology of exhibitions held to date, along with messages from artistsView More >
The artist famed for his sound and light-emitting works made from modified household items and appliances performs live this Sunday night at Vacant in Jingumae, The performance is a segment of ‘wrong dance, right steps’. For five days starting tomorrow,View More >
neoneo Part1 [boys] neoneo boys are ‘soshokukei – herbivorous artists’? The second talk event staged in conjunction with neoneo Part1 [boys] neoneo boys are ‘soshokukei – herbivorous artists’? currently underway at Takahashi Collection Hibiya. For this round the girls, popularView More >
Vintage Fox Talbot negative, c.1840-1841 © Hiroshi Sugimoto Courtesy Gallery Koyanagi The Clematis-no-oka cultural complex in the Shizuoka prefecture city of Mishima will soon celebrate the opening of a new museum devoted to photography: the Izu Photo Museum. Located nearView More >
For the next round of his talk-session series, Ozaki Tetsuya welcomes fashion designer Tsumura Kosuke. For this session ART iT’s editor-in-chief has asked his guest – who in addition to maintaining a design practice that includes his own label, FinalView More >
Thursday 9 September marked the launch of the iida Digital Contents Gallery, a collection of downloadable artworks created by Japanese and international artists and designers for au’s iida-brand mobile phone. Round one features works by the six artists/units Enlightenment, TakimotoView More >
Damien Hirst Ingo, Torsten 1992 (Installation at Unfair, Cologne) Gloss household paint on wall, chairs and twins, Dimensions variable © Damien Hirst, Courtesy White Cube Artist Damien Hirst is calling for identical twins to take part in his artwork forView More >