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Front and back covers of the October 2009 issue of papyrus（¥730; Gentosha） Artist Ohtake Shinro is the subject of a special feature in the October issue (now on sale) of the culture magazine papyrus. Among the special feature’s series ofView More >

Matsushima Shunsuke VOICE-PORTRAIT ~self-introduction~ http://voice-portrait.tumblr.com/ Winners of the CREAM competition staged in conjunction with the International Festival for Arts and Media Yokohama to open at the end of October were announced today: the CREAM Prize went to Matsushima Shunsuke’s VOICE-PORTRAITView More >

Twenty-four artists and researchers partaking in the now underway Aqua Metropolis Osaka 2009 will gather in the city on 22 September for a symposium. Participants including Ou Ning, Tsubaki Noboru, Hirata Oriza, Yanobe Kenji, Yoshimi Shunya and Aqua Metropolis OsakaView More >

Chinese Malaysian artist Emil Goh died suddenly on 7 September at his apartment in Seoul. He was 43. Media sources are reporting the cause as a heart attack. As an artist, Goh was known mainly for his photo and videoView More >

September 16 marks the grand opening of (an art) PAWNSHOP at The shop operated by Vitamin Creative Space in Beijing. The project appeals both to artists ‘in need of fast cash’ and prospective buyers to ‘come down and browse itsView More >

Round 3 of the ‘I love Art – Art & Capitalism: Art Lovers’ Mixer’, a place to meet other art enthusiasts both male and female and for art fans to meet gallerists, takes place once again courtesy Civic Art, theView More >

Japanese and international dancers and choreographers converge in Aoyama on 18 September for the launch of Dance Triennale Tokyo 2009. As a related event, Israeli choreographer Yasmeen Godder joins dance critic Norikoshi Takao for a talk at Aoyama Book CenterView More >

Art Triangle Vol.1, a simultaneously staged dance, film and art event, is currently underway at Kobe Art Village Center (KAVC). As one of the three events, artist Takagi Masakatsu’s film documenting the Tai Rei Tei Rio project Aruongaku and hisView More >

India Art Summit published results from second annual staging which took place in late August. Over the course of its four days, the international art fair saw some 40,000 visitors, with participating galleries making sales of approximately 260 million IndianView More >

©la Biennale di Venezia Iran-born artist Shirin Neshat was awarded the the Silver Lion for Best Director at the 66th Venice International Film Festival for her first feature Women Without Men (Germany, Austria, France). The score for the film wasView More >