The International Festival for Arts and Media Yokohama (CREAM) to open in October is calling for entries in its media arts competition. The preliminary and final rounds of judging in this attempt to postulate new forms of visual expression forView More >
Anish Kapoor Svayambh 2007 A major one-man exhibition by Anish Kapoor, known for his massive installations, is to be staged at London’s Royal Academy of Arts this autumn. The show will feature recent works such as Svayambh (2007), plus site-specificView More >
…wherever you go! The MoMA store now stocks a range of stationery featuring designs from the art of Yokoo Tadanori. Yokoo Notebook 6h x 4.25w x 1″d $18.95 Yokoo Note Cards 4.25h x 5.5w x 1.5″d $15.95 Yokoo PocketView More >
The Japanese government has announced its supplementary budget for the 2009 financial year: 13.9256 trillion yen. Of this the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) portion totals 1.3174 trillion yen, 31.5 billion of which has been allocatedView More >
The first Festival/Tokyo featuring Japanese and international performing artists was staged in February – March this year. A second festival will now be held in October at venues around Ikebukuro. Many performers from the first festival, including Romeo Castellucci,View More >
…Hong Kong A sale of 20th century Chinese art and Asian contemporary art was held at Christie’s Hong Kong over two days from May 24. According to Christie’s official figures, 34 items were presented at the first day’s sale, fetchingView More >
To celebrate their third anniversary, Mujin-to Production of Koenji, Tokyo have opened up their gallery space as a bar (or something like a bar?) for a limited time only. Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays from Friday 29 May – FridayView More >
The latest monograph on Thai film director and more recently acclaimed contemporary artist Apichatpong Weerasethakul is now available. The volume covers all films directed by Apichatpong. Filmmuseum Synema Publikationen Vol. 12 2009/Vienna Editor: James Quandt 256 pages/245 color plates,View More >
This autumn will see current San Diego Museum of Art executive director Derrick R. Cartwright assume the role of director at the Seattle Art Museum. Cartwright holds a PhD from the University of Michigan, and specializes in North AmericanView More >
Kimura Ihei Award winner Honma Takashi is to run a workshop at the main Aoyama Book Center store in Tokyo. Using his book Tanoshii shashin – Yoi ko no tame no shashin kyoshitsu (Fun with photos: a photography classView More >