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Artist Ohtake Shinro’s I ♥ 湯 (I love YU) art installation cum public bathhouse opened July 26th on the inland sea island of Naoshima. The space features mosaics and large-scale collages of image-printed tiles at the bottom of the baths,View More >

Merce Cunningham, one of the most influential choreographers of the 20th century, died Sunday night, 26 July. He was 90. Merce Cunningham Dance Company http://www.merce.org/

The third staging of the art project launched in 2007 that takes the city of Hiroshima as its stage. This year the Yoshijima area is liken to a treasure ship, which visitors tour ‘treasure-hunt’ style, looking for artworks scattered throughout.View More >

Mickalene Thomas Portrait of Qusuquzah, 2008 © Mickalene Thomas, Courtesy the artist and Lehmann Maupin Gallery The third staging of New York International Center of Photography (ICP)’s global survey of new work in photography and video – focusing this timeView More >

As part of his contribution to Architecture Tokyo 2009, Nagasaka Jo (Schemata Architecture Office) will convert areas of Happa – the recently completely multi-purpose office/gallery building that now houses his office – into a hotel for the duration of theView More >

The Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art is calling for exhibition plans and artworks for a show to be staged in the free zones – entrance hall, walkways, museum studio, stairwells and other spaces – of the Museum. Deadline: 24View More >

Artist unit Chim↑Pom’s planned exhibition, Fujiyama, GEISHA, JAPAnEse!!, is finally set to kick off on 26 July. The exhibition had been indefinitely postponed after access to the top of Mount Fuji, where they planned to create their new work, openedView More >

The Spanish newspaper El Periodico de Catalunya published an article in its July 24 online edition claiming that the classic Spanish Civil War photograph Loyalist Militiaman at the Moment of Death, Cerro Muriano, September 5, 1936 by master of photojournalismView More >

Antony Gormley　Another Singularity Antony Gormley, who is visiting Japan to participate in the Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial, will appear in a special talk at the British Council in Tokyo on 27 July. The British sculptor known for his large scale publicView More >

Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennal 2009, which kicks off Sunday in Niigata, has established an information center in Tokyo. Stop by and pick up guidebooks and this year’s art map – otherwise only available on site – to help plan your tripView More >