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The founder and director of the private Watari-um, Watari Museum of Contemporary Art, Shizuko Watari died Dec 1 of heart failure at a hospital in Tokyo. She was 80 years old. From 1972 to 1989, Watari was the director ofView More >

The independent curator Takashi Azumaya died Oct 16 at the age of 44, it has been announced. After completing his MFA in 1994 at Tokyo University of the Arts, Azumaya worked as a curator at the Setagaya Art Museum andView More >

Through a biennale, an art fair, institutional development and other initiatives, Singapore has aggressively positioned itself as a hub for contemporary art in Southeast Asia. On Sep 15 the island-state welcomed the latest addition to its growing art infrastructure, GillmanView More >

One of Asia’s most respected art festivals, the Gwangju Biennale opened its 9th edition to the public Sep 7. Entitled “Roundtable,” and co-directed by a group of six female curators from across Asia, the exhibition includes 92 artists and groupsView More >

Installation view of Christian Boltanski’s No Man’s Land at the Echigo-Tusmari Satoyama Museum of Contemporary Art, Kinare, 2012. Photo ART iT.   The Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial has opened its fifth edition Jul 29. Launched in 2000, the Echigo-Tsumari Art TriennialView More >

The Austrian artist Franz West has died at the age of 65, it was announced Jul 26 in a joint statement issued by the Franz West Foundation, Gagosian Gallery, Galerie Meyer Kainer and Galerie Eva Presenhuber. According to the statement,View More >

The 13th edition of the periodic survey of international contemporary art, documenta, has opened to the public Jun 9 in Kassel, Germany. Organized by artistic director Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, documenta 13 spreads across a range of traditional and unconventional venues, spanningView More >

Jao Chia-en – REM Sleep (2011), installation view. All images: Courtesy Taishin Bank Foundation for Arts and Culture.   One of the Asia-Pacific region’s most prestigious privately sponsored awards for arts and culture, the Taishin Arts Award has been anView More >

A Piano Played by Five Pianists at Once (First Attempt) (2012), video installation with HD video (run time 57 sec), two drawings, temporary wall. Created with University Art Galleries, University of California, Irvine. Courtesy Koki Tanaka; Vitamin Creative Space, Guangzhou;View More >

The co-founder of what is now one of Asia’s most successful contemporary art fairs, Art HK, is seeking to recreate the same international market magic for the Pacific region. Tim Etchells, of the British exhibitions company SME Ltd, is nowView More >

David Weiss, of the Swiss artist duo Fischli/Weiss, died Apr 27, it has been reported. He was 66 years old. Weiss began collaborating with Peter Fischli in 1979. Consistently unsettling the boundaries between amateur craft and conceptual rhetoric, together theView More >

The Architectural Institute of Japan has honored Ryue Nishizawa as one the recipients of the AIJ Prizes for 2012, it was announced Apr 11. Partner with Kazuyo Sejima in the firm SANAA, and principal of his own firm, Office ofView More >