Pioneering choreographer Pina Bausch (born 27 July 1940, in Solingen, Germany) died Tuesday 30 June, five days after being diagnosed with cancer. She was 68. Pina Bausch Tanztheater Wuppertal http://www.pina-bausch.de/news.htm
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Yanagi Miwa on NHK ‘Sunday Museum’
NHK Educational TV’s Sunday Museum spotlights artist Yanagi Miwa in the feature segment of its 26 July broadcast. The artist herself will appear as a guest, delving into the subject of ‘the maturing image of women’. The previous week’s broadcastView More >
Ukawa Naohiro + Chim↑Pom + Yoshida Go talk event
With an exhibition of autographs he ‘signed’ while possessed by the spirits of 300 different celebrities well underway, Ukawa Naohiro next ventures to invite prankster art unit Chim↑Pom and famed interviewer Yoshida Ko to join him in a powwow. NowView More >
Nezu Museum reopens 7 October
The Nezu Museum, renowned for its collection of Japanese and Eastern art, will reopen on 7 October. The Museum has undergone a three-year-long renovation project that includes construction of a new building designed by architect Kuma Kengo. Nezu Museum (Minami-aoyama)View More >
AIDS Orphans in Uganda Meet an Artist
What can art do for children in developing countries? Students under the tutelage of artist Miyajima Tatsuo at Tohoku University of Art and Design and Kyoto University of Art and Design present the results of their workshop with AIDS orphansView More >
Odani Motohiko Talk Event
Odani Motohiko joins Saki Naoki (waterdesignscope) for the 26th round of his podcast series of dialogues with top creatives, SAKAI PODCASTS 2.0. The open recording session takes place tomorrow at the Apple Store Ginza. Thursday 2 July 2009 19:00 –View More >
Tsuda Nao: solo show and talk
Making of SMOKE LINE, an exhibition photographs by Tsuda Nao opens today at NOW IDeA by UTRECHT. In conjunction with the show, the artist will join photography critic Takeuchi Mariko and Utrecht’s Eguchi Hiroshi for a talk event titled ‘Bound/Unbound’View More >
Emerging artist exhibitions in the Ginza area
Koike Junya Utsu, 2008 Courtesy Gallery Yamaguchi Twelve galleries in the Ginza/Kyobashi areas of Tokyo have each planned a solo show by an emerging artist to be staged concurrently under the umbrella title Statements From Galleries: Focusing on a NewView More >
Comics museum opens in France
On 20 June, the Musée de la bande dessinée (Museum of Comics) opened in the French city of Angoulême, a city also known for hosting the annual Festival international de la bande dessinée d’Angoulême (Angoulême International Comics Festival). The newlyView More >
Laurie Simmons at Comme des Garçons Aoyama
The Music of Regret (2006), a film by Laurie Simmons whose solo show recently closed at the Tomio Koyama Gallery in Tokyo, takes on a new form at the Comme des Garçons boutique in Aoyama: the artist’s signature puppets appearView More >