Born in the Streets – Graffiti opening today in at Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain explores the phenomenon that emerged in New York in the early 1970s and rapidly spread across the globe. The exhibition pays tribute to the pioneersView More >
Kudo Makiko Sky-flying fish, 2006 Copyright the artist, courtesy Tomio Koyama Gallery In conjunction with Winter Garden: Exploration of the Micropop Imagination in Contemporary Japanese Art currently underway at the Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, art critic and curator ofView More >
This year the contemporary art fair held each autumn in London introduces Frame, a new section dedicated to young galleries that have been in existence for less than six years. Each gallery will feature a solo artist presentation. Curators DanielView More >
Thirty of the 40 lots offered in Phillips de Pury’s contemporary art evening sale held 29 June in London found buyers, realizing £5,101,350 – just short of the £5.34 million low estimate. The evening’s top lot was Ed Ruscha’s ThatView More >
Ann Goldstein Photo Michael Powers After 25 years at The Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) in Los Angeles, Senior Curator Ann Goldstein will relocate to Amsterdam in January 2010 to assume the post of General Artistic Director of the StedelijkView More >
Christie’s post-war and contemporary day sale on July 1 in London realised a total of £9,322,275. The top lot was Suh Do-ho’s Some/One (2004) fetching £493,250 (est £200-300,000). Other works by Asian artists topping their pre-sale estimates include Kusama Yayoi’sView More >
With the summer holidays fast approaching and parents with children in mind, Yanobe Kenji is staging five video programs to coincide with his solo show, Giant Torayan’s Great Adventure, currently underway at BLD Gallery in Ginza. Each program is designedView More >
Leading young Japanese artist Nawa Kohei faces off with ART iT’s own editor-in-chief, Ozaki Tetsuya, in an attempt to answer the question ‘What is Japanese art?’ CREATIVE SEMINAR DAY STUDIO★100 Monday 20 July 14：00-16：00 (30 seats) Vantan Shibuya Directors Studio Details/bookingsView More >
Humphrey Ocean tutoring Life Class: Today’s Nude UK Channel 4 presents a series of five half-hour life drawing classes on daytime TV. Conceived by artist Alan Kane as an extension of his art practice, Life Class: Today’s Nude is commissionedView More >
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