Judy Annear on the paranormal art of Takayuki Yamamoto and exonemo In the catalogue for the exhibition she organized in 2007 at Tokyo’s Mori Art Museum, “All About Laughter: Humor in Contemporary Art,” curator Mami Kataoka wrote that one of
‘The beauty of distance: songs of survival in a precarious age’ May 12 to August 1, 2010 Multiple Venues, Sydney Paul McCarthy – Ship of Fools, Ship Adrift 2 (2010), rigid urethane foam, steel, wood and carpet, 600 x
Dan Cameron Compares Two Currents in the History of Performance Art Two concurrent exhibitions in the New York area – Marina Abramović’s “The Artist is Present” at the Museum of Modern Art and Carolee Schneemann’s “Within and Beyond the Premises”
BEGINNINGS, BEGINNINGS, BEGINNINGS A letter from Hans Ulrich Obrist to Hou Hanru Dear Hanru, Thanks so much for your message and many congratulations on your Lyon Biennale. Since your last letter ART iT ceased its print publication and has become
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Doryun Chong on Marina Abramović’s ‘The Artist is Present’ at MoMA Since March 14 of this year, Marina Abramović has been sitting in the grand atrium inside the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York, every single moment that the
Vasif Kortun on the Case of the Evaporating Art Center In cities such as Istanbul, Madrid and many others, the disappearance of medium-scale institutions seems to have intensified in recent years. Euphemistically called “art centers,” “ICAs,” “kunstvereins” and so on,
Resistance is Futile: The Pulling Power of the ‘Hostess Suit’ On business in the provinces, unenthused about drinking alone in some cramped, cheap hotel room, I hesitantly open the door of a local “snack” establishment. I am no longer young,
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Shape the paint, collage the shapes and make them form a painting Masahiro Sekiguchi’s ‘Plane B’ at Kodama Gallery Tokyo In Clyfford Still’s readymade, layered and collaged paintings (see my previous column), which call to mind walls upon which layers
Chaos*Lounge 2010 – Budding freedom/equality and their future Installation view of Chaos*Lounge 2010 in Takahashi Collection Hibiya On April 16, artist and art critic Kurose Yohei gave a lecture in conjunction with Murakami Takashi’s GEISAI University (at the Kakai
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