Yasuhiro Suzuki – Ship of the Zipper (2010) Megijima, rendering. Courtesy the Setouchi International Art Festival. (Naoshima) On July 19, Japan’s newest art festival opened to the public. Sprawling across seven islands in the Seto Inland Sea as well asView More >
Still from Blow (2009), video installation, © Tabaimo, courtesy the artist and Gallery Koyanagi, Tokyo. The Japan Foundation revealed on June 5 that the media artist Tabaimo will represent Japan at next year’s 54th Venice Biennale. Known for hand-drawn animationsView More >
Exterior view of Art Basel 41 at Messe Basel, with Heimo Zobernig’s Art Public installation Black Cube (2010) visible at middle-right. Courtesy Art Basel. (Basel) Since the start of this year, art professionals have been cautiously optimistic that the marketView More >
Architect’s rendering of the Marina Bay Sands development, which will be home to the inaugural Art Stage Singapore art fair in January 2011. Courtesy Art Stage Singapore. (Singapore) Since 2007 alone, the Asia-Pacific region has seen a flurry of activityView More >
Buenos Aires-based independent curator Victoria Noorthoorn has been appointed curator for the 2011 Lyon Biennial, it was announced June 24. Noorthorn has been active primarily in the Americas, serving as projects coordinator of the international program at the Museum ofView More >
Installation view, Kunstverein München 1999. Photo Archiv HZ, courtesy Kiesler Foundation Vienna. Austrian artist Heimo Zobernig has won the EUR 55,000 Austrian Frederick Kiesler Prize for Architecture and the Arts 2010, it was announced on June 24. Established in 1997,View More >
Totaling GBP 153 million, Christie’s June 23 sale of Impressionist and Modern Art has broken the record for biggest art auction in London, with Picasso’s Blue Period Portrait d’Angel Fernández de Soto selling for £34.8 million. However, with Monet’s “WaterView More >
Hong Kong’s ambitious West Kowloon Cultural District project has found a director for its USD 609 million Museum Plus (M+) initiative. Lars Nittve, outgoing director of Stockholm’s Moderna Museet, will be in charge of seeing into fruition the interdisciplinary museum,View More >
Artist Yoshitaka Azuma died June 21 in Osaka due to asthma-related respiratory failure, ART iT has confirmed. Born in Osaka in 1977, Azuma earned a BA in Fine Art from Kyoto University of Art & Design and was represented byView More >
Simon Fujiwara – Installation view of Welcome to the Hotel Munber (2010). Courtesy Baloise Group, Basel. Simon Fujiwara and Claire Hooper have been announced as winners of this year’s 12th Baloise Art Prize in recognition of outstanding works in theView More >