dolefullhouse 2007 Still image from a single-channel Blu-ray video projection with sound Dimensions variable © Tabaimo Courtesy Gallery Koyanagi From January – April 2010, Philadelphia will host the inaugural edition of Philagrafika, a print-related art festival involving more thanView More >
Miyake Saori (left) a secret talk, and Bed Gelatin silver prints Photo © Ueno Norihiro The exhibition touted as the steppingstone to success for emerging Japanese artists, Vision of Contemporary Art (VOCA) has announced its award-winners for the 17th edition.View More >
Visionaire’s 57th issue and first in digital format, ‘2010’, presents 365 artworks organized into an electronic daily calendar selected by 52 curators, designers, architects, and collectors from around the world. Among those making the selections were Hans Ulrich Obrist, HerzogView More >
National art NPO network Arts NPO Link is to host an emergency forum on Japan’s arts and culture policy at Yokohama’s BankART on the 23rd (Wed/public holiday). In the wake of drastic cuts to cultural administration grants in November’s governmentView More >
Photo: Liad Baniel The Miami Beach art fairs – Art Basel Miami Beach, Scope, Pulse, and Art Asia – closed their 2009 editions on 6 December well attended. Art Basel, with more than 250 participating galleries, saw 42,000 visitors. Scope,View More >
■Exhibition Fallen Blossoms: Explosion Project 2009 Philadelphia Museum of Art, December 11, 2009, 4:30pm; 60 seconds Explosion area approximately 18.3 x 26.1 meters Gunpowder fuse, metal net for gunpowder fuse, scaffolding Photo Ihara Hiro Courtesy Cai Studio At sunsetView More >
■Event Left: Kim Sunjung Right: Azuma Hiroki Photo: Lee Seungmoo The Mori Art Museum is taking bookings for the last two lectures in its ten-part series exploring relations between art and society around the three themes of art, businessView More >
Pompidou Center reopens on 17 December for the first time since 23 November (New York Times) http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/12/17/pompidou-center-reopens/ Sotheby’s, Christie’s contemporary-art sales totals drop 75%. (Bloomberg) http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601088&sid=aAMthW5Uj.h4 British Museum and Tate expand focus on Middle East. (The Art Newspaper) http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/British-Museum-and-Tate-expand-focus-on-Middle-East/19848
■Award The International Association of Art Critics, United States section has announced its annual selection of award-winning US shows and performances for 2009. Among this year’s contemporary offerings the AICA/USA Award for Best Monographic Museum Show Nationally went to WilliamView More >
A detailed guide to some 90 artist-residency programs throughout the world together with artworks and comments – including why they applied and the significance of the experience – by more than 100 artists who have attended them. The bookView More >