Cultural Affairs Agency responds to March 11 quake and tsunami Second quake destroys Australia House; plans afoot to build anew Major museums deal with loan, exhibition cancellations Download
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Australians will be saddened to learn that a second powerful earthquake, which struck in Nagano Prefecture in the early hours of 12 March, is believed to have been responsible for the collapse of “Australia House,” a farmhouse-turned-artists’ residence that opened in Niigata Prefecture in 2009 as part of the 4th Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial and had [...]
Category: Articles | Posted: May 12th, 2011 | Author: Edan Corkill
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16 March – 6 June, 2011 The National Art Center’s annual “Artist File” exhibition, now in its fourth year, presents a selection of artists who, in the eyes of the Center’s curators, are “the most exciting and relevant to introduce at this time.” The total of eight artists includes Kristin Baker (USA), Birdhead (China) and [...]
Category: What's On | Posted: May 12th, 2011 | Author: Edan Corkill
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The Agency for Cultural Affairs has been busy tallying damage to cultural properties wrought by the Great Eastern Japan Earthquake and tsunami of March 11, and then sending out “rescue” teams to ensure those properties’ safety. The ongoing count of registered cultural properties that have sustained damage stands at 539. Five of those are National [...]
Category: Articles | Posted: May 11th, 2011 | Author: Edan Corkill
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Several major art museums have had their schedules thrown into disarray as foreign partner institutions with whom they were due to co-host exhibitions in the coming months recoiled in the face of Japan’s ongoing nuclear crisis. One of the first exhibitions to be affected was “Masterpieces of French Painting from The State Pushkin Museum of [...]
Category: Articles | Posted: May 11th, 2011 | Author: Edan Corkill
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26 March – 28 August, 2011 “French Window,” an exhibition featuring the past winners of France’s Duchamp Prize got off to a belated start on March 26 – just over a week after it was initially supposed to open. The delay was of course due to March 11 earthquake and the mood of self-restraint that [...]
Category: What's On | Posted: May 11th, 2011 | Author: Edan Corkill
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9 April – 26 June, 2011 The first museum solo show for one of Japan’s most respected young photographers, Takashi Homma, moves to the Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery after a successful run at the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa. This exhibition includes work taken since 2005 in Tokyo, the United States and [...]
Category: What's On | Posted: May 11th, 2011 | Author: Edan Corkill
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Entries due 1-21 June, 2011 for the art competition; 5 July – 5 August, 2011 for the design competition Two competitions – one for art and one for design – hosted by Tokyo Midtown, the large, upscale redevelopment project near Tokyo’s Roppongi district. Total prize money of over 1 million for each award is up [...]
Category: Opportunities | Posted: May 11th, 2011 | Author: Edan Corkill
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Entries due 30 June, 2011 The national broadcaster NHK’s competition for excellence in educational programming. Prizes are being offered for television programs, websites, games and other audio-visual materials produced for educational purposes. Japan Prize Secretariat
Category: Opportunities | Posted: May 11th, 2011 | Author: Edan Corkill
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9 May – 17 June, 2011 Visual and performing artists sought for four residencies between one week and two months in length to be held between August 2011 and March 2012 at Beppu, a hot-spring town in Oita Prefecture in Japan’s south. Applicants must reside in Japan and must be able to communicate in Japanese. [...]
Category: Opportunities | Posted: May 11th, 2011 | Author: Edan Corkill
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Applications due 30 June, 2011 Accommodation and studio space available for performing artists at Kyoto Art Center for stays of up to three months during fiscal 2012 (1 April, 2012 to 31 March, 2013). A residency for artists working in the visual arts will be held in 2013. Kyoto Art Center Artist-in-Residence Program, 546-2 Yamafushiyama-cho, [...]
Category: Opportunities | Posted: May 11th, 2011 | Author: Edan Corkill
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