Two new, large-scale art events are about to kick off – from what is supposed to be the middle of a major economic slump: the Setouchi International Art Festival, which starts on July 19, and the Aichi Triennale 2010, which commences off on August 21. The Setouchi International Art Festival represents an amalgam of the [...]
Category: Articles | Posted: July 17th, 2010 | Author: Edan Corkill
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Two years ago the diamond dealers Tiffany started putting something back into the country that has long been one of their biggest markets. In 2008, the Tiffany Foundation initiated the Tiffany Foundation Award for the Preservation of Japanese Traditional Arts and Culture in Contemporary Society. The award, which is administered by the Japan Center for [...]
Category: Articles | Posted: July 17th, 2010 | Author: Edan Corkill
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26 May – 16 August, 2010 The “Masterpieces from Paris” show that broke attendance records earlier this year at the National Gallery of Australia is proving just as successful in Japan. Under a title tweaked to play to Japan’s love of specifics, “Post-Impressionism: 115 Masterpieces from the Musée d’Orsay” attracted over 300,000 visitors in its [...]
Category: What's On | Posted: July 17th, 2010 | Author: Edan Corkill
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5 June – 22 August, 2010 The first solo museum show in Japan for the pioneer of color art photography, William Eggleston. Photographs taken by the artist in both Paris and Kyoto were commissioned by the Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain. As is to be expected, Eggleston’s pics of Kyoto ignore the usual postcard favorites [...]
Category: What's On | Posted: July 17th, 2010 | Author: Edan Corkill
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26 June – 26 September, 2010 Works from the hilltop Museo di Capodimonte in Naples, which is well known for its Renaissance and Baroque masterpieces. Highlights include Guido Reni’s Atalanta and Hippomenes (1622-25) and Parmigianino’s Portrait of a Young Woman (Antea) (1524-27). Organized with Tokyo Broadcasting System Television, Inc. The National Museum of Western Art
Category: What's On | Posted: July 17th, 2010 | Author: Edan Corkill
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Submissions due 30 September, 2010 Japan’s largest open-air sculpture competition will be held again to coincide with the Ube Biennale (24 September – 13 November, 2011). Twenty winning sculptures will be displayed along with forty selected models at Tokiwa Park, in Ube, Yamaguchi Prefecture. Upon completion of the biennale, the best and second-best sculptures will [...]
Category: Opportunities | Posted: July 17th, 2010 | Author: Edan Corkill
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Ideas accepted at any time A new online forum, operated by Designtope Co., Ltd., for brining together designers and manufacturers. Designers can make design/product proposals to any of the “member” corporations, which include H Concept, MUJI, Idea International and Elmes. If the ideas are commercialized, the designers can negotiate conditions directly with the client corporations. [...]
Category: Opportunities | Posted: July 17th, 2010 | Author: Edan Corkill
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Applications due 15 September, 2010 High profile award aimed at celebrating artists who share the same fearless creative spirit that characterized avant-garde artist Taro Okamoto. Prizes worth over 3 million yen. Taro Award, Taro Okamoto Museum of Art, Kawasaki, 7-1-5 Masukata, Tama-ku, Kawasaki, Tel: 044-900-9898
Category: Opportunities | Posted: July 17th, 2010 | Author: Edan Corkill
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Submissions accepted between 15 July – 24 September, 2010 Major competition for works made using digital technologies, sponsored by the national government’s Agency for Cultural Affairs. Entries are accepted in four divisions: manga, animation, entertainment and art. Entries may be professional or amateur and independent or commercial productions. Japan Media Arts Festival Secretariat Office, c/o [...]
Category: Opportunities | Posted: July 17th, 2010 | Author: Edan Corkill
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Entries due 31 October, 2010 International furniture design competition held once every three years since 1990. Entries open to newly created and previously unpublished works. Judges include Naoto Fukasawa. Over 6 million yen in prizes. IFDA Organizing Committee, Asahikawa Furniture Industry Cooperative Office, E-mail: ifda-e@asahikawa-kagu.or.jp
Category: Opportunities | Posted: July 17th, 2010 | Author: Edan Corkill
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Tokyo’s central business district of Marunouchi gained a new landmark last month, with the opening of the new Mitsubishi Ichigokan Museum. And not two weeks had passed before it was revealed that another new museum would open in the rapidly transforming area, in 2012. The Mitsubishi Ichigokan Museum is owned and operated by property developers [...]
Category: Articles | Posted: May 17th, 2010 | Author: Edan Corkill
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