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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20 March – 4 July, 2010 The third in the Mori Art Museum’s series of triennial exhibitions to showcase some of Japan’s best up-and-coming artistic talent. The highlight of this year’s show is the element of street-generated art. HITOTZUKI (Kami+Sasu) have built an entire skateboard half-pipe in one gallery, decorating it and the surrounding walls [...]
Category: What's On | Posted: May 17th, 2010 | Author: Edan Corkill
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20 April – 6 June, 2010 The highlight of the Tokyo National Museum’s 2010 roster, this dip into the storehouse of one of the great feudal families is attracting thousands of visitors every day. The Hosokawas controlled the Kumamoto domain, gathering all manner of treasures along the way: paintings by Hishida Shunso and Hakuin Ekaku, [...]
Category: What's On | Posted: May 17th, 2010 | Author: Edan Corkill
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6 May – 5 June, 2010 Painter Makoto Aida spent six months in Beijing last year – and he was extraordinarily productive, returning home with – among other things – a 3×7 meter painting of a kind of modern-day apocalypse: thousands of dead salarymen strewn among old copy machines and other detritus of the modern [...]
Category: What's On | Posted: May 17th, 2010 | Author: Edan Corkill
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27-28 March, 2010 The second edition of this annual art extravaganza. Having welcomed three new museums in the last seven years (National Art Center, Tokyo; Mori Art Museum; and Suntory Museum of Art), the central Tokyo district of Roppongi is gradually rebranding itself as a cultural hub. This all-night event features outdoor art installations, parades, [...]
Category: What's On | Posted: March 12th, 2010 | Author: Edan Corkill
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11 March – 9 May, 2010 Morimura delivers up nothing less than a requiem to the 20th century in this stunning collection of photographs and videos. New works depict Albert Einstein, Pablo Picasso, and Gandhi, but it is the reverence accorded Marilyn Monroe that gives the game away: this is one man’s very personal homage [...]
Category: What's On | Posted: March 12th, 2010 | Author: Edan Corkill
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2-4 April, 2010 Japan’s largest and most diverse art fair is back again this year with its fifth instalment. 138 galleries are participating – just below the 143 last year. But, 12 of those are from overseas and, more surprisingly, 36 are making their AFT debuts. Again this year the fair will showcase a variety [...]
Category: What's On | Posted: March 12th, 2010 | Author: Edan Corkill
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11 December, 2009 – 3 March, 2010 It has been a whirlwind decade for the artist Tabaimo. Since bursting onto the scene as the youngest participant in the 2001 Yokohama Triennale, where she stunned viewers with her slightly ominous hand-drawn animation installation titled Japanese Commuter Train, Tabaimo has been shown at the 2002 Bienal de [...]
Category: What's On | Posted: January 22nd, 2010 | Author: Edan Corkill
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30-31 January, 2010 Directed by private art collector Toshiko Ferrier, this brand new art fair is aimed at putting a little exclusivity back into the contemporary art world. Participation is limited to just 15 galleries – only the biggest names in the contemporary art world, such as Tomio Koyama Gallery, Gallery Koyanagi and SCAI The [...]
Category: What's On | Posted: January 22nd, 2010 | Author: Edan Corkill
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