The voice – coming to me through headphones – belongs to the Canadian artist Janet Cardiff, co-creator of City of Forking Paths, a twilight “video walk” commissioned for the Sydney Biennale and funded by the City of Sydney as a legacy public artwork.full story
Emma Hack is one of the key figures in the contemporary skin art world, meticulously hand painting naked bodies to match their environments so much so that they nearly disappear. ... Japanese Bamboo Mandala by Emma Hack, in Melbourne, Australia.full story
A neon arms race between Shanghai and Hong Kong meant both cities became major producers of the stuff, so that by the 1980s, when American shop owners swayed by changing public taste were opting instead for internally-lit shadow boxes, you couldn't ... full story
The new visual arts curriculum introduced five years ago for senior secondary students in the public sector made some teachers anxious. They worried about how to teach a much broader syllabus that demanded not only artistic talent, but the ability to ... full story
The Soundwill team looks to Tokyo Midtown, a commercial building which also features spaces for public and private art, as inspiration. In both instances, the issue of funding – a topic of frustration for many of those in the arts sector in Hong Kong ... full story
After award-winning actor Anthony Wong Chau-sang and Canto-pop star Hins Cheung King-hin took a final bow before a full house at the Amphitheatre of the Academy for Performing Arts on June 1, the cast and crew of Equus was relieved, a producer said.full story
Called the Street Art Project, the database was created by the company's Paris-based Google Cultural Institute. Using images provided by cultural organizations worldwide, some of which were captured with Google's Street View camera technology, ... full story
The great 20th-century French artist Balthasar Klossowski de Rola, commonly known as Balthus, loved Japan with all his heart. In a new exhibition, the influences of Japanese culture on his works are apparent. The show, titled “Balthus: A Retrospective ... full story
To date on its worldwide e-commerce site Tokyo Otaku Mode Premium Shop (http://otakumode.com/shop), TOM has offered anime- and manga-related goods, character goods, and art books. Now, it is expanding its range of products by beginning to sell ... full story
The “mission [SPACE × ART] - beyond Cosmologies” exhibit has opened at the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo. Until Aug 31. The exhibit occupies two floors of the museum to introduce artworks and documents relating to outer space. The focus is on two ... full story
