... Australia and Tokyo -- powered by nothing more than volunteers pedaling in puffy getups. Still using the same 52 inflatable suits she created in 2004, Findley describes the Aeolian Ride as a "big recycled-art project." "It's pro-people, pro-art, ... full story
“Giant Torayan,” sculptor Kenji Yanobe's 7.2-meter-tall robot that emits flames from its mouth, is on display at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo until August 2 — a chance for visitors to see this symbol of the challenging and difficult times at ... full story
It's a way to know you are here and not in San Francisco, Lisbon or Tokyo." This week, the cover of The New Yorker magazine (shown here) will feature an image created by Jorge Colombo on his iPhone. Courtesy Jorge Colombo. ... full story
One of the latest residencies held at Tokyo Wonder Site might go the closest yet to attaining that goal. Artists Bradley mccallum and Jacqueline Tarry. (Edan Corkill) Since 2006, American artists Bradley mccallum and Jacqueline Tarry — partners in work ... full story
Dana Friis-Hansen is the Director and Mrs. Ernest C. Butler Executive Director and Chief Curator at the Austin Museum of Art. Kaneko Ryûichi is a photo historian who has served as guest curator at the Tokyo Museum of Photography since 1990. ... full story
Her career has been well documented in many books and in her impressive exhibition history including the recent 21 Design Sight Museum exhibition titled U-Tsu-Wa in Tokyo. The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo will present a forthcoming exhibition ... full story
The Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, has just one Aida, and the five national art museums have none. The story is similar with other 40-something artists such as Akira Yamaguchi, Hisashi Tenmyouya and Tsuyoshi Ozawa. Each has been given large-scale, ... full story
Tanaka has a Master's degree in musicology from Tokyo University of Fine Arts and Music. In 1991 she was awarded the Minister of Education's Art Encouragement Prize for Newcomers for the year 1990. In 1999 she received the Committee's Special Prize at ... full story
His conservative government has earmarked 11.7 billion yen ($118 million) for a museum on Japanese cartoon art and pop culture to be built in Tokyo that one English-language daily has dubbed the "anime shrine." "It will be a center that allows visitors ... full story
The composer and artist has created sound sculptures in Berlin, London, Madrid, Paris, Sydney and Tokyo, as well as in New York, Seattle and San Francisco, where he resides. Fontana graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1970 from the New School for ... full story
