Index (Tokyo)

The painting Index (Tokyo) includes an image of a protest march in Japan. There is some humor in this image and also cultural contextual confusion and displacement, embodied in the painting. The protest we can see on the clipping is against two things : 1)recently the Japanese government revised the constitution (some say illegally) so that the right to collective self-defense is possible; this basically re-militarizes Japan ending decades of pacifism and this sparked the largest public protests in recent years and 2) the protestors are also marching against re-starting nuclear power plants in Japan post-Fukushima.

Since the beginning of his career, Minamikawa Shimon has made work that deviates from conventional painting and other formats. From portraits made with pale tones to abstract paintings using brilliant fluorescent colors, and a series called Sign Boards, in which he applies paint directly to an easel, Minamikawa’s works assume a variety of forms. And by showing a number of works with different qualities alongside each other, the artist rearranges the meaning of each individual piece, and turns the space into a work of art. In recent years, Minamikawa has collaborated with performance artists as Ei Arakawa and others, and produced works that traverse artistic genres.

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Wildlife Photographer to Share 100 Images of Majestic Elephants and Whales in 2024 [Interview]

100 Days of Glorious Whale and Elephant Photography by Chris Fallows Home / Photography / Wildlife Photography Wildlife Photographer to Share 100 Images of Majestic Elephants and Whales in 2024 [Interview] By Jessica Stewart on December 15, 2023 Renowned South African wildlife photographer Chris Fallows is known for his artistic images that capture the spirit of the animal kingdom...

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The Rolls-Royce to buy for the Art professional in your life.

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Tuco Wallach Pacifico / Kitsuné Project – Part 1 / Christmas

Tuco Wallach Pacifico / Kitsuné Project – Part 1 / Christmas | Brooklyn Street Art BROOKLYN STREET ART LOVES YOU MORE EVERY DAY We’re pleased to continue positively into the new year by sharing a heartwarming journey into the world of family made street art, where personal ties and creativity intertwine beautifully...

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Rumpty Trumpty

Allan deSouza

For the photographic series Rumpty Trumpty , in 1997, Allan deSouza photographed the Trump Taj Casino in Atlantic City, NJ, reprinting the images again in 2017, from digital scans of the negatives...

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Arts Travelogue: Finding Dali in Cadaqués

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London calendar

Rivane Neuenschwander

2006

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Collector Patrizia Sandretto Re Rebaudengo Reflects on Her Grand Tour of Europe This Past Summer - via ARTnews

The ARTnews Top 200 Collector made visits to Italy, Spain, Germany, Switzerland, Greece, and more....

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John Waters Gifts Collection to Baltimore Museum of Art, Future Home of the John Waters Restrooms - via ARTFORUM

City-proud cultural polymath John Waters has bequeathed 375 artworks and objects from his fine-art collection to the Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA), the institution announced yesterday...

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Afire: Christian Petzold’s combustible feast

Afire: Christian Petzold’s combustible feast – Two Coats of Paint Afire (directed by Christian Petzold), 2023, Leon on the beach (Thomas Schubert) , courtesy of Janus Films Contributed by Jonathan Stevenson / Instability hovers on several fronts – environmental, political, economic – and German filmmaker Christian Petzold manifests his concern about it with remarkable astuteness...

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City Golf

Gao Mingyan

2008

In City Golf (2008) the artist Gao Mingyan films himself playing 18 “holes” of golf throughout the mega-city of Shanghai...

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Supreme court ruling concludes lengthy battle over Franz West estate

Supreme court ruling concludes lengthy battle over Franz West estate Art market Museums & heritage Exhibitions Books Podcasts Columns Technology Adventures with Van Gogh Search Search Artist estates news Supreme court ruling concludes lengthy battle over Franz West estate The Austrian sculptor's art will go to his private foundation, represented by Gagosian, overturning previous decision granting ownership to West's widow and children Anny Shaw 18 December 2023 Share Franz West in his studio, 2009 © roessle A long-running inheritance row over the estate of Franz West, reportedly worth more than $50m, has finally been resolved after the Austrian supreme court last month concluded that all of the Austrian sculptor’s art should be donated to the Franz West Private Foundation, which is represented by Gagosian...

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Jens Hoffmann

This Kadiview was conducted by Xiaoyu Weng, San Francisco 2011...

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Hong Kong Dance Company’s revival of Helen Lai’s HerStory features superb performances as it explores women’s self-expression and challenges in a male-dominated world

Hong Kong Dance Company’s revival of Helen Lai’s HerStory features superb performances as it explores women’s self-expression and challenges in a male-dominated world...

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Origin of Afro-Esotericism

Awol Erizku

2018

Awol Erizku’s image Origin of Afro-Esotericism has compositional force and a rhythmic use of full-blast color...

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Time Is Working on Kommunism, 2010

Arseny Zhilyaev

2010

Arseniy Zhilyaev (born 1984 in Voronezh, Russia) is an artist, writer and political activist who lives and works in Moscow and Voronezh...

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Action 3:02

Leonardogillesfleur

2005

Leonardogillesfleur describe Action 3:02 as their “first New York blizzard storm at about 5am...

Contemporary Art Station announces ’Shibuya Station Exhibition’ for March 19

Contemporary Art Station, the platform that facilitates both emerging and established artists to display their works in public, is pleased to announce the first edition of ’Shibuya Station Exhibition’...