NEWS

The 34th Annual Ruth K. Shartle Symposium
“Ruptures and Continuities: Photography Made after 1960 from the MFAH Collection”
Dates: Mar 26 – 27, 2010
Location: The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Gallery artist Naoya Hatakeyama will make a presentation on Saturday, Mar 27.

Mario Garcia Torres
“¿Alguna vez has visto la nieve caer? ”
Dates: Feb 10 – May 24, 2010
Location: Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid

SHIMURABROS. received the Excellence Prize of Japan Media Arts Festival
We are pleased to announce that SHIMURABROS. has received the Excellence Prize (Art Division) of the 2009 [13th] Japan Media Arts Festival.
The Award-winning work, “SEKILALA” will be exhibited from Feb 3 to Feb 14, 2010 at The National Art Center, Tokyo.
Date: February 3 – Feb 14, 2010 (Closed on February 9, 2010)
10:00 – 18:00 (open until 20:00 on Friday)
Location:The National Art Center, Tokyo
(7-22-2, Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan)
Admission fee: Free
The 2009 [13th] Japan Media Arts Festival will be held from Wednesday February 3, 2010 to Sunday, February 14, 2010 at The National Art Center, Tokyo. Works of art, animations, films, games, web works, manga and others selected from among 2,592 entries from 54 nations and regions will be exhibited in one hall.

“Garden of Painting – Japanese Art of 00s”
Dates: Jan 16-April 4, 2010
Location: The National Museum of Art, Osaka
Participating artists: Kyoko Murase, Nobuya Hoki

Winter holidays
The galleries (Tokyo and Kyoto) will be closed for the following dates.
Dates: Dec 28, 2009 – Jan7, 2010

“Its embarrasing but from some time now I only have title ideas in English”
Dates: Dec 17, 2009 – Feb 21, 2010
Location: Espai 13, Fundación Miró, Barcelona
Participating artist: Mario Garcia Torres

”Cross waves in Art 2, Introducing the Topical Artists”
Dates: Nov 10, 2009-Jan 24, 2010
Location: The Museum of Fine Arts, Gifu
Participating artist: Kyoko Murase

Shinpei Kusanagi “TOWING VOYAGE”
Dates: Nov 5 – Dec 19, 2009
Location: Altman Siegel Gallery, San Francisco

“neoneo Part2 [girls]”
Dates: Oct 31 – Dec 27, 2009
Location: TAKAHASHI COLLECTION Hibiya, Tokyo
Participating artist: Kei Takemura

“By the Water-lily Pond – Monet, Yoshihiro Suda and Zon Ito”
Dates: Oct 28 – Jan 31, 2009
Location: Asahi Beer Oyamazaki Villa Museum of Art, Kyoto
Participating artist: Zon Ito

“I BELIEVE: JAPANESE CONTEMPORARY ART”
Dates: Oct 10-Nov 29, 2009
Location: The Museum of Modern Art, Toyama
Participating artist: Kyoko Murase

“Pittoresk – Neue Perspektiven auf das Landschaftsbild”
Dates: Oct 2, 2009 – Jan 10, 2010
Location: Museum Marta, Herford
Participating artist: Mario Garcia Torres

“CURATORS’ SERIES #2. SCULPTURE OF THE SPACE AGE”
Dates: Oct 2 – Dec 19, 2009
Location: The David Roberts Art Foundation Fitzrovia
Participating artist: Mario Garcia Torres
With Gintaras Didziapetris, Ryan Gander, Mario Garcia Torres and Rosalind Nashashibi

Thomas Demand “Nationalgalerie”
Dates: Sep 18, 2009 – Jan 17, 2010
Location: Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin

Hitoshi Toyoda, Visual Diary / Slideshow
■Location: Yokosuka Museum of ART (outdoor show in museum garden)
Sep 11, Fri 18:30 – 「NAZUNA」 (2005/90min/silent)
Sep 12, Sat 18:30 – 「spoonfulriver」 (2007/80min/silent)
Sep 13, Sun 18:30 – 「An Elephant’s Tail」 (1999/35min/silent)
– Door open 30min before.
– Admission free / no reservation is needed.
– In the event of rain, the slideshow will be postponed to September 18.
http://www.hitoshitoyoda.com/09yokosuka.html
http://www.yokosuka-moa.jp/
■Multiple locations in Osaka
Sep 19, Sat 15:00 – 「An Elephant’s Tail」
19:00 – 「NAZUNA」
– Location: graf (〒530-0005 4-1-17 1F Nakanoshima, Kita-ku, Osaka-shi )
Sep 26, Sat 14:00 – 「NAZUNA」
18:30 – 「The Wind’s Path」 (2002/40mins./silent)
– Location: Port Gallery T (〒550-0003 1-8-31 1F Kyomachibori, Nishi-ku, Osaka-shi)
Sep 27, Sun 18:30 – 「spoonfulriver」
– Location: piaNPO rooftop (〒552-0021 Roof top 2-8-24 Chikkou, Minato-ku, Osaka-shi )
– Admission fee: 1,500yen for first slide show / 1,000yen for each subsequent slideshow
– Door open 30min before. Seats limited to 50 for graf and piaNPO / 25 for Port Gallery T.
http://htproject09.nobody.jp/
■Location: KU REN BOH (Taito-ku, Tokyo)
Oct 10, Sat. 16:30 – 「NAZUNA」
Door open 30min before. Seats limited to 40.
Admission fee: suggested donation 1,000yen – 2,000yen
http://www.kurenboh.com/