For those of you passing through Tokyo this month, from September 6th until the 30th the Sunshine Studio in Shibuya will be hosting a Postcard Exhibition. It includes work by various artists from around the world, many of who have collaborated with graniph.
You can also see all the cards blogged here.

Opening Party
08/09/06/Sat 20:00pm-24:00pm

Sunshine Studio
150-0001
Tokyo Shibuya-ku Jingumae 3-25-12
Tel 03-3401-0071
www.sunshinestudio.jp

www.cabaret-cabaret.com

2008.8/2(sat)〜8/31(sun)

graniph Fukuoka Gallery
Open 11:00〜Close 21:00
Tel 092-739-0232

Maki Yamada is known through her numerous magazine illustrations, participation in the 'MY MOLESKIN EXHIBITION' and exhibitions featuring T-shirts made in collaboration with fashion brands such as "QFD" and "graniph".

Her eerie works no bigger than the tip of your finger feature quiet animals and faceless humans and leave you with a deep sense of happiness in your heart.

The creative agency Drago presents the book launch and exhibition of Alex Flach "Berlin Calling". The book of color photographs on 112 pages are on sale now for 26 Euro. The release party will be held at The Pool Gallery Berlin.

Vernissage July 10th, 18:00-23:00h
Tucholskystrasse 38
10117 Berlin, Mitte
http://www.lodownmagazine.com
http://www.dragolab.it

07/07/2008 (Wed) - 31/07/2008 (Thurs)
graniph Fukuoka Gallery
Tel 092-739-0232
MAP

Taichiro Kasai
1977 Born in Sapporo, Hokkaido
2000 Runner-Up, ACRYL AWARD 2000
2001 6th Showa Shell Sekiyu Modern Art Prize
2002 Graduated from Kanazawa Art College, Graduate School of Art (Oil Painting)
2003 Excellence Award, Gunma Youth Biennale '03

http://www.taichiroukasai.com

Illustrative is an annual exhibition of international contemporary illustrators. It started in 2006 in Berlin, was held in Paris in 2007 and arrives in Zurich for the first time this year.
Entry to the Illustrative "Young Illustrators Award" is now open for all illustrators, graphic artist and designers!
The 20 winners will be (1) exhibited in a separate section at the upcoming ILLUSTRATIVE, the international festival for contemporary graphic and illustrative art, and (2) integrated into the artist selection of Illustrative. One winner will be given the opportunity to create a limited-edition watch for Swatch - a great chance to join the ranks of artists such as Kiki Picasso, Tadanori Yokoo and Keith Haring!Other winners can look forward to prizes such as exhibition opportunities, agency contracts and publication in international magazines.
http://www.illustrative.de

The Hay Festival happens each year in Wales and it is all about literature and the arts. Jon Burgerman created two giant 2x2x2m cubes, a smaller cube, two 1x2m panels and twenty A1 sized panels and anyone could come along to the Sky Arts dome where the cubes were and colour them in, completing the work how they saw fit. The first 200 people to come and colour in each day got an exclusive tote bag designed by Burgerman, for free. The pens for the event were kindly provided by Posca.
http://www.jonburgerman.com

The furniture, interior and lifestyle fair 100% Design Shanghai will open its doors from june26th to 28th at the Shanghai Exhibition Center.

100% Design Shanghai 2008 offers Chinese and international suppliers of contemporary interior design products the opportunity to find buyers and retail partners; a platform for designers and architects to source the latest design pieces; and an avenue for young, up-and-coming talent to be introduced to members of the design press.
After 100% Design London and 100% Design Tokyo, the Shanghai event is seen as a great event to open new market and trend exchange from China to the international scene.

http://www.100percentdesign.com.cn/2008/ENG/index.htm

Illustrator Gosia Machon draws gardens.... What is a garden? Private paradise and artificially created biotope?
Surrounded by a fence, it is controlled by human being, but is it safe from natural power and stranger's views from outside?
Vernissage: Thursday, July 3rd, from 19:00h
location: Westwerk. Admiralitatsstr. 74, 20459 Hamburg. Germany
from July 04th - 13th
Opening hours: Mo-Fr 16-19h Sat + Sun 14-18h
http://www.gosiamachon.de

Artworks from Portland based photographer Terry Weifenbach will be shown at the Blitz Gallery in Tokyo- Nakameguro through August 9th.
Terry Weifenbach is well known for her amazing pictures, taken mostly in backyards, hidden streets and flower valleys. All artworks on display are printed on 20x24inches (51X61cm) matt Type C photo paper.
The exhibition will be shown in the Gallery Orchard, Nagoya afterwards.
Terri Weifenbach x graniph collaboration T-shirts will be on sale.

From June 17th until August 9th
opening hours: 13:00-19:00
Monday closed, entrance free
http://www.artphoto-site.com

Taoka Kazuya rotates his canvas as he paints. His work rearranges fragments of memories on canvas reimagined as a memory storage device.

18/05/2008 (Sunday) - 29/06/08 (Sunday)
11:00-18:30 (Closed on Wednesdays)

gallery ARTE
http://www.arte-g.com

The Sunshine Studio in the heart of Tokyo's hotspot area Harajuku is celebreating this Saturday, June 7th 2008 its first anniversary!
The concept of the cafe is to introduce young and emerging artists and for this extraordinary celebration day they present "Quzila"!
The three participating artists are Geoff Mc Fetridge, who's fabric designs and wallpapers will be shown, further Yu Nagaba, who will exhibit his character "Kaerusensei" (Master Frog) on canvas and cookies and Anamachy painting, who will be presented with fine art!
Certain artworks will shown on this evening exclusively!!!!
Please come and visit.
Opening from June 7th
daily 11:30am ~ 5:00 am
(Closed on Mondays)
Opening Party: Friday, June 6th, 21:00 ~ 5:00h

Tokyo, Shibuya-ku, Jingumae 3-25-12
http://www.sunshinestudio.jp/

Artist and illustrator Mario Wagner will show his artworks from June 7th till 28th 2008 for the first time in Hamburg at the Gallery "Feinkunst Krueger".

Mario Wagner lives and works in Koeln and his unique illustrations and collages have been featured and published in popular magazines such as the Playboy and the New York Times.
Wagner works with old newspaper pics, scissors, glue and acrylic paint. His free artworks have been exhibited at international art events.

Feinkunst Krueger
Ditmar-Koel-Str. 22
20459 Hamburg
Germany
Vernissage: June 7th from 20:00h

http://www.mario-wagner.com

A nice set of funny artworks will be lined up at the Iguapop Gallery in Barcelona.
UK based illustrator Ian Stevenson and Canada based illustrator Gary Taxali, both famous for their humourous simple drawings and sketches are meeting for an exciting duo-show.

Iguapop Gallery
From June 5th till June 28
Reception on June 5th from 20:00h
Entrance free
Comerc 15, 08003 Barcelona
http://www.iguapop.net

Ian Stevenson: http://www.ianstevenson.co.uk

"Time Changes", an exhibition from four New York artists- Aiko Nakagawa, Chris Mendoza, Chris Rubino & Martha Cooper - will be held at Calm & Punk Gallery. The artists, who come from different cultural backgrounds and use different media for their expression, will make a story based on the idea of;
"every single wise choice in everyday life will lead to a better future and a better tomorrow = TIME CHANGES".

The gallery space will be filled with photographs, drawings, silkscreen prints and paintings. The exhibition will provide an opportunity to feel the "melting pot" of New York in central Tokyo.
Official website: http://www.time-changes.com

The Melting Pot Group Show "TIME CHANGES"
Dates: 7th-8th June 2008
Opening hours: 11am-7pm, the gallery will be closed from 1pm–2pm on the 8th for the preparation of workshop.

Admission Free
Opening reception: 7th June, 6pm-9pm
http://www.calmandpunk.com/

This exhibition is held in association with NEXTIDEVOLUTION, supported by Calm & Punk Gallery and Gas As Interface.

From 2nd to 29th June, t-shirts designed by the exhibiting artists will be on sale at a pop-up shop "e-sum records with TOGETHER! for NEXTIDE" at Yurakucho Marui.
http://www.0101.co.jp/yurakucho/calendarium/index.html

From this day until the 22 of June the exhibition “Through a Panel Darkly” shows the artwork by 13 Swedish cartoonists. The exhibition includes original drawings as well as a number of paintings and objects related to the comics and to the theme of the exhibition.
The visitor will also be able to gain more knowledge about Swedish comic strips through seminars and a 200 page catalogue (in English) -"From the shadow of the northern lights" - which contains comic strips by the exhibiting artists as well as other artists working in the same tradition.
http://www.swedenabroad.com

Exhibition 2-22 JUNE "Through a Panel Darkly"
Embassy of Sweden
1-10-3-100 Roppongi, Minato-ku Tokyo 106-0032 JAPAN
Tel: (0081) (03) 5562-5097
On of the participating artists is graniph collaboration illustrator Tove Hennix
http://www.hejform.com/tove

Seamlessly merging his interests in design, fashion and art, Kosuke Tsumura has consistently mined the intersections between these disciplines through his fashion brand Final Home and his custom-made “Fantasy Mode to Order” apparel for female artists. Tsumura’s show at Nanzuka Underground, itself an experimental home for cross-genre creative projects, features his layered sculptures, cobbled together from a mix of existing, finished products and raw fabrics, extending the clothing metaphor of “wrapping” to the realm of fine art.

Opening Reception: May 30th (Fri) 20:00 - 22:00
at Nanzuka Gallery, Shibuya Tokyo
http://www.nug.jp

The next Victoria & Albert Museum late event "The Art of Confession" is on Friday 30 May and is curated by BAD IDEA magazine. ContainerPLUS has been invited to create four confession booths, each attended by a mysterious character thoroughly trained in their East London studio, to relieve you of your sins.
The Art Of Confession at the Victoria & Albert Museum
Friday 30 May 2008 18:30 - 21:45
Cromwell Road, South Kensington London SW7 2RL, UK
http://www.containerplus.co.uk

A joint exhibition with the renowned Art Brut Collection in Lausanne and works by Japanese outsider artists, organized by the Borderless Gallery NO-MA in Ohmihachiman, Shiga, which is the first art gallery in Japan dedicated to outsider art. First exhibition of its kind in Japan.
Open from May 24th till July 20th
at the Shiodome Museum Tokyo

We are having an exhibition from design and creative unit K+Me titled "Weirdos" on this coming Saturday 24th and Sunday 25th.

This exhibition presents 18 original collages made as weirdos characters.
The show also includes animation and fashion designers Encadreurs' 2008 Autumn/Winter collection which also use weirdos characters as a pattern.
Make sure to be here on May 24th for the opening party!

K+Me is a creative unit comprising Kaoru Sato from Japan and Jeremy Sanson from France.
After starting the collaboration in 2005 while in London, they moved to Tokyo in 2006, and now work for various clients.
For more info, please visit - http://www.kplusme.com
Please come and enjoy with us.

Exhibition times:
OPENING PARTY SAT. MAY 24th FROM 18:00 until late
SATURDAY MAY 24th & SUNDAY MAY 25th
from 13:00 to 19.00

at hybrid so+ba gallery
Kyodo 5-29-20, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo
Tel+Fax: 03 3706 2360
GALLERY MAP:
http://www.creativehybrid.com/images/hybrid-MAP_ENG.pdf

As part of the Berlin DMY week, the product and interior design duo muskat18 and the illustrator Ines Halbedel are opening their creative studio with an exhibition of graphics, illustrations, ordermade furniture and the cloak-stand project "neonhorn".
location: Luebbenerstrasse 23, 10997 Berlin
opening hours: 10:00 - 22:00 Uhr.

The Bosque project (Bosque = engl. Forest) is a collective art project of Bernardo Henning and his partner Bolsa de Osos.
Ever changing interpretations of a modern forest will be shown in illustrations and installations.
The opening party starts on May 30th, from 23:00h at the Espacio Trimarchi, Fabrica de Bananas Arevalo 1445 in Buenos Aires, Argentinia

http://www.hellomaybe.com.ar

The annual Berlin Design Festival opens its doors this year for the first time as DMY
Design Mai Youngsters(previously Designmai).
With a 7.000 square meter exhibition space and more than 150 designers, the DMY Youngsters exhibition has succeeded in establishing itself as a not-to-be-missed event in the international scene for young, creative and innovative design in Berlin.
Additionally to the exhibition at Arena Berlin, 35 locations spread all over the city are showing open studios, group exhibitions and theme based special events.
May 21st- 25st 2008
http://www.dmy-berlin.com

Yuichi Higashionna is an artist who works with a variety of subjects, using different materials and media, all of which play with our optical experience. His work in painting, film and installlation is unconstrained by form or method. Through his art, Higashionna questions our experience of seeing and what we have seen.

In the refract! exhibition, Higashionna will create installations inspired by feelings of “the uncanny” and of being out of place. His creations will provoke audiences to question their familiarity with ordinary everyday objects and phenomena. His humorous, sexy and fun work will be presented on a large scale, utilising the 5-metre high open spaces of the gallery.

To coincide with the exhibition, the artist’s first book will also be released.

Dates: Friday 16th May - 5th June 2008
Opening hours: 11am-7pm
Free admission
Venue: Calm & Punk Gallery
The exhibition is presented by Calm & Punk Gallery in association with Yumiko Chiba Associates.
http://www.calmandpunk.com

Daryl Waller exhibition at Goldfishfineart Gallery Cornwall

The exhibition will feature new paintings, drawings, video, sculpture and performance.
Further the result of creative research, thoughts and ideas over a three year period. Selected subject matter in the exhibition includes; using fear to feel alive, civilisation - visions of apocalypse, millennium and utopia, time travel and the connection between contemporary art and religion.

The performance will span the first two weeks of the exhibition and will involve the artist painting and drawing in a cage in the gallery dressed as an ape-man.

15th May - 7th June
Open evening 15th May 6-9, all welcome
at Goldfishfineart Gallery Cornwall
http://www.goldfishfineart.co.uk

http://www.winterdrawings.com

The agency "2 Agenten" is showing the artworks of all 23 agency illustrators in Berlin Mitte!
The artists: Container, Daniel Egneus, Ingela och Vi, Julia Pfaller, Katharina Gschwendtner
and Mario Wagner have all collaborated with graniph for amazing T-shirts designs!

opening with artists: May 23rd from 19:00h (Fri)
exhibition hours: May 24th (Sat) - June 1st (Sun)
Location: Spandauer Strasse 2 in Berlin Mitte.

2 Agenten: http://www.2agenten.com

The members of the Australian design and art collective Rinzen is spread out over Berlin, Brisbane, Melbourne and New York. They are well known for their project "RMX" for which they invited about 30 artists and designers for a collaboration to "Remix" their digital art.
GO YOUR OWN WAY is a celebration of the sexy scaliness of chaos and mystery, the risks of hunting apart from the pack, and the independence to knowingly take the road less travelled (while still wearing your good shoes) just to see what might happen along the way.

see the exhibition at Vallery Barcelona, Calabria 85
May 15th - June 14th 2008
http://www.vallery.es

The creative group "The love movement" are curating a charity show in San Diego with artist friends to help the kids of the International Humanity Foundation in Thailand, Indonesia, and Kenya.
Please check the artist video on youtube(http://youtube.com/watch?v=dXxUx-Gm1WE).
The reception is held on Saturday May 17th.

Limbo Art Gallery, San Diego
open in Saturdays and Sundays 12-17 pm
http://www.limboarts.com

The love movement: http://www.tlmphilly.com

The Swedish illustrator duo Ingela och Vi is holding an exhibition in the Paper and Map Store
Mapsverige in Stockholm.
The Vernissage of wonderful 3D photo-illustrations will be held in the paper store Birger Jarlsgatan 23 in Stockholm
May 7th, 17:30 - 20:00 h
http://www.ingelaochvi.com

Groupshow of the three artists Stefan Marx, Katharina Trudzinski and Henning Tilp in the new rooms of the Hamburg based Gallery Hafenrand.
Vernissage on Wednesday, May 7th from 19-21

G A L E R I E H A F E N R A N D
Lange Reihe 88
20099 Hamburg
www.hafenrand.com

Via Alley Editions is pleased to announce the launch of its first "Short Magazine" issue!　Artdirected by Ed Sleeper..
A picture drawing book for kids and adults. Color the artworks of Beci Orpin, Chris Hopkins, Josh Petherick, Will Sweeney, Stefan Marx and Mike Giant!

find SHORT at: dobry den / via alley / ariel books / mca / genki / alphaville / metropolis / bertula / don't come /all of the above / the outpost / folio books / colette (fra) / analogue books (uk) / beams (jap)/ GAS online (jap)

http://www.mori.art.museum/jp/index.html

Textile designer and illustrator Naomi Ryder will be exhibiting her latest embroidered curtains at the Jubilee Window Gallery in Canary Wharf’s Retail Mall from May 4th to 29th.
The Jubilee Window Gallery is within the link from the Jubilee line station, Canada Place Retail Mall, Canary Wharf, London E14
Open 24 hours!
http://www.naomiryder.co.uk

Rob Ryan is a London based artist who creates beautiful paper cuts and screen prints.
Rob Ryan and Tatty Devine have come together to produce several pieces of limited edition jewellery based on themes from Rob's work.
The jewellery and a selection of Rob's unique paper cuts will be showing in an exhibition at Tatty Devine's Brick Lane shop.

25th April - 21st June 2008
Open 11am - 6pm daily
Tatty Devine
236 Brick Lane
London- E2
UK

Mikio Saito participates together with his creative partner Younghho Lee from Korea at at the Elevator Gallery(http://www.elevatorgallery.co.uk) London! Relocating Absence is a group exhibition showcasing the work of thirteen internationally emerging artists. Through a variety of media, including sculpture, installation, video, photography and drawing, the exhibition offers a series of artistic interpretations of the theme, often playing with the constants of space and time.

April 18th- May 5th 2008 at Elevator Gallery, Hockney Wick, London, UK
Open: Thursday- Sunday 12-17h

http://www.semipermanent.com

Semipermanent special event feature:

Sydney's artscene is under fire this week! See the finest selection of international illustrators from April 4th - 9th at the MTV Gallery, East Sydney, 4-16 Yurong Street.
http://www.stupidkrap.com/KIDSTODAY.htm

"Who's Next" is an exhibition of artists for the future nominated by musuemcurator, independent curator, art critic and art producer. Our project is to support and promote artists whose value is not yet fixed in the art market and have great potential for the future evaluation by introducing their works internally and abroad so that they will become stars in the international artscene. As its overture, this coming exhibition is to present 23 spirited artists including 5 award-winning artists of Art BANK Award held in February. We would like to welcome you to witness the feast of the sparkling talents that will bring new perspective to Japan's contemporary art scene.

Term: Thursday, 3rd - Friday, 25th April 2008 12:00 - 19:00 Closed on Mondays Opening reception: Thursday, 3rd April 2008 19:30 - 21:30 + Sound Performance byTaisuke Imaizumi+Hiroyuki Sone Venue: Museum at TAMADA PROJECTS (03-3531-3733)

Pure Evil Solo Show at Electriksheep, Newcastle, UK, will open April 3rd 2008, 6pm till late.
An exhibition of original artwork and limited edition prints.
On show will be butterflies, bunnies, babes and situationist propaganda inspired by the May 1968 student riots.
Exclusive print will be released for the show.
Electriksheep is run by the loved and highly respected creativeduo Reluctanthero!!!

2008.4.1(tue)〜4.29(tue)

Akari Inoguchi is a graphic designer and visual artist working in a diverse range of media. She contributes illustrations to fashion magazines, television commercials, product packages and labels, t-shirts, and textile designs. Akari also produces paintings, drawings, digital prints, and murals, and has participated in numerous group shows in New York, San Francisco and Tokyo.
WEB:http://www.akariinoguchi.com/
BLOG:http://ameblo.jp/lotus-club/

graniph Fukuoka Gallery
810-0041 Dainimuramatsu Bldg. 2F, 1-12-49 Daimyo, Chuo-ku, Fukuoka-shi, Fukuoka
Open 11:00〜Close 21:00
Tel 092-739-0232

Illustrator and live VJ Shantell Martin prepared for an extraordinary event.
Various illustrators were invited to remix her super-fine-pen drawings!
View some of the works that have been submitted at http://on-the-march-remixed.blogspot.com/

Final results will be shown at Tokyo's center of design and culture "Superdeluxe"on April 1st.
Door open at 19:00 entrance fee 1000 Yen.

2008.03.27〜05.03

The Barcelona based "Vallery"- the gallery of the artdirectors studio Vasava- continues their great selection of international artists exhibitions with Nille Stevensson aka Sweden Graphics.
You will meet the gods at Vallery, but can also see the clothes that are the results of them acting through the mortal designers at Sweden Graphics.

UK street artists like Banksy, Jamie Hewlett and D*Face present their graffiti works at La Foret Museum Harajuku!

From March 23rd till April 6th, everyday 11:00-20:00
Entrance fee: adults 700 and sutdents 500
http://www.lapnet.jp/index.html

Canadian traveling artist Shayne Ehman presents a total of approximately 25 artworks created together with his friends, Marc Bell and Seth Scriver. Displays include "Asphalt Watches", an animated road movie based on the artists' own experiences, as well as works produced while in Japan, and a number of installations combining drawings, watercolor paintings, and other items that reflect Ehman's uniquely nomadic life and let the viewer re-experience the "artistic journey".

Date :2008/3/20(THU.) - 2008/4/20(SUN.)
Closed :Mondays (If Monday is a National Holiday, the following day will be closed instead.)
Time :11:00 - 19:00
Admission :Free
Tokyo Wonder Site Hongo
2-4-16 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033
TEL:+81-(0)3-5689-5331
FAX:+81-(0)3-5689-7501
http://www.tokyo-ws.org

Damion Silver exhibits his works together with Stephen Holding and Dana Woulfe.
A delicacy of street art to celebrate the one year anniversary of the LAB Boston Gallery!
On the wheels of steel: DJ Boxxcutta

LAB
113 BRIGHTON AVE
ALLSTON, MA
http://www.lab-boston.com

Jon Burgerman exhibits solo at the Rojo Gallery in Milano!
Artworks are as crazy as the exhibition name Duhprishus.

<Rojo Gallery>
Via Tortona 17-19, Zona Tortona. 20144 Milano. Italy.

Jessica Wilson exhibits her artworks in a group show with Rob Flowers and Ryan Todd from March 20th till March 25th at the Gallery "La Viande" in London's 3 Charlotte Road, EC2 3DH.

Calm & Punk Gallery is proud to announce that Wataru Komachi’s "Fuck Forever" exhibition is on show from the 7th to the 19th of March.

The artist is known for his work using collage, applying assorted imagery to various objects. This new exhibition is based on the theme of "a chaotic world".

The gallery space will be turned into an artistic and avant-garde environment created by Komachi. The exhibition title "Fuck Forever" reflects his attempt at re-grasping the idea of simple artistic expression.

What will inspire him? Which objects will he choose? What will he make?
The exhibition will be an opportunity to witness the immediacy of art being created.

Silkscreen prints and other assorted merchandise including t-shirts and vases will be available for purchase.

Wataru Komachi "Fuck Forever"
Dates:7th - 19th March 2008
Opening hours: 11:00 - 19:00　
Admission: free
Tel: 03-3401-0741

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http://www.calmandpunk.com

Maureen Gubia is one of the artist which shows her extraordinary artworks in the group show "Face Forward" at LeRoy Neiman Gallery New York City. 37 artists show their contemporary views on portraiture. Maureen Gubia shows her works in watercolors, pastels, colored pencils and cut-outs on paper. She lives in Guayaquil, Ecuador and is self taught. Please also view her website at http://gubia.neurasthenic.net/
Exhibition from Feb 18th till March 10

LeRoy Neiman Gallery
Columbia University
310 Dodge HAll, MC 1806
2960 Broadway
New York, NY 10027
open hours mon-fri 10-5pm
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2240/2256486539_7cb170e387_b.jpg

graniph collaboration artist Daniel Brereton aka "Dan has Potential" exhibits his sculpture work, colourful wall painting and drawings and is inspired by ancient relics, pyramids and magic triangles at the Concrete Hermit Gallery in London - the first time SOLO!
Check out the article at Amelia's Magazine Blog and see the Concrete Hermit site for pics.
Feb. 8th until Feb. 28th.

The artists Juju's Delivery Service, Julia Pfaller, Tina Berning, Sascha Bierl, Regina Heinlain, Gisela Goppel and Maria Tackmann and others exhibit their experimantal personal sketches and drawings at Hanahou Gallery NYC. The event is organised by www.CWC-i.com.

Liam Moore showed his new streetart atSideroom Gallery in Auckland New Zealand.
All works are on sale now!

http://www.sideroom.com/galleryshow/liammoore/

Even before World War II, fin-de-siecle art magazines such as PAN and Jugend as well as the graphic design work of Bauhaus were already well-known in Japan. In spite of their wide recognition, however, no exhibitions have been held to connect the two eras and present the development of German graphics at the time - or, particularly, to introduce the entire scope of modern poster design.
In the extraordinary exhibition at The National Museum of Modern Art Kyoto, approximately 180 items including works and other materials that represent the reception and development of German posters in contemporaneous Japan - such as the "Calpis" International Poster Design Competition, the activities of SUGIURA Hisui and the "Nananin-sha" and the "Exhibition of World War Posters" - will be on display, thus presenting the opportunity to inspect the appeal and advanced nature of German posters circa 1890-1933 from various perspectives.

Exhibition from Feb 26th until March 30th 2008
Opening hours: 9:30 until 17:00 (Tickets are available until 30 min. before closing)
Closed: every Monday
Location: The National Museum of Modern Art Kyoto

Collaboration artist Emil Kozak hold his exhibition at Vallery in Barcelona, Spain.
A blue trip through his teenager memories in the 80's!
http://www.vallery.es/en/home

"Selected Works" from Feb. 1st (Fri) until March 1st 2008 (Sat) and
"New Paintings" from March 7th (Fri) until April 5th (Sat)

Location: Scai The Bathhouse
Entrance: free of fee
Opening hours: 12:00 - 19:00
Closed on Mondays, Sundays and national holidays

1960s, Tadanori YOKOO has exerted a continual influence on contemporary Japanese culture. The vivid worlds depicted by YOKOO and his unique aesthetic sense have captured the hearts of many, providing the artist with wide-ranging acclaim and unparallel status as an artist.
The first show, "Selected Works," will exhibit YOKOO's paintings dating up to about 2005, with an emphasis on his most famous works from the 1980s. This retrospective will trace the history of his paintings, providing an overview of YOKOO's wide variety of expression.
In contrast, the second show, "New Paintings," will consist exclusively of new works by the artist, thereby allowing visitors to experience recent developments in YOKOO's continually evolving art in real time.

SCAI THE BATHHOUSE
http://www.scaithebathhouse.com/

About 2091 excellent artworks have been collected from 43 countries from the various fields of Art, Entertainment, Animation and Manga. Approximately 160 artworks will be introduced per genre.
This exhibition has been formed by a recommended jury, that is pleased to present the 11th Japan Media Arts Festival!

From 2008 Feb. 6th (Wednesday) through 17th (Sunday)
Closed: Feb. 12th (Tuesday)
Opening hours: 10:00 to 18:00, Fridays till 20:00, tickets are available until 30 min before closing

Viewers, through their own movement, produce an exhibition that never ends.
What do people look at, in what way?
If there were a wall, how would it affect the flow of people?
In a certain place, people collect, sit down, make discoveries. . . .

Tadashi Kawamata is a “walkway”. Tracing Kawamata’s journey of the past 30 years, from 1978 to 2008, we see that his career has been a continuing attempt to connect-and be a “walkway” between”-art and the everyday.

Session: Feb.9 (Sat) - April.13(Sun) 2008 closed on Mondays (except of Feb.11/ therefore closed on Feb.12)
Hour: 10:00-18:00 (Tickets available until 17:30)
Venue: Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo 1F/B2F
Addmission: adults/1000yen, students/800 yen, over 65/500 yen and children until the elementary school age/free

http://www.mot-art-museum.jp/

<Working Progress>Alkmaar (1996-1999)
<Destroyed Church>Documenta8, Kassel (1987)
photo(c)www.leovanderkleij.com

The Norwegian artist Edvard Munch (1863 - 1944) is well known in Japan for his symbolic representations of modern humanity’s isolation and decadence.
This exhibition offers the chance to view around 110 pieces that include famous oil paintings such as “vampire”, “anxiety”, and “girl with red hair” along with rarely seen architectural decoration plans. This is the first attempt at deciphering Munch in association with decoration, a firm eye placed on how he tried to express himself through his work.

Scedule: Jan 19 2008 (Sat)-Mar 30 (Sun)
Opening hours: 10:00 to 18:00 (Fri, Sat. until 20:00) tickets available 30 min before closing
Holidays: Monday (exhibition is open on Feb. 11th, therefor closed on Feb.12 due to national holidays)

Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Contemporary Art

(Anxiety) 1894 (C)Munch Museum,Oslo
(Madonna) 1895 (C)Munch Museum,Oslo
(Dance of Life) 1925-29 (C)Munch Museum,Oslo

2008/02/08 (Fri) until 03/ 30 (Sun)

graniph Fukuoka Gallery
〒810-0041　2F, Daimyo1-12-49, Chuo-ku, Fukuoka-shi, Fukuoka
Open 11:00〜Close 21:00
Tel 092-739-0232

Kentaro Kase -Profile-
Born 1974 in Osaka, graduated from the school of Visual Arts i nOsaka and went to Great Britain to earn experiences in various photo studios.
He graduated from the London College of Communications PPP and is back in Japan since 2006, working freelance as a photographer.
He is currently involved in various projects such as the graniph catalogue shootings.
In April 2008 his Photobook "Where is Sungi Going?“ will be released by the publishing house Little Moa.

About exhibition :
"Post coitum omne animal triste" is an old Latin phrase that means "After sex, all animals are sad."
In this exhibition seven artists visualize their perception on sexuality from the post-sex perspective where sex is apparently no longer any taboo to reveal. The exhibition does not address the act in itself, but rather its dramatical aftermath.

Exhibition is open : 12 to 7 PM everyday between 26 Jan - 8 Feb
Location : MHT 2F Gallery (Marie Helene de Taillac Bldg 2F in Aoyama)

Exhibiting :
EGA HIROSHI + MISSLA LIBSEKAL、MEGUMI MATSUBARA、SEBASTIAN MAYER、RAJAN MEHTA、 FLORENT MENG、MICKE THORSBY、VALENTIN