Exhibition ‘Toward the Modernity: Images of Self & Other in East Asian Art Competitions’ Opened

On February 13, the exhibition titled ‘Toward the Modernity: Images of Self & Other in East Asian Art Competitions’ opened at the Fukuoka Asian Art Museum (until March 18). The exhibition introduced art through government sponsored art competitions (kanten) that took place in Japan, Korea, Taiwan and Northeast China (former Manchuria) under the Japanese occupation. It revealed local trends where their own modernity was sought in connection with Japanese contemporary art. The exhibition travelled to the Fuchu Art Museum (May 14 – June 8) and the Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art (June 14 – July 21). (Japanese)

ISHIUCHI Miyako Won the Hasselblad Award

ISHIUCHI Miyako was announced as the winner of the Hasselblad Foundation International Award in Photography, hosted by the Hasselblad Foundation in Sweden, an international photography prize given to a photographer recognized for pioneering achievements. The award ceremony was held at the Embassy of Sweden in Tokyo on March 6. ISHIUCHI Miyako is the third Japanese winner, after HAYAMA Hiroshi in 1987 and SUGIMOTO Hiroshi in 2001. (Japanese)

Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology’s Art Encouragement Prize Recipients Announced

On March 13, the Agency for Cultural Affairs announced the recipients of the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology’s Art Encouragement Prize for fiscal year 2013. In the Fine Arts category, artists OHTAKE Shinrō (for his exhibition ‘Shinro Ohtake: New New’) and FUKUDA Miran (for her exhibition ‘Miran Fukuda’) shared the prize. Manga artist MOROHOSHI Daijirō (for his manga ‘Princess Uriko’s Night, Cinderella’s Morning’) was awarded in the Media Arts category. The three recipients for the Art Encouragement Prize for New Artists for 2013 were photographer YONEDA Tomoko (for her exhibition ‘We shall meet in the place where there is no darkness’) in the Fine Arts category; architectural critic and historian IGARASHI Tarō (for his curated work ‘Aichi Triennale 2013: Awakening’) in the Development of the Arts category; and curator of Yokohama Taikan Memorial Hall, SATŌ Shino (for her monograph ‘“Mōrō” no jidai – Taikan, Shunsō ra to kindai nihonga no seiritsu’) in the Criticism category. (Japanese)

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