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Internationally acclaimed Spanish artist Jaume Plensa has been active in wide ranging fields from sculpture and public art installations to stage design. His second Japanese exhibition since 1999, “Silent Voices”, is currently showing at the Museum at Tamada Projects.

Construction materials, committees and budgets: the challenges of realizing a national museum.

To mark the relaunch of TABlog, we interviewed architect Kisho Kurokawa about some of the latest events in his career.

British artist Adam Booth is one of the very few non-Japanese artists to work with traditional Japanese painting techniques.

Here are the interviews with 4 of the artists who designed the 2nd TAB T-shirt collection, released last fall. They talk about the concept of the shirts and their other works. Those who already bought the shirts, or those who would like to buy some, please check this out.

Riichi Yamaguchi’s first solo exhibition, “A Sense of De-tach-ment” is currently showing at Tokyo Gallery. Based on the themes of alienation and corporeality, his photographs present the world in a strange light. I talked to the artist about his inspirations and working method.

Misaki Kawai is currently showing her work with Taylor McKimens in the “Boroboro Dorodoro” exhibition at the Watari Museum of Contemporary Art.

New York based artist Taylor McKimens creates installations that are like three-dimensional cartoons. As well as showing his two-dimensional works and painting directly onto the wall, he uses paper and cardboard to make three-dimensional alterations to the space, creating new walls, objects and even people.

After seeing several new Asian films at the 2006 Tokyo FILMeX, I decided to find out more about this new, exciting, but small film festival.

This is an interview with Martina Batan of Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, New York. It was recorded at Wako Works of Art, where the Leon Golub exhibition was brought.

The international digital film festival RESFEST turns 10 this year. Touring 45 cities in 6 continents, the festival brings a global mix of funny, challenging, bizarre, controversial, cooler than cool state-of-the-art music videos and short films to local theatres around the world.

Hawaiian artist Jason Teraoka’s first solo-exhibition in Japan is currently showing at Hara Museum - a selection of works centering on a series of 88 paintings titled ‘Neighbor’.

The woman from the Mori Art Museum’s press office led my colleagues and I to a metal door so seamlessly built in to the metal wall that were it not for the handle, you would hardly notice it was there.

Oakland-based artist Chris Duncan is currently exhibiting at the Nakaochiai Gallery. His installation Creation Song is a powerful presence within the intimate gallery space, which has been painted black for the first time, with all outside light shut out.

This interview with Bill Viola was conducted in the opening week of his retrospective Hatsu-Yume (First Dream) at the Mori Art Museum in Tokyo.

This video features short interviews with Simon Taylor of Tomato, jeffstaple of Staple Design and with a photographer from freshnessmag.

In the third part of this series of interviews with the people behind the for four hands exhibition at Wako Works of Art, I talked to artist Gabriel Lester.

This TAB Video features Yukie Kamiya, curator and two artists, Gabriel Lester and Jordan Wolfson. They take part in the gallery show entitled “For Four Hands,” which is now at Wako Works of Art.

In the second of three interviews with the people behind Wako Works of Art’s current exhibition for four hands, I talked to Yukie Kamiya, the show’s curator.

An introduction by a Hara Museum curator Atsuo Yasuda.

Wako Works of Art is currently showing for four hands, a two-man exhibition of Gabriel Lester and Jordan Wolfson’s work conducted by Yukie Kamiya, adjunct curator at New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York.

The Nakaochiai gallery, housed in a former kakigori and okashiya shop (Japanese shaved ice desert and cake shop), is tucked away in a serene, beautiful residential area of Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.

Kaikai Kiki, run by international artist Takashi Murakami, is an art production company that involves itself in artist development, organizing and hosting the GEISAI art festival, and myriad other art-related enterprises.

The 10th biannual GEISAI Festival is being held on the 17th September. Lena Oishi talked to GEISAI president and internationally renowned artist Takashi Murakami about his 5th year on the GEISAI wagon.

Earlier this year, 55DSL advertised for two ‘Junior Lucky Bastards’ to join their new Kick Ass Department. Their job? Travel the world in 55 days, and film/ blog/ photograph everything along the way.

The Hara Museum of Contemporary Art is currently holding a solo exhibition of the young Japanese artist Tabaimo, whose animated video installations explore the dark side of contemporary Japan.