Category: Contemporary Art
  • Reviewed Work: Categorization of Contemporary Art Collectors in Japan (Extract)

    Wasano and Onishi’s study represents the first large-scale empirical attempt to classify contemporary art collectors in Japan according to their motivations and psychographic traits. Using a mixed-methods approach, Wasano and Onishi build on an existing Western model of art purchase motivations that they adapt to the Japanese art market. Their analysis of 386 collectors identifies…

  • “To The Country”, A Salon Exhibition

    As assistant curator of The Salon, a series of private artist salons held across London, New York, and Paris, I am pleased to announce our forthcoming exhibition, To the Country, bringing together works by Emily Croteau, Phoebe Howard, Georgia Elliott, and Lucy Evans. The exhibition will be on view from November 29 through December 6,…

  • RUTEN – In Memory of Takehiko Sugawara

    From October 9 to November 8, Galerie Tamenaga Paris presents a commemorative retrospective on the works of Takehiko Sugawara. The artist, who was born in Tokyo in 1962, tragically accidentally passed last summer during a solitary trek on Mount Tsurugi to study Toyama’s ancient cedars. His work merges different traditions: he followed the tradition of…