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PAST NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENT

Yasuko Iba exhibition at Gallery Sun Contemporary in Seoul

2.21.2008(Thu)-3.9.2008(Sun)
Gallery SUN contemporary

Base Gallery participates in Arte Fiera 2008

DATE: January 24 - 28, 2008
PLACE: BolognaFiere, Bologna

-Base Gallery participates in ACAF NY

Base Gallery will participate in Asian Contemporary Art Fair New York (ACAF NY), to be held in New York for the first time in November, 2007.

ARTISTS EXHIBITED: Mayumi Terada, Shigeno Ichimura, Keisuke Shirota, Minako Abe, Hong Hao, Ji Dachun, Tang Dawu et al.
DATE: November 8 - 12, 2007
PLACE: Pier 92, New York City
ACAF NY: http://www.acafny.com/

-Miwako Iga's first photo-book "Madame Cucumber" by grambooks

Miwako Iga's photo-book titled "Madame Cucumber" (published by grambooks, Tokyo) is in stores now. You can purchase a copy at Base Gallery.

"Madame Cucumber" by Miwako Iga
Published by grambooks, Tokyo
25x21.5cm / 78 pages / 40 color plates
Price: JPY 2,625

-Shirota and Abe at group show in Vienna

Keisuke Shirota and Minako Abe will show their works at a group exhibition titled "Young Japanese Landscape" at the Museum of Young Art (MOYA) in Vienna.
This exhibition showcases works by several emerging Japanese artists, focusing on "landscape."

DATE: September 5 - October 5, 2007
PLACE: MOYA (Museum of Young Art), Vienna
WEBSITE: http://www.moya-vienna.at/

-Base Gallery participates in Art Beijing

Base Gallery will participate in Art Beijing, an international art fair to be held in Beijing for the second time, in September, 2007.

ARTISTS EXHIBITED: Keisuke Shirota, Miwako Iga, Shigeno Ichimura, Ryotaro Endo, Yasuko Iba, Pablo Picasso, Andy Warhol, Joseph Albers, David Hockney et al.
DATE: September 20 - 23, 2007 (Preview on September 19)
PLACE: National Agricultural Exhibition Center, Beijing
ART BEIJING: http://www.artbeijing.net/

-Base Gallery's summer closure

Base Gallery will be closed from August 6th through 15th, 2007.
Next up at Base Gallery will be a collection exhibition, starting from August 20th.

-Mayumi Terada's solo exhibition at Takashimaya

Mayumi Terada's solo exhibition titled "Monologue of Light" is held at Takashimaya Art Gallery X in Nihombashi, Tokyo.

-Mayumi Terada Exhibition: Monologue of Light
Date: June 27 - July 17, 2007
Place: Takashimaya Art Gallery X (Tokyo)
Website: http://www.takashimaya.co.jp/tokyo/event3/index.html

-Miwako Iga's first solo exhibition abroad in Seoul

Miwako Iga's solo exhibition titled "Madame Cucumber" will be held at Leehyun Seoul Gallery in Seoul, South Korea.

-Miwako Iga Exhibition: Madame Cucumber
Date: April 9 - 30, 2007
Place: Leehyun Seoul Gallery (Seoul, South Korea)
Website: http://leehyungallery.com

-Base Gallery participates in Art Fair Tokyo

Base Gallery will participate in Art Fair Tokyo in April, 2007

ARTISTS EXHIBITED: Shinro Ohtake, Keisuke Shirota, Hong Hao, Cui Guotai, Christian Baumgartner, Chris Johansen et al.

DATE: April 10 - 12, 2007 (Preview on April 9th)
PLACE: Tokyo International Forum, Tokyo
Art Fair Tokyo: http://www.artfairtokyo.com

-Base Gallery participates in ARTE FIERA in Bologna

Base Gallery will participate in ARTE FIERA, an international art fair to be held in Bologna, Italy in January, 2007

ARTISTS EXHIBITED: Shinro Ohtake, Toru Hamada, Mayumi Terada, Keisuke Shirota, Kaori Miyayama, Naoya Takahara, Miwako Iga, Hong Hao, Ji Dachun, Qiu Xiaofei, Robert Motherwell, Cy Twombly, David Hockney et al.

DATE: January 26 - 29, 2007 (Preview on January 25th)
PLACE: BolognaFiere, Bologna, Italy
ARTE FIERA: http://www.artefiera.bolognafiere.it/

-Base Gallery's winter closure

Base Gallery will be closed from December 26th, 2006 through January 18th, 2007.
Next exhibition at Base Gallery will be Miwako Iga's solo exhibition "Madame Cucumber", opening on January 19th.

-Shinro Ohtake's "Zen-Kei" finally opened!

Shinro Ohtake's retrospective exhibition "Zen-Kei" is now open to the public at Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo (MOT).

Shinro Ohtake Zen-Kei: Retrospective 1955-2006
Date: October 14 - December 24, 2006
Place: Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo (Kiba, Tokyo)
Website: http://www.shinroohtake.jp/ / http://www.mot-art-museum.jp/

-Shinro Ohtake's retrospective "Zen-Kei" at Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo

Shinro Ohtake's first major retrospective exhibition "Zen-Kei" will be held at Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo (MOT).
More than 2000 works will fill up the entire temporary exhibition floors - a solo exhibition of unprecedented scale for an artist currently active in Japan.

Shinro Ohtake Zen-Kei: Retrospective 1955-2006
Date: October 14 - December 24, 2006
Place: Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo (Kiba, Tokyo)
Website: http://www.shinroohtake.jp/ / http://www.mot-art-museum.jp/

In this autumn-winter Shinro Ohtake will participate in several exhibitions in various venues:

-Naoshima Standard
Date: October 7 - December 24, 2006 / February 24 - April 15, 2007
Place: Naoshima Island and Naoshima Archipelago (Kagawa) / Naoshima Fukutake Art Museum Foundation, Chichu Art Museum
Website: http://www.naoshima-is.co.jp/

-Yabagogo
Date: October 20 - December 25, 2006
Place: NADiff (Omotesando, Tokyo)
Website: http://www.nadiff.com/

-Shinro Ohtake and Betsukai
Date: October 20 - December 25, 2006 (Fri. through Mon.)
Place: Urri Farm (Betsukai, Hokkaido)
Website: http://www.aurens.jp/ohtake
Call 0570-008886 for information.

-FIX・MIX・MAX！ Contemporary Art Exhibition
Date: November 10 - 19, 2006
Place: Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art (Sapporo, Hokkaido)
Website:http://www.aurora-net.or.jp/art/dokinbi/exhi/special/06/fix.html

-Hommage to Yoshiaki Touno
Date: October 14 - November 12, 2006
Place: Gallery Tom (Shoto, Tokyo)
Website: http://www.gallerytom.co.jp/

-Keisuke Shirota's first solo exhibition abroad in Seoul

Keisuke Shirota's solo exhibition titled "Overlap" will be held at Gallery Sun Contemporary in Seoul, South Korea.

-Keisuke Shirota Exhibition: Overlap
Date: November 30 - December 18, 2006
Place: Gallery Sun Contemporary (Seoul, South Korea)
Website: http://www.suncontemporary.com/

-Base Gallery participates in ARTFORUM ANKARA

Base Gallery will participate in ARTFORUM ANKARA, an international art fair to be held in Ankara, the capital city of Turkey in November, 2006. We will be the first Japanese gallery to take part in the fair.

ARTISTS EXHIBITED: Shinro Ohtake, Keisuke Shirota, Mayumi Terada, Ryotaro Endo, Shigeno Ichimura, Minako Abe, Aki Lumi, Yuki Onodera

DATE: November 18 - 26, 2006
PLACE: Ataturk Culture Center, Ankara, Turkey
ARTFORUM ANKARA: http://www.artforumankara.com/

-Mayumi Terada's work appears on a book cover

Mayumi Terada's photographic work, titled "sofa 010902", is used for book cover design of a collection of short stories by Shiho Tanimura "Curtain", published by Shueisha publishing company.

-Ryotaro Endo participates in "Outstanding Rising Artists Exhibition"

Ryotaro Endo is selected to take part in the 25th edition of "Outstanding Rising Artists Exhibition Presented by Sompo Japan Fine Art Foundation".

25th Outstanding Rising Artists Exhibition
Date: March 16 - April 13, 2006
Hours: 10:00 - 18:00 (ticketing until 17:30)
Place: Seiji Togo Memorial Sompo Japan Museum of Art (Shinjuku, Tokyo)
Website: http://www.sompo-japan.co.jp/museum/

-Base Gallery participates in ARTE FIERA in Bologna

Base Gallery will participate in ARTE FIERA, an international art fair to be held in Bologna, Italy in January, 2006

ARTISTS EXHIBITED: Shinro Ohtake, Toru Hamada, Keisuke Shirota, Mayumi Terada, Ryotaro Endo, Shigeno Ichimura, Kannu Uchida, Akiko Tsuda, Hong Hao, Ji Dachun, Koo Bohnchang, Cy Twombly, Willem de Kooning et al.

DATE: January 27 - 30, 2006
PLACE: BolognaFiere, Bologna, Italy
ARTE FIERA: http://www.artefiera.bolognafiere.it/

-Base Gallery participates in ARCO in Madrid

Base Gallery will also participate in ARCO in Madrid, Spain in February, 2006

ARTISTS EXHIBITED: Shinro Ohtake, Toru Hamada, Keisuke Shirota, Mayumi Terada, Ryotaro Endo, Miwako Iga, Yasuko Iba, Kannu Uchida, Akiko Tsuda, Hong Hao, Ji Dachun, Cy Twombly, David Hockney et al.

DATE: February 9 - 13, 2006
PLACE: Feria de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
ARCO: http://arcoenglish.artmediacompany.com/

-Base Gallery's summer closure

Base Gallery will be closed from August 10th through August 25th.
Next exhibition at Base Gallery will be Shigeno Ichimura's solo exhibition 'Light and Time', opening on September 7th.

-Shinro Ohtake exhibition 'On paper' on Fuji TV's 'art lover'

Fuji TV's art program 'art lover', focusing on Shinro Ohtake exhibition 'On paper', will be put on the air on July 1st, at 4:25AM.

-Base Gallery is closed during the Golden Week

Base Gallery will be closed temporarily from April 29th through May 6th, 2005.
The gallery reopens on May 7th.

-Base Gallery participates in the China International Gallery Exposition (CIGE) in Beijing

Base Gallery will participate in the second edition of the China International Gallery Exposition (CIGE) to be held in Beijing in May, 2005.

ARTISTS EXHIBITED: Guan Shi, Hong Hao, Ji Dachun, Ryotaro Endo, Toru Hamada, Miwako Iga, Shinro Ohtake, Saburo Ota, Keisuke Shirota, Asako Tanaka, Mayumi Terada, Robert Silvers, Lorenz Spring, Andy Warhol

DATE: May 2 - 5, 2005
PLACE: China World Trade Center, Beijing
CIGE WEBSITE: http://www.cige-bj.com/

See photos from CIGE 2005

-Kei Arai and Keisuke Shirota at VOCA 2005

Kei Arai and Keisuke Shirota, who have both held solo-exhibition at Base Gallery, will participate in the annual group exhibition "VOCA (The Visions of Contemporary Art) 2005". They have been selected by the selection committee, and will show new works along with 35 other artists.

VOCA 2005
Date: March 15 - 30, 2005
Hours: 10:00 - 17:00 (ticketing until 16:30)
Place: The Ueno Royal Museum
Website: http://www.ueno-mori.org/tenji/voca/2005/index.html

-Base Gallery's winter closure

Base Gallery will be closed from December 28th, 2004 through January 11th, 2005.
The gallery will be re-opened on January 12th.

-Base Gallery participates in FIAC in Paris in October

In October 2004, Base Gallery will participate in FIAC (Foire Internationale d'Art Contemporain), one of the largest and most prestigious international art fairs.

ARTISTS EXHIBITED: Toru Hamada, Shinro Ohtake, Ryotaro Endo, Mayumi Terada, Kannu Uchida, Asako Tanaka, Keisuke Shirota, Kei Arai / Ji Dachun, Zhang Dali / Wassily Kandinsky, Henri Matisse et al.

DATE: October 21 - 25, 2004
PLACE: Paris Expo, Porte de Versaille

FIAC Website: http://www.fiac-online.com/

See photos from FIAC 2004

-Base Gallery has been relocated to Kayabacho on September 10, 2004

Base Gallery is pleased to announce its relocation from Kyobashi to Kayabacho.
Known as Kabutocho, this is a financial district, with no galleries to be found nearby.
Opening exhibition at the new location will start on 1st November, the day of introduction of new Yen bank notes.

Greetings from the President Toshikatsu Onishi

Map / Access to the New Gallery

-Base Gallery will move to Kayaba-cho

Base Gallery is pleased to announce its move from Kyobashi to Kayaba-cho in the autumn.
Opening exhibition at the new location will be held in November, details of which will be announced later.

-Ryotaro Endo's Solo Exhibition at T&S Gallery in Jiyugaoka

Ryotaro Endo, whose solo exhibition was held at Base Gallery in 2003, will be showing his new works at T&S Gallery in Jiyugaoka, Tokyo. Base Gallery is aiding T&S Gallery in holding this exhibition, which is funded by The Nomura Cultural Foundation.

TITLE: Painting Land
DATE: June 5 - July 4, 2004
HOURS: 11:00-19:00 (11:00-20:00 on Saturday, Sunday and National Holidays)
CLOSED: June 16
PLACE: T&S Gallery (TIME & STYLE) http://www.timeandstyle.com
3-23-20 Yakumo, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-0023
TEL +81-3-5731-7023 / FAX +81-3-5731-7024

-Base Gallery participates in the Art Fair in Beijing

Base Gallery is pleased to announce its participation in the new China International Gallery Exposition (CIGE), the first ever international art fair to be held in the Chinese capital Beijing.

DATE: April 22 - 26, 2004
PLACE: China International Science and Technology Exposition Center, Beijing

CIGE Website: http://www.cige-bj.com/

See photos from CIGE 2004