At the Met, portraits of an alternate history Aug 28, 2008
Thomas Ruff and Hiroshi Sugimoto are here, but so are Janice Guy, an artist turned dealer who is benefiting from a sudden interest in her early self-portraits, and Mark Wyse, a young photographer who is also active as a curator. The 21-artist mix isn't perfect, but the curator, Doug Eklund, deserves credit for taking a few risks. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
LACMA Acquires Vernon Collection of... Aug 14, 2008
LACMA's world-renowned collection of photography includes important works by Berenice Abbott, Walker Evans, Alfred Stieglitz, Andr; Kert;sz, L;szl; Moholy-Nagy, Diane Arbus, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Lee Friedlander, Anselm Kiefer, Sigmar Polke, Sebasti;o Salgado, Hiroshi Sugimoto and Carrie Mae Weems. The Vernon Collection. (Suite101.com)
Kenneth Baker's art moments Dec 30, 2007
HIGH: "Hiroshi Sugimoto: History of History": (Through Jan. 6 ... "Hiroshi Sugimoto": The M.H. de Young Memorial Museum wisely gave the Japanese photographer free rein to design his retrospective, which showed both what a great visual artist he is and how complex the hidden conceptual dimensions of his medium are. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Review: Sugimoto reflects on time, history at Asian Art Museum show Oct 16, 2007
Only three weeks ago Hiroshi Sugimoto's grand photography retrospective closed at the de Young Museum ... Hiroshi Sugimoto: History of History: Fossils, photographs, Japanese antiquities and modern industrial artifacts. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Japanese designers celebrated at Asian Art Museum Oct 8, 2007
They are celebrated in a new fashion and photography exhibition, "Stylized Sculpture," opening Friday at the Asian Art Museum, in which photographer Hiroshi Sugimoto and curators from the Kyoto Costume Institute chose 21 garments from five designers. Sugimoto, known for his time-lapse photos of movie interiors and his black-and-white seascapes (a retrospective of his 30-year career was recently at the de Young Museum), has taken a new series of large, 4-by-6-foot black-and-white photos of some... (San Francisco Chronicle)
Leaks, woes a smudge on Crystal's sparkle Oct 3, 2007
The problem of installing artifacts in a space with no vertical walls challenged Hiroshi Sugimoto, the first artist to be exhibited in the ROM's fourth-floor Institute for Contemporary Culture. So, he designed a curving wall 4. (Globe and Mail)
At S.F.'s de Young Museum, fashion exhibitions upset fine art fans Sep 3, 2007
The de Young's current photography retrospective "Hiroshi Sugimoto" should allay such concerns, as might the October opening of "The Sculpture of Louise Nevelson: Constructing a Legend." Both shows touch a level marked by artistic high points in the Fine Arts Museums' collections. But other items on the long calendar inspire skepticism. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Summer staff laid off as crowds fail to show Jul 25, 2007
The fossils and photographs of Japanese-American artist Hiroshi Sugimoto. At that point, ROM administration planned on staying open until 9 o'clock on most nights. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Infotainment Jun 14, 2007
DianaLondon: A visitor takes a look at an art work by Hiroshi Sugimoto of Diana, Princess of Wales on display at Sothebys. The work is expected to raise $100,000-$140,000 when it is auctioned. (Daily Times, Pakistan)
Hiroshi Sugimoto: At home on an ocean of time Jun 9, 2007
The leading Japanese artist Hiroshi Sugimoto is a man of extreme paradoxes, and his touring exhibition History of History, the inaugural show in the just-opened Institute for Contemporary Culture at Toronto's Royal Ontario Museum, brings that complexity to life. Comprised of both the artist's own work and objects from his private collection, the show allows us to take the full measure of the man. (Globe and Mail)
It's an ocean liner – no, it's a message Jun 4, 2007
Hiroshi Sugimoto, the first artist-curator to use one of the Crystal's angular spaces, complained about that very issue to Libeskind himself in a playful but challenging panel discussion on Thursday night. The occasion was the opening of Sugimoto's show, History of History, in the Crystal's fourth-floor gallery, the Institute for Contemporary Culture. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Architect, artist trade jabs as Crystal makes debut Jun 1, 2007
Hiroshi Sugimoto told Mr. Libeskind it was hard to design for the new 6,300-square-foot area of the ROM's Institute for Contemporary Culture and install his show History of History. He said he created a curved wall to display his exhibition of fossils, ancient Japanese masks, scrolls, ritual objects and photos as an act of "revenge.". (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Art Boom? What Art Boom? Collectors Head to Japan in Search of Bargains Mar 16, 2007
She represents photographer Hiroshi Sugimoto, installation artist Olafur Eliasson and younger artists like Tabaimo, whose videos and drawings are a fresh step away from the established cartoon genres of manga and anime. Works from Sugimoto's newest series can be bought for $80,000 at the gallery, compared with prices for his seascapes of up to $1 million at auctions abroad, Koyanagi said. (Bloomberg -- Japan)
Adventurous artists of light at Hirshhorn (Joanna Shaw-Eagle) Mar 3, 2007
The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden shows several modern takes on light as art -- unfortunately containing only a few arresting examples -- with "Refract, Reflect, Project: Light Works From the Collection." Associate curator Anne Ellegood recentlydelved into the Hirshhorn's cache of "light sculpture" and found such art from the late 1950s to today by notables Dan Flavin, James Turrell, Ivan Navarro, Hiroshi Sugimoto and Chryssa but also less impressive art by Jordan Belson and Giovanni... (Washington Times)
Photographer Sugimoto to be all over town Feb 18, 2007
Call 2007 the year of Hiroshi Sugimoto in San Francisco ... Hiroshi Sugimoto: Colors of Shadow: Photographs. (San Francisco Chronicle)
