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A time portal in 11 characters: On Kawara's "NOV. 27, 1984" sells for US$1.1m at Bonhams Hong Kong

On November 27, 2025, On Kawara's date painting "NOV. 27, 1984" from his Today series sold for HK$8.5 million (US$1.1 million) at Bonhams' Modern and Contemporary Art Sale in Hong Kong, becoming the top lot of the auction. The work, executed exactly 41 years earlier on November 27, 1984, features the date in white sans-serif lettering on a dark canvas and was acquired by a client represented by Bonhams specialist Ryo Wakabayashi, likely destined for a private collection in Japan.

The Interview: Kei Ishikawa

Filmmaker Kei Ishikawa has adapted Kazuo Ishiguro's debut novel, 'A Pale View of Hills,' into a feature film, with Ishiguro serving as executive producer. The film expands the novel's dual-timeline narrative, set in post-war Nagasaki and 1980s England, and introduces a decisive narrative closure not found in the original text. It features performances from leading Japanese actors and meticulous period detail.

The sixth Aichi Triennale seeks to encompass destruction and renewal

The sixth edition of the Aichi Triennale, Japan's largest recurring contemporary art exhibition, opens under the title "A Time Between Ashes and Roses," featuring around 60 artists from 22 countries across venues in Nagoya. Artistic director Hoor Al Qasimi, president of the Sharjah Art Foundation, has curated a program that addresses themes of destruction and renewal, drawing on a poem by Syrian poet Adonis written after the 1967 Six-Day War. The exhibition references both the ongoing conflict in Gaza and the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, with participating artists including John Akomfrah, Simone Leigh, Wangechi Mutu, Michael Rakowitz, and Hiroshi Sugimoto.

Geneva art exhibition in support of nuclear abolition

Geneva is hosting a new anti-nuclear art exhibition by Italian artist and activist Enrico Muratore, known professionally as EMA, under the title "Promemoria: Sending out an SOS." The multimedia project, which began as a series of paintings and now includes a book, song, video, and live readings, is presented at ICAM (Institut des Cultures Arabes et Mediterraneennes) with support from ICAN and the organization Colorier L’Avenir. The exhibition features selected paintings from the Promemoria series and live readings of EMA's fable inspired by George Orwell's Animal Farm and 1984. It was officially opened by Christoph Wieland, Deputy Permanent Representative of Austria to the United Nations in Geneva, and Melissa Parke, Executive Director of ICAN.