In 2009, @on_kawara flickered onto the scene. The Twitter account, whose profile picture is a black square, simply tweeted out once a day, “I AM STILL ALIVE #art,” in homage to one of the most ...

We ought to know On Kawara better than just about any famous artist. Since precisely Jan. 4, 1966, not long after moving to New York from Japan, he’s made his name with a vast series of self ...

The artist On Kawara, who died in late June, ... Ars longa, vita brevis, goes the Latin motto: art is long, life is short. But with Kawara they were exactly the same length.

Last summer, the Japanese conceptual artist On Kawara passed away at age 81. Having lived in New York since 1965, it is unsurprising that the Guggenheim honors Kawara with the first comprehensive ...

Kawara’s postcards share the same disarming and timeless charm as that of the waving tourist’s gesture — intriguingly so, as the artist spent a good deal of his life travelling.

On Kawara, the Japan-born conceptual artist who made his home in New York City for the past 50 years, has died. He was 81. A representative for David Zwirner, his gallery, confirmed the news of his… ...

On Kawara, the acclaimed but enigmatic Japanese artist whose body of conceptual works addressed the passage of time in detached, numerical ways, has died. He was 81. Kawara died in New York City ...

On Kawara was an influential Japanese Conceptual artist. Best known for his Today series of paintings, Kawara produced simple, two-color acrylic paintings to document each day he woke up alive in the ...

On Kawara, the acclaimed but enigmatic Japanese artist whose body of conceptual works addressed the passage of time in detached, numerical ways, died in New York in late June. He was 81. His ...

The Guggenheim Museum's major spring showcase focuses on the elusive yet imposing accomplishments of conceptual artist On Kawara.