Kaoru Arima

黑料不打烊

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Japanese | 1969

Kaoru Arima is a Japanese Asian Modern & Contemporary artist who was born in 1969.

How much does a Kaoru Arima cost?

Kaoru Arima's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 315 USD to 693 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork.

What is Kaoru Arima's most expensive sculpture?

Since 2015 the record price for this artist at auction is 693 USD for Gazed into the River, sold at Wright in 2024. Numerous key galleries and museums such as 47 Canal have featured Kaoru Arima's work in the past.

Kaoru Arima in the news

Kaoru Arima has been featured in articles for ArtDaily, VernissageTV and ARTFORUM. The most recent article is June Art Fair 2024 Presents 12 Gallerists Featuring 20 Artists written for WHITEWALL in June 2024.

Artist's alternative names: Arima Kaoru

At Auction

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1997.12.16

By Kaoru Arima

A sword called sky ,2011

By Kaoru Arima

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Works ,2004

By Kaoru Arima

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Recent Auction Results

1997.12.16 , work ,2021

By Kaoru Arima

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A sword called sky ,2011

By Kaoru Arima

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Work ,2021

By Kaoru Arima

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Past Exhibitions

Kaoru Arima: From Relationships to Dependent Co-Arising

47 Canal

Soho | New York | USA

08 May, 2025 - 21 Jun, 2025

Kaoru Arima: To See

Queer Thoughts

New York | USA

15 Nov, 2018 - 16 Dec, 2018

Condo New York

Queer Thoughts

New York | USA

29 Jun, 2018 - 27 Jul, 2018

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Articles

June Art Fair 2024 Presents 12 Gallerists Featuring 20 Artists

WHITEWALL 13 Jun, 2024

As the fair鈥檚 sixth iteration, the June Art Fair 2024 features both returning and new exhibitors at its Riehenstrasse 90B space.

Reborn-Art Festival 2019 Aims to Rejuvenate the Tsunami-Ravaged Northeast Japan

ArtDaily 04 Aug, 2019

The second edition of the Reborn-Art Festival opened on Saturday, August 3 and runs through Sunday, September 29.

Kaoru Arima: And Then. Queer Thoughts Gallery, Chicago

VernissageTV 20 May, 2013

In Chicago, Queer Thoughts Gallery presents And Then, the first solo presentation in America by Japan-based artist Kaoru Arima. Arima was born in 1969

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Coverage

鈥� ..Related to his more loosely constructed works on paper, the new paintings reflect Arima's concern with a structure determined by play with color and painterly touch... 鈥�
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Misako & Rosen

鈥� ..Warhol's -layering-, Arima's practice, in general, is a process in which new developments may seem accidental and in-flux, yet this is his intent - to generate a sense of time and play... 鈥�
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Misako & Rosen

鈥� .. Arima鈥檚 portraits invent a place where the face is lost, and they create a space where this absence can become effective... 鈥�
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Édouard Montassut

鈥� ..Each of Arima鈥檚 paintings attests to this movement and crystallises it... 鈥�
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Édouard Montassut

鈥� ..Human faces in Arima's work have over time become less representative of an emotional expression and more matter-of-fact pictures of types... 鈥�
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Misako & Rosen