On Kawara (1932–2014) was a Japanese conceptual artist whose work explored time, existence, and consciousness through minimalist precision and daily ritual. After moving to New York in the 1960s, he developed a body of work that turned the passage of days into art itself. His major projects — Today Series (date paintings, 1966–2014), I Got Up (1970–1979), I Met (1968–1979), and I Am Still Alive (telegrams sent to friends, 1970–2000s) — form an extraordinary meditation on being and time. The Pinault Collection at the Bourse de Commerce in Paris presents striking fragments from The Today Series, offering viewers a rare encounter with On Kawara’s meditative precision and the quiet poetry of recorded days.
The Artist Who Painted Time – On Kawara
On Kawara (1932–2014) was a Japanese conceptual artist whose work explored time, existence, and consciousness through minimalist precision and daily ritual. After moving to New York in the 1960s, he developed a body of work that turned the passage of days into art itself. His major projects — Today Series (date paintings, 1966–2014), I Got…
