10.29.2008

in other news

...About 50 works by around 40 art students and recent graduates had been selected via an open competition and then purchased for ¥100,000 a piece by Mitsubishi. After being displayed at the company's offices in Marunouchi (japan) for a few of months, they were being auctioned. "The first ¥100,000 raised by each work will go to a scholarship fund, which will be made available to young artists. If the hammer price goes above that, the proceeds will be split — half to the artist and half to the scholarship," explained Shinji Shimada...japantimes

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