The Estate of Tetsumi Kudo
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2024
Hauser & Wirth, 'Tetsumi Kudo', Hong Kong, May 31 to August 31
2021
Hauser & Wirth, 'Tetsumi Kudo. Metamorphosis', New York NY, USA, May 5 to July 30
2020
Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, 'Tetsumi Kudo — Cultivation', Humlebaek, Denmark, June 5 to January 1, 2021
2016
Andrea Rosen Gallery, 'Tetsumi Kudo', cur. Joshua Mack, New York NY, USA, October 14 to November 16
Fridericianum, 'Tetsumi Kudo: Retrospective', cur. Susanne Pfeffer, Kassel, Germany, September 25 to January 1, 2017
2015
Hauser & Wirth, 'Tetsumi Kudo', Zurich, Switzerland, December 4 to February 26, 2016
Hauser & Wirth, 'Tetsumi Kudo', London, United Kingdom, September 22 to November 21
2014
The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, 'Your Portrait: A Tetsumi Kudo Retrospective', Tokyo, Japan, February 4 to March 30 (travelling exhibition)
Aomori Museum of Art, 'Your Portrait: A Tetsumi Kudo Retrospective', Aomori, Japan, April 12 to June 8 (travelling exhibition)
2013
The National Museum of Art, Osaka, 'Your Portrait: A Tetsumi Kudo Retrospective', Osaka, Japan, November 2 to January 19, 2013 (travelling exhibition)
Christophe Gaillard Gallery, 'Tetsumi Kudo: Human Cultivation', Paris, France, October 5 to November 9
2010
Andrea Rosen Gallery, 'Tetsumi Kudo: Cubes and Gardens,' New York NY, USA, September 10 to October 16
2009
The National Museum of Art, Osaka, 'Special Exhibition: Tetsumi Kudo; at Collection the National Museum of Art, Osaka', Osaka, Japan, October 10 to December 13
2008
Andrea Rosen Gallery, 'Tetsumi Kudo', New York NY, USA, June 20 to August 15
Walker Art Center, 'Tetsumi Kudo: Garden of Metamorphosis', Minneapolis MN, USA, October 18 to March 22, 2009
2007
La maison rouge, 'Tetsumi Kudo, La montagne que nous cherchons est dans la serre' Paris, France, February 18 to May 13
2004
M. Gallery, 'Tetsumi Kudo: Early '80s Works from Hiroko Kudo Collection', Tokyo, Japan, November 22 to December 10
2002
Ortensia, 'Tetsumi Kudo: The History of the Leader of Anti-art, Tokyo-Paris-Aomori', Goshogawara, Aomori, Japan, April 20 to May 19
1995
Okayama Prefectural Museum, 'Tetsumi Kudo -- Contestation/Création', Okayama, Japan, January 5 to February 5 (travelling exhibition)
1994
The National Museum of Art, Osaka, 'Tetsumi Kudo -- Contestation/Création', Osaka, Japan, October 6 to November 29 (travelling exhibition)
1991
Van Reekum Museum, 'Tetsumi Kudo 1935-1990', Apeldoorn, the Netherlands, April 14 to June 3 (travelling exhibition)
Stedelijk Museum, 'Tetsumi Kudo 1935-1990', Amsterdam, the Netherlands, June 29 to August 25 (travelling exhibition)
1989
Galerie du Génie, 'KUDO Nouvelle écologie', Paris, France, October 24 to November 10
1988
Art Forum Yanaka, 'Tetsumi Kudo: This One Work", Tokyo, Japan, October 4 to 30 Performance: Soul of an Artist, October 4
1986
Hirosaki City Museum, 'The Path an Artist Has Taken: The World of Tetsumi Kudo', Hirosaki, Japan, February 15 to March 6
Dialogue: Tetsumi Kudo, Kinosuke Murata, March 3
Kobayashi Gallery, 'Tetsumi Kudo', Ginza, Tokyo, Japan, October 6 to 11
Galerie Claude Samuel, 'Chemin d'un artiste d’avant-garde Tetsumi Kudo', Paris, France, December 3 to January 24, 1987
Galerie Gilbert Brownstone, 'Chemin d'un artiste d’avant-garde Tetsumi Kudo', Paris, France, December 3 to January 24, 1987
Happening: Survivance de l’avant-garde, December 3
1985
M. gallery, 'TETSUMI KUDO Madness Weirdness Bloodthirstiness One-man/Exhibition/drawings objects collages', Tokyo, Japan, August 28 to September 25
1984
Fujita Gallery, 'New Works Drawn in Hirosaki, Celebrating the New Year Eroticism of Tetsumi Kudo - Mount Iwaki, Black Hole and Snow', Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan, January 3 to 9
Gallery Date, 'New Watercolors by Tetsumi Kudo: Soul of Japan - Pulling the String of Soul', Okayama, Japan, January 24 to 29
Performance, January 24, 17:00-
Okazaki Tamako Gallery, 'Tetsumi Kudo: Video of Performance, and Watercolor', Tokyo, Japan, February 27 to March 17
Performance, February 27, March 3, 18:30- Dialogue: Tetsumi Kudo and Eiko Kujo with Kojin Tanaka, March 10
Gallery NAF, 'Kamikaze of Art: Tetsumi Kudo's Cramming Period and Now', Kawaijuku, Nagoya, Japan, April 14 to February 28
Performance: Infinite String Game with Heredity Chromosome, April 14
Symposium: Tetsumi Kudo, Tokiko Koyama, Masashi Ogura and Shunkichi Baba, 'Today, talking about…?', April 15
Espace Japon, 'Le trou noir sacré, structure spirituelle des Japonais à la période "Jomon"', Paris, France, May 29 to June 16
Happening: Sacred Black Hole, May 28, 18:30-
Debate between Kudo, Masao Yamaguchi, and Jean - Louis Pradel, June 9
Space NiKi, 'Tetsumi Kudo One-Man Show', Tokyo, Japan, July 4 to 22
Performance: Infinite String Game with Heredity Chromosome, July 7, 17:00-19:00
Performance: String games for Father and Daughter: Between the Rainbow and the Grass, July to August UNAC, 'Looking back upon "Monument of Metamorphosis" at Mt. Nokogiri’, Tokyo, Japan, November 16 to 29
Event: "Talking with Kudo after a long time" on Tuesday, November 20, between 18:00 and 20:00
Shibuya Parco, 'Universe of Objects - Tetsumi Kudo with Freethinkers of Japan', Tokyo, Japan, November 23 to 29
Object+performance: Tetsumi Kudo November 23 Goji Hamada November 24; Ruri Shimada, Stelarc November 25; Akio Suzuki November 26; Tetsumi Kudo, Tatsuo Ikeda November 29
Dialogue: Tetsumi Kudo, Masao Yamaguchi, Kojin Tanaka November 23; Tetsumi Kudo, Kiyoshi Awazu November 24; Tetsumi Kudo, Yujiro Nakamura, Kojin Tanaka November 27
1983
Kudo atelier, 'Accrochage: Objets 1983', Paris, France, March 1 to 6 (extended to May)
Supplement Gallery, 'Tetsumi Kudo: On the Structure of the Emperor System', Tokyo, Japan, July 16 to 27
Tenmaya Gallery, 'Tetsumi Kudo: Watercolors and Objects', Okayama, Japan, August 11 to 17
Galerie 16, 'Tetsumi Kudo: Structure of Jomon = Structure of Emperor System = Structure of Contemporary Japan', Kyoto, Japan, September 27 to October 9
Fujita Gallery, 'Kudo Tetsumi: Contemporary Art, Born in Tsugaru', Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan, October 5 to 14
Performance: Infinite String Game, The Light Not Lost, October 13
No. 51 Gallery, 'Structure of Jomon Spirit - Contemporary Art Born in Tsugaru - New Works by Tetsumi Kudo', Aomori, Japan, November 20 to 23
Performance, November 20, 21, 22, 18:30-
1982
UNAC, 'Tetsumi Kudo, a painter of spirit: Shikishi (Paper board) as an Institution', Tokyo, Japan, January 25 to February 9 (travelling exhibition)
Kankodo Music center, 'Tetsumi Kudo, a painter of spirit: Shikishi (Paper board) as an Institution', Maebashi, Gunma, Japan, February 11 to 13 (travelling exhibition)
Ban Gallery, 'Tetsumi Kudo, a painter of spirit: Shikishi (Paper board) as an Institution', Osaka, Japan, February 22 to March 6 (travelling exhibition)
Open interview with Tetsumi Kudo: UNAC TOKYO, Tokyo, January 29; Kankodo, Maebashi, February 11; Ban Gallery, Osaka, February 22
Galerie 16, 'Tetsumi Kudo: Waiting for the Revelation in the Rain of Heredity-Chromosome', Kyoto, Japan, May 11 to 30
Ginza Kaigakan, 'Quelque activité par désœuvrement noble', Tokyo, Japan, August 10 to 20
Gallery Takagi, 'From Paris - Tetsumi Kudo Part One', Nagoya, Japan, September 1 to 19
1981
Galerie Jöllenbeck, 'Tetsumi Kudo: Objekte - Zeichnungen', Cologne, Germany, February 20 to April
Ceremony: La lumière non perdue, February 20, 20:00-
Sogetsu Museum, 'Tetsumi Kudo 1977-1981', Tokyo, Japan, September 7 to 19
1980
UNAC, 'Tetsumi Kudo: Painter of Spirit - around this one work', Tokyo, Japan, July 7 to August 2
1979
Galerie Jade, 'Méditation entre futur et mémoire vingt objets récents de Kudo', Colmar, France, March 30 to April 28
Ceremony: Jeux de fils infinis, March 31, 17:00-
La galerie de Bellechasse, 'hommage à Mark Tobey 20 pièces rétrospectives de Kudo', Paris, France, October 17 to November 20
Ceremony: Jeux de fils infinis La Maison des Jeunes et de la Culture de Metz-Centre, 'Méditation entre futur et mémoire Vingts objets récents de KUDO', Metz, France, November 10 to December 2
Happening: Jeux de fils infinis, October 17, 18:00-21:00
1978
Exhibition in Kudo’s Berlin Studio, April 19 Ceremony: for Meditation – Budda in Berlin, in Studio, Berlin, April 19
Galerie Wunderland, 'Tetsumi Kudo in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Berliner Künstlerprogramm des DAAD', Berlin, Germany, August 19 to September 22
Ceremony: Méditation - Buddha in Berlin Ceremony and Opening: "Der Künstler wird mit Ihnen auf die Reise gehen vom Käfig Hölle zum Ort des Friedens.", August 19, 22:00-
La Galerie de Bellechasse, 'Méditation entre futur et mémoire vingt objets récents de Kudo', Paris, France, October 4 to November 12
Ceremony: Jeux de fils infinis Antares, Galerie in der Ludwigstrasse, 'Kudo Meditation zwischen Zukunft und Vergangenheit', Munich, Germany, December 5 to January 15, 1979
1977
Galerie Beaubourg, 'Kudo: Portrait de l’artiste dans la crise/ cages - peintures à l’ordinateur', Paris, France, February 16 to March 12
Happening: 'Your Portrait, Portrait of Artist in the Crisis, Souvenir of Moult'
Galerie Vallois, 'Cages - Multiples', Paris, France, February 16 to March 12
1975
Galerie Massimo Valsecchi, 'Kudo', Milan, Italy, April 10 to May 13
1973
Galerie Beaubourg, 'Kudo: Greffes et symbioses' musique expérimentale de Y.Tone, Paris, France, November 15 to December 15
Galerie Mathias Fels, 'Kudo 15 ans d’activité' Experiment Music by Yasunao Tone, Paris, France, November 15 to December 15
1972
Stedelijk Museum, 'Tetsumi Kudo: Pollution - Cultivation - New Ecology - Your Portrait', Amsterdam, the Netherlands, February 25 to April 9
1971
Galerie Mathias Fels, 'Pollution - Cultivation - Nouvelle écologie', Paris, France, October 1 to 25
1970
Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, 'Tetsumi Kudo; Cultivation by Radioactivity', Düsseldorf, Germany, April 17 to July 5
Happenings: A. Instant Sperm, B. Quiet event, Souvenir la mue (moult), C. Film, Kudo's document made in Japan, at Creamcheese, Düsseldorf, Germany, May 14
1969
Technishe Hogeschool, 'Cultivation by Radioactivity in the Electronic Circuit', Eindhoven, the Netherlands, until February 6
Gallery Ichibankan, 'One Day Exhibition', Tokyo, Japan, September 10
1968
Galerie Leger, 'Kudo', Malmö, Sweden, February 24 to March 17
Galerie Leger, 'Kudo', Gothenburg, Sweden, March 19 to April 7
Happening: Quiet Event Galerie M.E. Thelen, Kassel, Germany
Happening: Quiet Event, Galerie M.E.Thelen, Kassel, Germany, June 27
Galerie Mickery, 'KUDO; Cultivation by Radioactivity in the Electronic Circuit', Loenersloot, the Netherlands, November 10 to December 7
Happening: Play a Game of Bowling, November 10
1967
Galerie Mathias Fels & Cie, 'KUDO', Paris, France, April 20 to May 15
Happening: Quiet Event, Your Portrait, April 20, 22:00-
1966
Galerie 20, 'Kudo', Amsterdam, the Netherlands, opened April 15- Happening: Quiet Event, Instant Sperm, April 15
Galerie M. E. Thelen, 'Tetsumi Kudo', Essen, Germany, November 11 to December 31
Happening: Quiet Event, Instant Sperm, November 11
1965
Galerie J, 'Tetsumi Kudo: rien n’est laissé au hasard', Paris, France, February 26 to March 25
Performance: Actions lentes February 26, 20:00-
1961
Bungeishunju Gallery, 'Tetsumi Kudo: Philosophy of Impotence, Distribution Map of Impotence and the Appearance of Protective Domes at the Points of Saturation', Tokyo, Japan, November 6 to 11
Hakuhou Gallery, 'Tetsumi Kudo: Philosophy of Impotence', Osaka, Japan, December 4 to 10
1959
Bungeishunju Gallery, 'Tetsumi Kudo: Spiritual Fluidity and Its Condensation', 2-D Painting and 3-D Painting, Tokyo, Japan, April 20 to 26
Minami Gallery, 'Tetsumi Kudo', Tokyo, Japan, September 14 to 19
1958
Tenmaya 2nd floor gallery, 'Tetsumi Kudo: New Works', Okayama, Japan, September 9 to 14 [Happening: Anti-art]
1957
Blanche Gallery, 'Tetsumi Kudo: Demonstration of Making', Tokyo, Japan, October 2 to 7 [Happening: Anti-art]
Café Tabiji, 'Tetsumi Kudo: New Works, Demonstration of Registration of Spinal Cord Waves', Tokyo, Japan, opened December 10, PM 6 on Wednesdays, till 1958
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024
Moderna Museet Malmö, 'On the Absurd Drama that is also Life', Malmö, Sweden, October 26 to February 23, 2025
The Museum of Modern Art, Saitama, 'Absolute Chairs', Saitama, Japan, February 17 to May 12
2023
Mori Art Museum, 'Our Ecology: Toward a Planetary Living' [Mori Art Museum 20th Anniversary Exhibition], Tokyo, Japan, October 18 to March 31, 2024
Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, 'Yayoi Kusama. The Dutch Years 1965-1970', Schiedam, The Netherlands, September 23 to February 25, 2024
2022
MAMAC, 'Biennale des Arts de Nice. Devenir Fleur', Nice, France, November 10 to April 30, 2023
La Biennale di Venezia, 'The Milk of Dreams', cur. Cecilia Alemani, Venice, Italy, April 23 to November 27
Museum Brandhorst, 'Future Bodies From A Recent Past', Munich, Germany, June 2 to January 15, 2023
2021
Centre Pompidou-Metz, 'Face à Arcimboldo', Metz, France, May 29 to November 22
Marc Selwyn Fine Art, 'Technologies of the Self – Max Hooper Schneider, Tetsumi Kudo, Lucas Samaras & Paul Thek', Beverly Hills CA, USA, April 3 to May 15
2020
Punta della Dogana, 'Untitled, 2020', cur. Caroline Bourgeois, Muna El Fituri and Thomas Houseago, Venice, Italy, July 11 to December 13
2019
Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf, 'Maskulinitäten. Eine Kooperation von Bonner Kunstverein, Kölnischem Kunstverein und Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf', Dusseldorf, Germany, September 1 to November 24
2018
The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, 'Objects Like Us', Ridgefield CT, USA, May 20 to January 13, 2019
Galerie Christophe Gaillard, 'De humani corporis fabrica. Tetsumi Kudo & Lubos PLNY', Paris, France, September 8 to October 13
The Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago, 'Let me consider it from here', Chicago IL, USA, November 17 to January 27, 2019
Fergus McCaffrey, 'Kudo/Rama', Tokyo, Japan, June 9 to August 4
2017
Centre Pompidou-Metz, 'Jardin infini. De Giverny à l’Amazonie', Metz, France, March 18 to August 28, 2017
Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami, 'The Everywhere Studio', Miami FL, USA, December 1 to March 4, 2018
2016
Haus der Kunst, 'Postwar: Art Between the Pacific and the Atlantic, 1945-1965', Munich, Germany, October 14 to March 26, 2017
2015
Punta della Dogana, Palazzo Grassi, François Pinault Foundation, 'Slip of the Tongue', Venice, Italy, April 12 to January 10, 2016
Andrea Rosen Gallery 2, 'Asdzą́ą́ Nádleehé', New York NY, USA, December 11 to January 23, 2016
2013
Galerie Christophe Gaillard, 'Vanished', Paris, France, May 16 to June 22
Andrea Rosen Gallery, 'Counter Forms: Tetsumi Kudo, Alina Szapocznikow, Paul Thek, Hannah Wilke', New York NY, USA, October 12 to November 16
Conciergerie, 'A Triple Tour, Works from the Pinault Collection', Paris, France, October 21 to January 6, 2014
2012
Galerie Christophe Gaillard, 'Réelle presence', Paris, France, January 28 to February 25
Aomori Museum of Art, 'Hyper archipelago - Light of Silence', Aomori, Japan, June 9 to July 8
The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, 'Art will Thrill You!: The Essence of Modern Japanese Art: Section 2 Experimental Ground 1950s', Tokyo, Japan, October 16 to January 14, 2013
Ashikaga Museum of Art, 'Genealogy of Art Gallery: Asakawa Collection and Japanese Art from 1960’s to 80’s', Tochigi, Japan, November 10 to December 24
Urawa Art Museum, 'Objet d’art du Japon: From the 1920s to the 70s', Saitama, Japan, November 17 to January 20, 2013
The Museum of Modern Art, 'Tokyo 1955-1970: A New Avant-Garde', New York NY, USA, November 18 to February 25, 2013
2011
Aomori Museum of Art, 'Aomori of Art', Aomori, Japan, January 22 to March 21
Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, 'Collection Exhibitions 2008-2', Hiroshima, Japan, July 2 to November 6
Fukuoka Art Museum, 'The Era of Avant-Garde', Fukuoka, Japan, July 20 to September 11
Yokohama Museum of Art, BankART Studio NYK, 'Yokohama Triennale 2011: Our Magic Hour: How Much of the World Can We Know?', Yokohama, Japan, August 6 to November 6
Aomori Museum of Art, 'Collection Exhibitions The Body as Courtesy Jomon and Kudo Tetsumi', Aomori, Japan, October 15 to December 11
Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon, 'Ainsi soit-il, Collection d’Antoine de Galbert - Extraits', Lyon, France, September 16 to January 2, 2012
Parco Museum, 'The collection exhibition of Aomori Museum of Art', Tokyo, Japan, December 17 to January 29, 2012
Kröller-Müller Museum, 'Windflower, Perceptions of Nature', Otterlo, the Netherlands, October 9 to January 15, 2012
Walker Art Center, 'Midnight Party', Minneapolis MN, USA, March 19 to March 29, 2014
2010
Kurashiki City Art Museum, 'Collection for 25 years', Kurashiki, Japan, April 9 to May 23
Stephen Friedman Gallery, 'Taster’s Choice', London, United Kingdom, June 12 to July 17
Takamatsu City Museum of Art, 'Moriennale Morimura Yasumasa', Takamatsu, Japan, July 17 to September 5
Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, 'Collection Exhibitions 2010-2 Memory/Memorial', Hiroshima, Japan, July 19 to November 7
Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, 'Mot Collection Chronicle 1947-1963 | Days of Independent Art Exhibitions', Tokyo, Japan, October 29 to January 30, 2011/February 26, 2011 to May 8, 2011
2009
Andrea Rosen Gallery, 'Pollution is Ecology', New York NY, USA, September 12 to October 17, 2009
2008
Nara Prefectural Museum of Art, 'Adventures in Painting', Nara, Japan, January 12 to March 23
CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, 'Paul McCarthy’s Low Life Slow Life: Part 1', San Francisco CA, USA, February 7 to April 12
Aomori Museum of Art, 'Yoshishige Saito, Tetsumi Kudo, Takaya Eguchi-Artists Who Made "Contemporary"', Aomori, Japan, April 15 to June 22
Gunma Prefectural Tatebayashi Art Museum, 'The human image in the twentieth century : works from the collection of The Tokushima Modern Art Museum', Tatebayashi, Japan, April 19 to June 15
Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, 'Collection Exhibitions 2008-1 Hiroshima Mon Amour', Hiroshima, Japan, May 24 to August 31
2007
The National Art Center, Tokyo, 'Living in the Material World: "Things" in Art of the 20th Century and Beyond', Tokyo, Japan, January 21 to March 19
The National Art Center, Tokyo, 'Foreigners’ Paris 1900-2005: Inaugural exhibition of the National Art Center, Tokyo, Selections from the Centre Pompidou, Paris', Tokyo, Japan, February 7 to May 7 (organized by Centre national d’art et de culture Georges Pompidou, Paris)
The University Art Museum, Tokyo University of the Arts, 'Les peintres japonais occidentalisants et Paris: un rêve séculaire', Tokyo, Japan, April 19 to June 10 (travelling exhibition)
Leo Castelli Gallery, 'Rough and Refined Japanese Art, 1960s', New York NY, USA, May 24 to June 29
The Niigata Prefectural Museum of Modern Art, 'Les peintres japonais occidentalisants et Paris: un rêve séculaire', Niigata, Japan, June 23 to August 5 (travelling exhibition)
Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, 'Selections from Hara Museum’s Permanent Collection- Japan/Asia Today', Tokyo, Japan, July 28 to October 28
MOA Museum of Art, 'Les peintres japonais occidentalisants et Paris: un rêve séculaire', Shizuoka, Japan, August 17 to September 30 (travelling exhibition)
National Museum of Art, Osaka, '30th Anniversary: Selected Works from the Collection of the National Museum of Art Osaka', Osaka, Japan, December 18 to February 11, 2008
2006
Mori Art Museum, 'Tokyo-Berlin/Berlin-Tokyo', Tokyo, Japan, January 29 to May 7 (travelling exhibition)
Neue National Galerie, 'Tokyo-Berlin/Berlin-Tokyo', Berlin, Germany, June 7 to October 3 (travelling exhibition)
2005
Yokohama Museum of Art, 'Mirrorical Returns: Marcel Duchamp and 20th-Century Art', Kanagawa, Japan, January 5 to March 21, 2005 (travelling exhibition)
Setagaya Art Museum, 'Drifting Objects of Dreams: The Collection of Tokiguchi Shuzo', Tokyo, Japan, February 5 to April 10 (travelling exhibition)
Museum of Modern Art, Toyama, 'Drifting Objects of Dreams: The Collection of Tokiguchi Shuzo', Toyama, Japan, May 28 to July 3 (travelling exhibition)
Centre Pompidou, 'Big Bang: destruction et création dans l’art du 20e siècle/Big Bang: Destruction and Creation in 20th-Century Art', Paris, France, June 15 to February 27, 2006
Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, 'Age of "Tokyo Metropolitan Art Gallery": 1926–1970', Tokyo, Japan, September 23 to December 4
The Okayama Prefectural Museum of Art, 'Encyclopedia of Art in Okayama', Okayama, Japan, September 30 to November 13
2004
Tate Liverpool, 'THE UNCANNY by Mike Kelley', London, United Kingdom, February 20 to May 3 (travelling exhibition)
Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, 'THE UNCANNY by Mike Kelley', Vienna, Austria, July 15 to October 31 (travelling
exhibition) Palais de Tokyo/Site de Création Contemporaine, 'Face à Face # 1: Michel Blozy/Tetsumi Kudo', Paris, France, February 24 to March 7
Yatsushiro Municipal Museum, 'What Is Art? Invitation to 20th-Century Art from the Collection of the National Museum of Art, Osaka', Kumamoto, Japan, April 2 to May 16 (travelling exhibition)
Oita City Museum, 'What Is Art? Invitation to 20th-Century Art from the Collection of the National Museum of Art, Osaka', Oita, Japan, May 21 to July 4 (travelling exhibition)
Okayama Prefectural Museum of Art, 'What Is Art? Invitation to 20th-Century Art from the Collection of the National Museum of Art, Osaka', Okayama, Japan, July 9 to August 15 (travelling exhibition)
The University Art Museum, Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, co-organized by the Museum of Contemporary Art, 'Remaking Modernism in Japan 1900-2000', Tokyo, Japan, April 10 to June 20
Shinobazu Gallery, 'Postwar Avant-Gardes vs. 21st-Century Artists', Tokyo, Japan, June 9 to 19
The National Museum of Art, Osaka, 'Mirrorical Returns: Marcel Duchamp and 20th-Century Art', Osaka, Japan, November 3 to December 19 (travelling exhibition)
The National Museum of Art, Osaka, 'Collection 1', Osaka, Japan, November 3 to January 23, 2005
2002
The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, 'The Unfinished Century: Legacies of 20th Century Art', Tokyo, Japan, January 16 to March 10
Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art, 'The Dream of a Museum: 120 Years of the Concept of the "bitjutsukan" in Japan', Kobe, Japan, April 6 to June 23
Galerie Inge Baecker, 'Happening und Fluxus der 60er und 70er jahre', Cologne, Germany, May 18 to June 30
Padiglione d’Arte Contemporanea, 'Utopie quotidione: L'Uomo e i suoi sogni nell’arte dal 1960 ad oggi', Milan, Italy, October 23 to January 19, 2003
2001
Centre national d’art et de culture Georges Pompidou, 'Les années Pop', Paris, France, March 14 to June 18
MAC Galeries Contemporaines des Musées de Marseille, 'Économie de moyens', Marseille, France, June 28 to September 30
Museum of Modern Art in Gunma Prefecture, 'Through a collector's eye : Japanese art after 1945', Gunma, Japan, September 15 to October 28 (travelling exhibition)
Tottori Prefectural Museum, 'Invitation to Contemporary Art, Avant-Garde Japan 60’s', Tottori, Japan, October 2 to November 2
Ehime Prefectural Museum of Art, 'Through a collector's eye : Japanese art after 1945', Matsuyama, Japan, December 7 to January 14, 2002 (travelling exhibition)
2000
Théâtre de Cherbourg, 'Objecteurs/Artmakers', Cherbourg, France, January 15 to March 15 (travelling exhibition)
Musée des Beaux-Arts de Dole/FRAC Franche-Comte, 'Objecteurs/Artmakers', Dole, France, April 28 to June 11 (travelling exhibition)
Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, 'Japanese Art in the 20th Century', Tokyo, Japan, September 15 to November 19
1999
Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, 'Out of Actions: Between Performance and the Object, 1949-1979', Tokyo, Japan, February 11 to April 11 (travelling exhibition)
Palau de la Virreina, 'Jardi d’Éros, art eròtic en colleccions europees', Barcelona, Spain, July 7 to November 7
1998
Art Plaza, 'Neo-Dada Japan, 1958-1998: Arata Isozaki and the Artists of "White House"', Oita, Japan, February 1 to May 22
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, 'Out of Actions: Between Performance and the Object, 1949-1979', Los Angeles CA, USA, February 8 to May 10 (travelling exhibition)
Österreichisches Museum für Angewandte Kunst, 'Out of Actions: Between Performance and the Object, 1949-1979', Vienna, Austria, June 17 to September 6 (travelling exhibition)
Museu d'art Contemporani, 'Out of Actions: Between Performance and the Object, 1949-1979', Barcelona, Spain, October 15 to January 6, 1999 (travelling exhibition)
The National Museum of Art, Osaka, 'To and From Shuzo Takiguchi', Osaka, Japan, August 6 to September 27
1996
The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, 'La dimension du corps 1920-1980: un choix des collections du Musée national d’art modern/Centre de création industrielle', Tokyo, Japan, March 5 to May 19 (travelling exhibition)
The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, 'La dimension du corps 1920-1980: un choix des collections du Musée national d’art modern/Centre de création industrielle', Kyoto, Japan, June 4 to August 16 (travelling exhibition)
Kurashiki City Art Museum, 'Art of Postwar 1960s Avant-Garde', Kurashiki, Japan, April 20 to May 26
1995
Meguro Museum of Art, Tokyo, 'Japanese Culture: The Fifty Postwar Years', Tokyo, Japan, April 19 to June 4 (travelling exhibition)
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art in association with the Center for the Arts at Yerba Buena Gardens, 'Japanese Art after 1945: Scream Against the Sky', San Francisco CA, USA, May 31 to August 27, 1995 (travelling exhibition)
Daimaru Museum, 'Hiroshima: the past and the promise', Osaka, Japan, May 31 to June 12 (travelling exhibition)
Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, 'Japanese Culture: The Fifty Postwar Years', Hiroshima, Japan, June 14 to July 21 (travelling exhibition)
Koriyama City Museum of Art, 'Hiroshima: the past and the promise', Koriyama, Japan, August 12 to September 24 (travelling exhibition)
Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Modern Art, 'Japanese Culture: The Fifty Postwar Years', Kobe, Japan, August 15 to September 24 (travelling exhibition)
Fukuoka Prefectural Museum of Art, 'Japanese Culture: The Fifty Postwar Years', Fukuoka, Japan, October 8 to November 5 (travelling exhibition)
Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, 'Hiroshima: the past and the promise', Hiroshima, Japan, October 27 to December 3 (travelling exhibition)
1994
Yokohama Museum of Art, 'Japanese Art after 1945: Scream Against the Sky', Yokohama, Japan, February 5 to March 30 (travelling exhibition)
Guggenheim Museum SoHo, 'Japanese Art after 1945: Scream Against the Sky', New York NY, USA, September 14 to January 8, 1995 (travelling exhibition)
Itabashi Art Museum, 'When the Body Becomes Art', Tokyo, Japan, April 9 to May 29 Takamatsu City Museum of Art, 'Japan Collection', Takamatsu, Japan, July 1 to 10
Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, 'Revolution: Art of the Sixties from Warhol to Beuys', Tokyo, Japan, September 30 to December 10
Kumamoto Prefectural Museum of Art, 'Hiroshima: the past and the promise', Kumamoto, Japan, September 27 to October 30 (travelling exhibition)
Centre national d’art et de culture Georges Pompidou, 'Hors limites: l’art et la vie 1952-1994', Paris, France, November 8 to January 23, 1995
1993
Takamatsu City Museum of Art, 'The Permanent collections', Takamatsu, Japan, January 22 to March 28
Sonsbeek, 'The Uncanny, Sculpting the Town: Sonsbeek 93', Arnhem, the Netherlands, June 3 to September 26
Noroit-Arras, 'Sept artistes Japonais de Paris', Arras, France, October 2 to December 19
Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, 'Social Criticism and Satire by Modern Art', Tokyo, Japan, December 9 to January 25, 1994
The Sogetsu Art Museum, 'Exhibition of the Sogetsu Art Museum Collection', Tokyo, Japan, December 20 to February 19, 1994
1992
Takamatsu City Museum of Art, 'The Permanent Exhibition', Takamatsu, Japan, April 3 to June 10
Nara Prefectural Museum of Art, 'The Ohashi Collection from the Museum Collection', Nara, Japan, June 27 to August 2
The Museum of Modern Art, Saitama, 'Human Figures That Concern Us, for Some Reason', Saitama, Japan, August 12 to September 12
Takamatsu City Museum of Art, 'The Permanent Exhibition', Takamatsu, Japan, August 21 to October 25
Meguro Museum of Art, 'Selected Works from the Permanent Collection of Meguro Museum of Art for the 5th Anniversary, Part 1: An Inverse Introduction for Understanding Art 2.5 Times as Well', Tokyo, Japan, December 18 to January 17, 1993
1991
Centre national d’art et de culture Georges Pompidou, 'Collections contemporaines', Paris, France, June 25 to September 13
The Museum of Modern Art, Saitama, 'Line in Contemporary Art: The Destination of Eyes and Hands', Saitama, Japan, September 10 to October 20
The National Museum of Art, Osaka, 'Japanese Anti-Art: Now and Then', Osaka, Japan, October 10 to December 1
Galerie Mathias Fels, 'César: Dietmann, Kudo, Pommereulle, Spoerri, J.-P. Raynaud', Paris, France, November 19 to December 20
The Sogestsu Art Museum, 'Exhibition of the Sogetsu Art Museum Collection: Presenting the work of contemporary artists of Japan', Tokyo, Japan, December 16 to February 15, 1992
1990
Space NiKi, 'Naoko Majima and Tetsumi Kudo’s Erotica of Flowers', Tokyo, Japan, April 11 to 28
1989
Gallery Tamura, 'Duel of Tsugaru Shaman and Tokyo Ninja: Tetsumi Kudo Naoko Majima', Tokyo, Japan, January 6 to 15
Galerie 1900-2000, 'Artistes des Happenings et de Fluxus 1957-1988', Paris, France, June 7 to July 29
Galerie de Poche, 'Artistes des Happenings et de Fluxus 1957-1988', June 7 to July 29
Galerie du Génie, 'Artistes des Happenings et de Fluxus 1957-1988', Paris, France, June 8 to July 18
Art Spot Furu-Furu, 'Definitive Duel of Tsugaru Shaman and Tokyo Ninja', Tokyo, Japan, November 1 to 26
Meguro Museum of Art, 'Encounter with Portraiture: Collection Exhibition III', Tokyo, Japan, December 15 to January 1990
1988
Space NiKi, 'Teachers, Teaching Assistants, and Students from the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music', Tokyo, Japan, February 10 to 25
Musée d’Art Moderne, 'Collection of Agnès and Frits Becht', Villeneuve d’Ascq, France, February 12 to April 11, 1988 (travelling exhibition)
Centre d’Art Contemporain, '9 artistes de la Galerie Jade', Montbéliard, France, May 7 to June 19
Art Forum Yanaka, 'Fire at Soul: The Studio of Tetsumi Kudo at the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music', Tokyo, Japan, May 17 to June 12
Halle du Centre National des Arts Plastiques, 'Quatre installations du FNAC (choix d’Anne Tranche)', Paris, France, May 18 to June 10
Musée Cantini, 'L’art Moderne à Marseille: La Collection du Musée Cantini', Marseille, France, July 9 to September 19
Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music Gallery, 'Open the Gate [Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music Research Studio Exhibition]', Tokyo, Japan, September 5 to 24
1987
Tsukashin Hall, 'Object: Materials That Deviate', Amagasaki, Japan, May 9 to 27
Galerie Mathias Fels, 'Accrochage', Paris, France, May 21 to June 30
Space NiKi, 'Byobuga [folding screen paintings] by Six Artists', Tokyo, Japan, September 1 to 26
Seibu, 'Exhibition for the 100th Anniversary of the Tokyo University of the Art', Yurakucho, Tokyo, Japan, October 2 to 20
The Miyagi Museum of Art, 'The Tohoku Image', Sendai, Japan, October 10
to November 29 Fukushima Prefectural Museum of Art, 'The State of Contemporary Art in Tohoku II', Fukushima, Japan, October 17 to November 23
Centre d’Art Contemporain, Midi-Pyrénées, 'Collection Agnès et Frits Becht', Labège-Innopole, France, September 23 to November 8 (travelling exhibition)
1986
Ohkurayama Memorial Hall, 'Kanagawa "Art-A Dialogue on Peace" Exhibition', Yokohama, Japan, October 7 to 26
Centre national d’art et de culture Georges Pompidou, 'Japon des avant-gardes, 1910-1970', Paris, France, December 11 to March 2, 1987
Fruitmarket Gallery, 'Reconstructions: Avant-Garde Art in Japan, 1945-1965', Edinburgh, United Kingdom, February 22 to April 5 (travelling exhibition)
1985
Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, 'Art Today: The Collection of Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum', Tokyo, Japan, January 10 to March 30
La Bibliothèque Louis Aragon, 'Trop', Paris, France, March 12 to April 12
Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, '10th Anniversary of New Building: 40 Years of Japanese Contemporary Art', Tokyo, Japan, October 12 to December 8
Grand Palais, 'FIAC', Paris, France Museum Fodor, 'Beelden, een Keuze uit de Collectie van het Stedelijk Museum', Amsterdam, the Netherlands Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, 'Reconstructions: Avant-Garde Art in Japan, 1945-1965', Oxford, United Kingdom, December 8 to February 9, 1986 (travelling exhibition)
1984
Stedelijk Museum, 'Collectie Becht', Amsterdam, the Netherlands, March 16 to May 7
De Beyerd, 'Collectie Becht', Breda, the Netherlands Nichido Salon, 'Nichido Contemporary Art Exhibition', Tokyo, Japan, April 11 to 18
Museum of Modern Art, Gunma, 'Twenty Years of Contemporary Painting: Trends in Western-Style Painting and "2-D" Art in the 1960s and 1970s', Gunma, Japan, April 12 to May 20
Fujita Gallery, 'Painters, Photographers, and Designers’ First Trials in Hirosaki: Serigraphy and Hand-Printed Painting Exhibition', Hirosaki, Japan, April 18 to May 1
Centre national d’art et de culture Georges Pompidou, 'Le siècle de Kafka', Paris, France, June 7 to October 1
Fukushima Prefectural Museum of Art, 'Inaugural Exhibition, Part III: The State of Art in the Tohoku Region', Fukushima, Japan, October 13 to November 18
1983
Maison des Arts André Malraux, 'Une practique: le moulage en sculpture', Paris, France, January 8 to March 23
Musée d’Art et d’Industrie en Maison de la Culture, '"1960" L’art en France 1957–1967', Saint-Étienne, France, March 4 to April 30
Pinocchio à Caen, La Citrouille Théâtre d’Ombres, 'Un centenaire en morceaux', Caen, France, March 12 to April 16
Galerie Harlekin Art, 'Art-Hats', Wiesbaden-Erbenheim, Germany, May 6 to June 10 (travelling exhibition)
Berliner Festspiegelgalerie, 'Art-Hats', Berlin, Germany, August 3 to September 4 (travelling exhibition)
Galerie Mathias Fels & Cie, 'D’une figuration à l’autre', Paris, France, May 18 to June 18
Pavillon des Arts, 'Une journée à la campagne', Paris, France, June 10 to August 31
Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, 'Trends of Japanese Art in the 1960s', Tokyo, Japan, October 22 to December 18
Maison de la Culture de Grenoble, 'Abstractions-Japon', Grenoble, France, November 4 to December 21
Musée d’art moderne de la ville de Paris, 'Electra', Paris, France, December 10 to February 5, 1984
1982
The Museum of Modern Art, '1st Contemporary Art Festival: Shuzo Takiguchi and Postwar Art in Japan', Toyama, Japan, July 1 to September 15
Palais des Beaux-Arts, 'Tentoonstelling van de verzameling van het Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Gent', Brussels, Belgium, July 16 to September 5
Grand Palais, 'FIAC', Paris, France, October 22 to November 1
The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, 'The 1960s: A Decade of Change in Contemporary Japanese Art', Kyoto, Japan, February 10 to March 14 (travelling exhibition)
1981
Forum des Cholettes, 'Sculptures de petit format', Sarcelles, France, March 7 to 29
Centre Culturel et Artistique, '26e Salon de Montrouge', Montrouge, France, June 3 to 30
Nara Prefectural Museum of Art, 'Ohashi Kaichi Collection; A World of Contemporary Art', Nara, Japan, June 6 to July 11
Galerie Paul Ambroise, 'Où', Paris, France, November 12 to January 10, 1982
Palais Rameau, '9e Festival de Lille Science au futur Science Fiction', Lille, France, November 15 to January 12, 1982
The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, 'The 1960s: A Decade of Change in Contemporary Japanese Art', Tokyo, Japan, December 4 to January 13, 1982 (travelling exhibition)
1980
Palais des Beaux-Arts, '7me Foire d’Art Actuel', Brussels, Belgium, January 31 to February 10
Centre national d’art et de culture Georges Pompidou, 'Accrochage IV: ateliers aujourd’hui, oeuvres contemporaines des collections nationales', Paris, France, April 9 to June 1
Ceremony: 'The Light Not Lost' ('La lumiere non perdue'), April 24
Centre Culturel et Artistique, '25e Salon de Montrouge', Montrouge, France, May 7 to June 8
Grand Palais, 'Grands et jeunes d’aujourd’hui, 21e année', Paris, France, September 18 to October 19
Centre d’Art, '36e Salon de Mai', Paris, France, October 18 to November 23
Grand Palais, 'FIAC80', Paris, France, October 23 to 29
Ceremony: 'The Light Not Lost' ('La lumiere non perdue'), October 24
Palais Rameau, 'Science au futur, science fiction', Lille, France, November 15 to January 12, 1981
Maison de la Culture de Rennes, 'L’exposition panique niverselle 1980', Rennes, France, December 18 to February 1, 1981
Ceremony: 'La lumière non perdue', December 18
1979
Centre Culturel et Artistique, '24e Salon de Montrouge', Montrouge, France, April 25 to May 27
Musée d’art moderne de la ville de Paris, 'Tendances de l’art en France 2, 1968-1978/9', Paris, France, October 26 to December 5
Ceremony: 'La lumiere non perdue', October 26
1978
Seibu Museum, 'La Exposition Biennale de Paris ’59-’73', Tokyo, Japan, March 3 to 29
Château-Musée Haut de Cagnes, 'Xe Festival international de la peinture', Cagnes-sur-Mer, France, July 1 to September 20 (travelling exhibition)
Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, 'Xe Festival international de la peinture', Paris, France, October 5 to November 5 (travelling exhibition)
Galerie d’Art Contemporain des Musées de Nice, 'ArTitudes de François Pluchart', Nice, France, November 14 to January 28, 1979
Kunsthaus Zürich, 'Das Schubladenmuseum/The Museum of Drawers', Zurich, Switzerland
1977
Centre national d’art et de culture Georges Pompidou, 'Inauguration de l'art du siècle, collection permanente', Paris, France, January 31
Maison de la Culture de Rennes, 'Boîtes', Rennes, France, February 3 to March 2, 1977 (travelling exhibition)
Galerie La Défense, '33e Salon de Mai', Paris, France, April 21 to June 5
Centre national d’art et de culture Georges Pompidou, 'La boutique aberrante', Paris, France, Spring 1977
ARC2, Musée d’art moderne de la ville de Paris, 'Mythologies quotidiennes 2', Paris, France, April 28 to June 5
La Fondation nationale des arts graphiques et plastiques, 'Biennale de Paris: uune anthologie, 1959-1967', Paris, France, June 16 to October 31
Grand Palais, 'Grands et jeunes d’aujourd’hui, 18e année', Paris, France, September 15 to October 16
'XIV Bienal Internacional de São Paulo', São Paulo, Brazil, October 1 to December 18 (special citation)
Happening: Your Portrait in the Pollution Grand Palais, 'FIAC ’77', Paris, France, October 22 to 30
Centre national d’art et de culture Georges Pompidou, Musée national d’art modern, Paris; Centre d’animation des Fontaines; Tours, Musée Lecuyer Saint-Quentin; Maison des jeunes et de la culture, Annemasse, etc., 'Tours multiple 77: Proposition pour une definition d’un art fantastique contemporain, Dessins étranges, objets et sculptures insolites', 1977 to 1978
1976
Galerie Mathias Fels & Cie, 'Wien (1876-1913)', Paris, France, February to mid-March
Galerie La Défense, '32e Salon de Mai', Paris, France, April 30 to June 13
Château-Musée du Haut de Cagnes, 'VIIIe Festival international de la peinture', Cagnes-sur-Mer, France, July 3 to September 30 (Grand Prize)
International Events ’72-’76, Ex Cantieri Navali alla Giudecca, 'La Biennale di Venezia', Venice, Italy, July 18 to October 10
Kunsthall Charlottenborg, 'Dodsspringet på Charlottenborg', Copenhagen, Denmark, September Grand Palais, 'Grands et jeunes d’aujourd’hui, 17e année', Paris, France, September 16 to October 17
ARC2, Musée d’art moderne de la ville de Paris, 'Boîtes', Paris, France, December 16 to January 30, 1977 (travelling exhibition)
1975
Henie-Onstad Kunstsenter, 'Japan i bild; konst fran fyra arhundraden', Sandvika, Norway, January to March (travelling exhibition)
Tokyo Central Museum, 'Contemporary Art 1950-1975', Tokyo, Japan, January 18 to February 2
Salles New-York, '31e Salon de Mai', Paris, France, May 13 to June 15
Tenmaya, Isen Kaikan, 'Around a Prodigy: Tetsumi Kudo and Yoshioka Yasuhiro', organized by 'Nijuhachi-kai' the Association of Classmate of Sozan High School, Okayama, Japan, July 14 to 19
Grand Palais, 'Grands et jeunes d’aujourd’hui, 16e année', Paris, France, September 16 to October 16
1974
Städtische Kunsthalle, 'Japan Tradition und Gegenwart: Eine Auswahl von Gemälden, Grafiken, Skulpturen und Objekten, Zeitgenössischer Kunst dreier Generationen', Düsseldorf, Germany, May 3 to June 9
Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, 'Tokyo Biennale 1974', Tokyo, Japan, May 10 to 30 (travelling exhibition)
Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, 'Tokyo Biennale 1974', Kyoto, Japan, June 15 to 30 (travelling exhibition)
Espace Pierre Cardin, 'Opus 50', Paris, France, May 21 to June 21 Salles New-York, '30e Salon de Mai', Paris, France, May 25 to June 27
Louisiana Museum, 'Japan i bild; konst fran fyra arhundraden', Humlebæk, Denmark, September 7 to November 3 (travelling exhibition)
Göteborgs Kunstmuseum, 'Japan i bild; konst fran fyra arhundraden', Gothenburg, Sweden, November 16 to January 12, 1975 (travelling exhibition)
Galerie Fred Lanzenberg, 'Les pré-voyants', Brussels, Belgium, November 13 to December 7
1972
Salles New-York, 'Salon de Mai', Paris, France, May 4 to 23
Grand Palais, 'Douze ans d’art contemporain en France, 1960-1972', Paris, France, May 17
to September 18 Spielstrasse, 'Die Spiele der XX. Olympiode München' (exhibition and free talk), Munich, Germany, August 26 to September 10
Galerie Lara Viney, 'Inter-Etrennes', Paris, France, December 9 to 15
1971
Les Hailes (Pavilion Ballard), '12e Salon grands et jeunes d’aujourd’hui', Paris, France,
March 26 to April 26 Musée d’art moderne de la ville de Paris, '27e Salon de Mai', Paris, France, April 29 to May 17
Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, 'The 10th Contemporary Art Exhibition of Japan 1971', Tokyo, Japan, May 10 to 30 (travelling exhibition)
Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, 'The 10th Contemporary Art Exhibition of Japan 1971', Kyoto, Japan, June 12 to July 4 (travelling exhibition)
Musée Galliera, 'Peintures et objets Paris 1971', Paris, France, June 23 to September 12
The Hakone Open-Air Museum, '2nd International Exhibition of Modern Sculpture: the Image of Man in the Contemporary World', Kanagawa, Japan, July 1 to November 30
Buitenlandse Kunst, Paleis voor Schone Kunsten (Europalia), 'Stedelijk ’60–’70', Brussels, Belgium
1970
Musée cantonal des beaux-arts, Palais de Ramine, '3e Salon international des galeries-pilotes', Lausanne, Switzerland, June 21 to October 4 (travelling exhibition)
ARC Musée d’art moderne de la ville de Paris, '3e Salon international des galeries-pilotes', Paris, France, October 28 to December 6 (travelling exhibition)
Gemeentelijk Casino, 'Pop Art, Nieuwe Figurative, Nouveau Réalisme', Knokke-Het Zoute, Belgium, June 27 to September 9
Kölnischer Kunstverein, 'Happening & Fluxus', Cologne, Germany, November 6 to January 6, 1971
Happenings: Your Portrait, Instant Sperm, Souvenir of Moult
1969
Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, '9th Contemporary Art Exhibition of Japan 1969', Tokyo, Japan, May 10 to 30 (travelling exhibition)
Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, '9th Contemporary Art Exhibition of Japan 1969', Kyoto, Japan, June 18 to July 6 (travelling exhibition)
Yokohama City Gallery, 'Artists Today ’69', Yokohama, Japan, November 7 to 18
1968
Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Grabbeplatz Kunsthalle, 'Science Fiction', Düsseldorf, Germany, March 21 to May 12
Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, '"Three Blind Mice" de collecties: Visser. Peeters, Becht', Eindhoven, the Netherlands, April 6 to May 19 (travelling exhibition)
Sint Pietersabidj, '"Three Blind Mice" de collecties: Visser. Peeters, Becht', Ghent, Belgium, June 15 to August 15 (travelling exhibition)
Musée d’art moderne de la ville de Paris, '24e Salon de Mai', Paris, France, May 4 to 26 Happening: "Observation" Musée National d'art moderne (Salles Wilson), '9e Salon grands et jeunes d’aujourd’hui', Paris, France
1967
Studio Marconi, 'Galerie Mathias Fels chez Studio Marconi', Milan, Italy, February 15 to March 12
Musée d’art moderne de la ville de Paris, '23e Salon de Mai', Paris, France, April 29 to May 21
Musée d’art moderne de la ville de Paris, 'Le monde en question; ou vingt six peintres de contestation', Paris, France, June 6 to August 28
Happening: Dance Party in the Garden of the Molt, June 6 Salle du rond-point des champs-élysées, 'la nature moderne', Paris, France, June 13 to 30
Cuba Pavilion, 'Solon de Mayo', Havana, Cuba Kunsthalle Bern, 'Science Fiction', Bern, Switzerland, July 8 to September 17
Happening: Quiet Event, Souvenir of Molt Lunds Konsthall, 'Superlund', Lund, Sweden, September 14 to October 29
De Moriaan, 'Hommage aan Bosch', 's-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands, September 16 to November 16
Galerie Mathias Fels & Cie, 'Objets 67', Paris, France, October 3 to November 5
Salles d'Exposition d'Art Contemporain, '8e Salon grands et jeunes d’aujourd’hui', Paris, France, November
Happening: Your Portrait (Votre portrait) Musée des Arts Décoratifs, 'Science Fiction', Paris, France, November 28 to February 26, 1968
1966
Musée d’art moderne de la ville de Paris, 'Salon comparaisons', Paris, France, March 7 to 27
Happening: "For Nostalgic Purpose and For Your Living Room" Théatre de la Chimère, 'Le 3e Festival de la libre expression', Paris, France, 26 April
Musée d'art moderne de la ville de Paris, '22e Salon de Mai', Paris, France, May 2 to 22
Happening: Your Portrait (Votre portrait) Happening: Souvenir of "La Mue", For Nostalgic Purpose, Piazza San Marco, at the time of vernissage of Biennial
Galerie 20/d, 'Zomertentoonstelling', Amsterdam, the Netherlands, July 10 to August
Galerie 20, 'Zomertentoonstelling', Arnhem, the Netherlands, July 10 to August
Happening: Quiet Quiet Event, Galerie 20, Arnhem, the Netherlands, July 10, 15:00-
Galerie Mathias Fels & Cie, 'Accorochage (Gallery collection)', Paris, France, November 10 to 23
Galerie Jacqueline Ranson, 'Nouvel an', Paris, France, December 15 to January 31, 1967
1965
Palais des Beaux-Arts, 'Pop Art, Nouveau Réalisme, etc…', Brussels, Belgium, February 5 to March 1
Galerie Lambert, 'Seize jeunes peintres japonais', Paris, France, April 20 to May 12
Galerie Orez, 'Modern Eroticism', The Hague, the Netherlands Musée d’art moderne de la ville de Paris, '4e Biennale de Paris', Paris, France, September 28 to November 3, France section, Les jeunes artistes ont retenu Galerie Europe and Galerie Creuze, 'La figuration narrative dans l’art contemporain', Paris, France, October 1 to 29, presented by Gérard Gassiot-Talabot Gallery J, 'Les objecteurs', Paris, France, December to January 15, 1966
Galerie Larcade, 'Les objecteurs', Paris, France, December to January 9, 1966
Galerie Jacqueline Ranson, 'Les objecteurs', Paris, France, December to January 9, 1966
1964
Minami Gallery, 'Young Seven', Tokyo, Japan, January 30 to February 15
The National Museum of Modern Art, 'Contemporary Trend of Japanese Paintings and Sculptures', Kyoto, Japan, April 4 to May 10
Centre Américain des artistes, 'Workshop de la libre expression', Paris, France, May 25 to 31
Happenings: Bottled Humanism, Dry Penis, Instant Sperm, May 26, 21:30-
Gemeentemuseum, 'Nieuwe Realisten', The Hague, the Netherlands, June 24 to August 30
Museum des 20. Jahrhunderts, 'Pop etc.', Vienna, Austria, September 19 to October 31
Akademie der Künste, 'Neue Realisten und Pop Art', Berlin, Germany, November 20 to January 3, 1965
1963
Cinéma-studio de Boulogne, 'Pour conjurer l’esprit de Catastrophe', Paris, France, February
Happening: Philosophy of Impotence Galerie J, 'L’objet pressenti', Paris, France, May 17 to June 9
Palazzo del Kursal, 'IV Biennale Internationale d'Arte: Oltre l'Informale', San Marino, Italy, July 7 to October 7
Musée d’Art moderne de la Ville de Paris, '3e Biennale de Paris (Japan section)', Paris, France, September 28 to November 3 Happenings: Harakiri of Humanism, Bottled Humanism
1962
Matsuzakaya, '2nd International Young Artists Exhibition: Pan-Pacific Young Artist Exhibition', sponsored by Japan Cultural Forum, Ginza, Tokyo, Japan, February 13 to 18
Grand prize, International Congress for Cultural Freedom Scholarship; six month study in Paris, France
Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, '14th Yomiuri Indépendents', Tokyo, Japan, March 2 to 16
Galerie du Cercle, 'Collages et objets', Paris, France, October 24 to November 17
Galerie Raymond Cordier, 'Pour conjurer l’esprit de Catastrophe', Paris, France, November 27 to December 13 Happening: Philosophy of Impotence, November 27
1961
Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, '13th Yomiuri Indépendant', sponsored by Yomiuri Shimbun Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan, March 2 to 16
International Center of Aesthetic Research, 'Continuité et avant-garde au Japon', Turin, Italy, March
The National Museum of Modern Art, 'Adventure in Today's Art of Japan', Tokyo, Japan, April 12 to 30, Artists: Shusaku Arakawa, Hisashi Indo, Osamu Ochi, Mokuma Kikuhata, Tetsumi Kudo, Shin Kuno, Hiroshi Kobatake, Kazuo Shiraga, Atsuko Tanaka, Eisaku Tanaka, Natsuyuki Nakanishi, Shin Higuchi, Yutaka Matsuzawa, Sadamasa Motonaga, Taizo Yoshinaka, James Lee Byars
1960
Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, '12th Yomiuri Indépendant', sponsored by Yomiuri Shimbun, Tokyo, Japan, March 1 to 16
1959
Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, '11th Yomiuri Indépendant', Tokyo, Japan, February 28 to March 15
Mitsukoshi, 'First New École de Tokyo Exhibition', Tokyo, Japan, June 30 to July 5
Galleria La Bussola, 'XI Premia Lissone internazionale par la pittura', Lissone, Italy, opened October 11 (Japanese presentation also shown at Ginza Gallery, Tokyo, July 16 to 20)
1958
Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, '10th Yomiuri Indépendant', Tokyo, Japan, March 12 to 27
Kunugi Gallery, 'Second Exhibition of Group TUCHI', Tokyo, Japan, April 2 to 6
Mimatsu Shobo Gallery, 'Third Exhibition of Group Ei', Tokyo, Japan, July 6 to 10
Happening: "Anti-Art" Ginza Gallery, 'Ei: Fourth Group Exhibition', Tokyo, Japan, September 25 to 30
1957
Bumpodo Kanda, 'First Exhibition of Group TUCHI', Tokyo, Japan, October 22 to 26
Awards and Grants
1987
Named professor at the National School of Fine Arts, Tokyo
1978
Grand Prize, 'X Festival International de peinture', Cagnes-sur-Mer, France
1977
Special Mention, 'XIV Biennale de São Paulo', São Paulo, Brazil
1976
Grand Prize, 'VIII Festival International de peinture', Cagnes-sur-Mer, France
1962
Grand Prize, 'Second International Young Artists Exhibition', Matsuzakaya, Tokyo Grand Prize, 'International Congress for Cultural Freedom Scholarship', six-month study in Paris, France
Happenings, Ceremonies, Performances, Lectures and Films
1988
Performance: Soul of an Artist, October 4
Art Forum Yanaka, 'Tetsumi Kudo: Regarding This Works', Tokyo, Japan, October 4 to 30
1987
Symposium: Tamon Miki, Kojin Kudo, Tetsumi Kudo, Yasuo Taguchi, Toshiro Mineta, November 3
Fukushima Prefectural Museum of Art, 'The State of Contemporary Art in Tohoku II', Fukushima, Japan, October 17 to November 23
1986
Dialogue: Tetsumi Kudo, Keinosuke Murata, March 4
Hirosaki City Museum, 'The Path an Artist Has Taken: The World of Tetsumi Kudo', Hirosaki, Japan, February 15 to March 6
Happening: Survivance de l’avant-garde, December 3
Galerie Claude Samuel, 'Chemin d’un artiste d’avant-garde Tetsumi Kudo', Paris, France, December 3 to January 24, 1987
Galerie Gilbert Brownstone, 'Chemin d’un artiste d’avant-garde Tetsumi Kudo', Paris, France, December 3 to January 24, 1987
1984
Dialogue: Tetsumi Kudo, Yujiro Nakamura, 'Talking about Contemporary Art', Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, January 16
Performance, January 24, 17:00- Gallery Date, 'New Watercolors by Tetsumi Kudo: Soul of Japan - Pulling the String of Soul', Okayama, Japan, January 24 to 29
Performance, February 27, March 3, 18:30-
Okazaki Tamako Gallery, 'Tetsumi Kudo: Video of Performance, and Watercolor', Tokyo, Japan, February 27 to March 17
Dialogue: Tetsumi Kudo and Eiko Kujo with Kojin Tanaka, 'Performance and Farewell Party', March 10, 18:30-
Okazaki Tamako Gallery, 'Tetsumi Kudo: Video of Performance, and Watercolor', Tokyo, Japan, February 27 to March 17
Performance: Infinite String Game with Heredity Chromosome, April 14
Gallery NAF, 'Kamikaze of Art: Tetsumi Kudo's Cramming Period and Now', Kawaijuku, Nagoya, Japan, April 14 to February 28
Symposium: Tetsumi Kudo, Tokiko Koyama, Masashi Ogura and Shunkichi Baba, 'Today, talking about…?', Kawaijuku Chigusakou SDP Hall, April 15
Gallery NAF, 'Kamikaze of Art: Tetsumi Kudo's Cramming Period and Now', Kawaijuku, Nagoya, Japan, April 14 to February 28
Happening: Sacred Black Hole, May 28, 18:00- Espace Japon, 'Le trou noir sacré, structure spirituelle des Japonais à la période "Jomon"', Paris, France, May 29 to June 16
Debate between Kudo and Masao Yamaguchi and Jean – Louis Pradel Espace Japon, 'Le trou noir sacré, structure spirituelle des Japonais à la période "Jomon"', Paris, France, May 29 to June 16
Performance: Infinite String Game with Heredity Chromosome, July 7, 17:00-19:00
Space NiKi, 'Tetsumi Kudo One-Man Show', Tokyo, Japan, July 4 to 22
Performance: String Games for Father and Daughter: Between the Rainbow and the Grass, July to August Event: "Talking with Kudo after a long time" on Tuesday, November 20, between 18:00 and 20:00
UNAC, 'Looking back upon "Monument of Metamorphosis" at Mt. Nokogiri’, Tokyo, Japan, November 16 to 29
Object+performance: Tetsumi Kudo November 23; Goji Hamada November 24; Ruri Shimada, Stelarc November 25; Akio Suzuki November 26; Tetsumi Kudo, Tatsuo Ikeda November 29
Shibuya Parco, 'Universe of Objects - Tetsumi Kudo with Freethinkers of Japan', Tokyo, Japan, November 23 to 29
Dialogue: Tetsumi Kudo, Masao Yamaguchi, Kojin Tanaka November 23; Tetsumi Kudo, Kiyoshi Awazu November 24; Tetsumi Kudo, Yujiro Nakamura, Kojin Tanaka November 27 Shibuya Parco, 'Universe of Objects - Tetsumi Kudo with Freethinkers of Japan', Tokyo, Japan, November 23 to 29
1983
Lecture: 'Regarding the Structure of the Emperor system', Doshisha University, Kyoto, Japan, September 28
Lecture: 'Regarding the Structure of the Emperor system', Kyoto College of Art, September 30
Lecture: 'Regarding the Structure of the Emperor system', Osaka University Performance: Infinite String Game, The Light Not Lost, October 13
Fujita Gallery, 'Kudo Tetsumi: Contemporary Art, Born in Tsugaru', Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan, October 5 to 14
Performance, November 20, 21, 22, 18:30-No. 51 Gallery, 'Structure of Jomon Spirit - Contemporary Art Born in Tsugaru - New Works by Tetsumi Kudo', Aomori, Japan, November 20 to 23
1982
Open interview with Tetsumi Kudo: UNAC TOKYO, Tokyo, Japan, January 29
UNAC, 'Tetsumi Kudo, a painter of spirit: Shikishi (Paper board) as an Institution', Tokyo, Japan, January 25 to February 9
Open interview with Tetsumi Kudo: Kankodo, Maebashi, February 11 Kankodo, 'Tetsumi Kudo, a painter of spirit: Shikishi (Paper board) as an Institution', Maebashi, Gunma, Japan, February 11 to 13
Open interview with Tetsumi Kudo: 'The Japanese Contemporary Art of Possibility', February 22
Ban Gallery, 'Tetsumi Kudo, a painter of spirit: Shikishi (Paper board) as an Institution', Osaka, Japan, February 22 to March 6
Dialogue: Tetsumi Kudo, Alain Jouffroy, 'Jiku: From Ueno to Karuizawa' in the train, bound to Karuizawa, April 21
The 2nd Japanese Association for Semiotic Studies Symposium: Toshi Ichiyanagi, Tetsumi Kudo, Hayao Kawai, Yujiro Nakamura, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan, April 24
Talking and Party: 'Désoeuvrement noble', Studio 37, Kyoto, Japan, May 18
Dialogue: Tetsumi Kudo, Arata Tani, Kosai Hori, Shigeo Chiba, Hisao Matsuura, 'A Discussion of the Contemporary Art, Surrounding Kudo', Itabashi Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan, June 20
Party 'We believe in Tetsumi Kudo!', August 10 Ginza Kaigakan, 'Quelque activité par désœuvrement noble', Tokyo, Japan, August 10 to 20
1981
Ceremony: La lumière non perdue, February 20, 20:00-
Galerie Jöllenbeck, 'Tetsumi Kudo: Objekte - Zeichnungen', Cologne, Germany, February 20 to April
Dialogue: Tetsumi Kudo, Arata Tani with questioners; Shigeo Chiba, Kosai Hori, '60’s Art - Still Live or Not?' Hara Museum of Art, December 5
1980
Ceremony: The Light Not Lost', April 24
Centre national d’art et de culture Georges Pompidou, 'Accrochage IV', Paris, France, April 9 to June 1
Symposium: Masaomi Unagami, Ken Ogata, Tetsumi Kudo, Nobuo Kojima, Shinichi Nakazawa Denryoku-kan 8F Hall, 'Living Uichi Inoue', June 13, MC Shigesato Itoi
Ceremony: The Light Not Lost, October 24, FIAC 80, Grand Palais, stand 11: Galerie Mathias Fels, Paris, France
Ceremony: "La lumière non perdue", December 18 Maison de la Culture de Rennes, 'L’exposition panique niverselle 1980', Rennes, France, December 18 to February 1, 1981
1979
Ceremony: Jeux de fils infinis, March 31, 17:00- Galerie Jade, 'Méditation entre futur et mémoire vingt objets récents de Kudo', Colmar, France, March 30 to April 28
Ceremony: Jeux de fils infinis, October 17, 18:00-21:00
La galerie de Bellechasse, 'hommage à Mark Tobey 20 pièces rétrospectives de Kudo', Paris, France, October 17 to November 20
Ceremony: La lumière non perdue, October 26
Musée d’art moderne de la ville de Paris, 'Tendances de l’art en France 2, 1968-1978/9', Paris, France, October 26 to December 5
Happening: Jeux de fils infinis La Maison des Jeunes et de la Culture de Metz-Centre, 'Méditation entre futur et mémoire Vingts objets récents de KUDO', Metz, France, November 10 to December 2
1978
Ceremony: for Meditation – Budda in Berlin, in Studio, Berlin, Germany, April 19
Ceremony: Buddha in Berlin by Tetsumi Kudo with Kazu Kaido and Koei Kudo, Galerie Diogenes, Berlin, Germany, May 10, 20:00-
Ceremony: Méditation - Buddha in Berlin (Ceremony and Opening: "Der Künstler wird mit Ihnen auf die Reise gehen vom Käfig Hölle zum Ort des Friedens."), August 19, 22:00-
Galerie Wunderland, 'Tetsumi Kudo in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Berliner Künstlerprogramm des DAAD', Berlin, Germany, August 19 to September 22
Ceremony: Jeux de fils infinis, October 4, 18:00-21:00
La Galerie de Bellechasse, 'Méditation entre futur et mémoire vingt objets récents de Kudo', Paris, France, October 4 to November 12
Happening, 26 October, Grand Palais, Paris, France The artist will open the exhibition with a meditation. Antares, Galerie in der Ludwigstrasse, 'Kudo Meditation zwischen Zukunft und Vergangenheit', Munich, Germany, December 5 to January 15, 1979
1977
Happening: Your Portrait, Portrait of Artist in the Crisis, Souvenir of Moult by Tetsumi Kudo, with Kazu Kaido and Toshikuni Maeno], February 26
Galerie Beaubourg, 'Kudo: Portrait de l’artiste dans la crise/ cages - peintures à l’ordinateur', Paris, France, February 16 to March 12
Happening: Your Portrait in the Pollution, October 1, 12:00-
'XIV Bienal Internacional de São Paulo', São Paulo, Brazil, October 1 to December 18
1971
Kudo made the stage set for a film "La Vase" (playwright: Eugène Ionesco), WDR Germany, January 4 on air Screening of the film "Le monument de metamorphose", Tokyo, Japan, 1969; Galerie Mathias Fels & Cie, Paris, France, June 23, 21:00-
1970
Film: "Monument of Metamorphosis: A Documentary Film About KUDO, Tetsumi" (1970), 16 mm B/W, 25 minutes, Director & Cinematographer: YOSHIOKA, Yasuhiro, Music: TONE, Yasunao, Narrator: KUDO, Hiroko, Planner: UNAGAMI, Masaomi
Happening: Shout Yourself Hoarse!! Penis Magic in Broad Daylight – Tetsumi Kudo's Last Happening, STATION ’70, Tokyo, Japan, January 1, 0:00-
'The Completion Ceremony of the Monument of Metamorphosis' [Campfire party], Mt. Nokogiri Park, Japan, February 3 Film: Making of "Monument of Metamorphosis" (1969), Gallery Ichibankan, Tokyo, February 25
Happenings: A. Instant Sperm, B. Quiet event Souvenir la mue (moult), C. Film, Kudo's document made in Japan, at Creamcheese, Düsseldorf, Germany, May 14
Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, 'Tetsumi Kudo; Cultivation by Radioactivity', Düsseldorf, Germany, April 17 to July 5
Happenings: Your Portrait, Instant Sperm, Souvenir of Moult Kölnischer Kunstverein, 'Happening & Fluxus', Cologne, Germany, November 6 to January 6, 1971
1968
Happening: Quiet Event Galerie Leger, 'Kudo', Malmö, Sweden, February 24 to March 17, and Galerie Leger, Gothenburg, Sweden, March 19 to April 7 Happening: Observation Musée d’art moderne de la ville de Paris, '24e Salon de Mai', Paris, France, May 4 to 26 Happening: Quiet Event, Galerie M.E. Thelen, Kassel, Germany, June 27 Happening: Play a Game of Bowling, November 10 Galerie Mickery, 'KUDO; Cultivation by Radioactivity in the Electronic Circuit', Loenersloot, the Netherlands, November 10 to December 7
1967
Happening: Quiet Event, Your Portrait, Aprril 20, 22:00- Galerie Mathias Fels & Cie, 'KUDO', Paris, France, April 20 to May 15 Happening: Dance Party in the Garden of the Molt, June 6 Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, 'Le monde en question; ou vingt six peintres de contestation', Paris, France, June 6 to August 28 Happening: Quiet Event, Souvenir of Molt Kunsthalle Bern, 'Science Fiction', Bern, Switzerland, July 8 to September 17 Happening: Votre portrait Salles d'Exposition d'Art Contemporain, '8e Salon grands et jeunes d’aujourd’hui', Paris, France, November Film: "Your Portrait" (1967), directed by Erik Van Zuylen with Tetsumi Kudo etc., 21 min, 35mm, b/w
1966
Happening: "For Nostalgic Purpose and For Your Living Room" Musée d’art moderne de la ville de Paris, 'Salon comparaisons', Paris, France, March 7 to 27 Happening: Quiet Event, Instant Sperm', April 15 Galerie 20, 'Kudo', Amsterdam, the Netherlands, opened April 15- Happening: Your Portrait Instant Sperm, April 26 Théatre de la Chimère, 'Le 3e Festival de la libre expression', Paris, France Happening: Votre portrait Musée d'art moderne de la ville de Paris, '22e Salon de Mai', Paris, France, May 2 to 22 Happening: 'Souvenir of "La Mue", For Nostalgic Purpose', Piazza San Marco, at the time of vernissage of Biennale de Venezia Happening: Quiet Quiet Event, Galerie 20, Arnhem, the Netherlands, July 10, 15:00- Galerie 20/d, Amsterdam and Galerie 20, Arnhem, 'Zomertentoonstelling', the Netherlands, July 10 to August Happening: Quiet Event, Instant Sperm, November 11 Galerie M. E. Thelen, 'Tetsumi Kudo', Essen, Germany, November 11 to December 31
1965
Actions lentes, February 26, 20:00-
Galerie J, 'Tetsumi Kudo: rien n’est laissé au hasard', Paris, France, February 26 to March 25
1963
Happening: Philosophy of Impotence, November 27 Cinéma-studio de Boulogne, 'Pour conjurer l’esprit de Catastrophe', Paris, France, February
Happenings: Harakiri of Humanism, Bottled Humanism Musée d’art moderne de la ville de Paris, '3e Biennale de Paris' [Japan section], Paris, France, September 28 to November 3
Happenings: Bottled Humanism, Dry Penis, Instant Sperm, May 26, 21:30-
Centre Américain des artistes, 'Workshop de la libre expression', Paris, France, May 25 to 31
1962
Happening: Philosophy of Impotence, November 27 Galerie Raymond Cordier, 'Pour conjurer l’esprit de Catastrophe', Paris, France, November 27 to December 13
1958
[Happening: Anti-art] Mimatsu Shobo Gallery, 'Third Exhibition of Group Ei', Tokyo, Japan, July 6 to 10 [Happening: Anti-art]
Tenmaya 2nd floor gallery, 'Tetsumi Kudo: New Works', Okayama, Japan, September 9 to 14
1957
[Happening: Anti-art] Blanche Gallery, 'Tetsumi Kudo: Demonstration of Making', Tokyo, Japan, October 2 to 7
Demonstration of Registration of Spinal Cord Waves Café Tabiji, 'Tetsumi Kudo: New Works, Demonstration of Registration of Spinal Cord Waves', Tokyo, Japan, opened December 10, PM 6 on Wednesdays, till 1958
Public and Special Projects
1970
WDR Westdeutsches Fernsehen, Set design for "La Vase" by Eugène Ionesco, Germany
1969
Realizes a relief sculpture, 'Monument of Metamorphosis' on the rock face of Mt. Nokogiri, Chiba, Japan
Monographs
2020
Rydal Jørgensen, Lærke, Colstrup, Tine (eds.), 'Tetsumi Kudo. Cultivation', Humlebaek: Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, 2020, ill. (exh. cat.)
2013
Shima, Atsuhiko (ed.), 'Your Portrait. A Tetsumi Kudo Retrospective', Osaka: The National Museum of Art, 2013, ill. (exh. cat.)
2008
Chong, Doryun, Kelley, Mike, 'Tetsumi Kudo. Garden of Metamorphosis', Minneapolis: Walker Art Center, 2008, ill. (exh. cat.)
2007
Jouffroy, Alain, Tronche, Anne, 'Tetsumi Kudo. La montagne que nous cherchons est dans la serre', Paris: Fage Editions/La maison rouge, Fondation Antoine de Galbert, 2007, ill. (exh. cat.)
2002
'Kudō Tetsumi-ten. Han-geijutsu no kishu no kiseki, Tōkyō-Pari-Aomori' (Tetsumi Kudo. The History of the Leader of Anti-Art, Tokyo-Paris-Aomori), Goshogawara: Furusatu Kōryu Kenmin Center Ortensia, 2002 (exh. cat.)
1994
Nakamura, Keiji, Semin, Didier, 'Tetsumi Kudo. Contestation/Création', Osaka: Okayama Prefectural Museum of Art/The National Museum of Art, Osaka, 1994, ill. (exh. cat.)
1991
Becht, Frits, Beeren, Wim, Jouffroy, Alain (et al.), 'Tetsumi Kudo, 1935 – 1990', Apeldoorn: Van Reekum Museum, Amsterdam: Stedelijk Museum, 1991, ill. (exh. cat.)
1989
Benamou, Albert, Salvador, Thierry (eds.), 'Kudo, nouvelle écologie', Paris: Galerie du Génie/FIAC, 1989, ill. (exh. cat.)
1986
Hirosaki City Museum (ed.), 'Hitori no sakka no ayunda michi. Kudō Tetsumi no sekai' (The Path an Artist Has Taken. The World of Tetsumi Kudo), Hirosaki: Hirosaki City Museum, 1986 (exh. cat.)
Kobayashi Gallery (ed.), 'Tetsumi Kudo', Tokyo: Kobayashi Gallery, 1986, ill. (exh. cat.)
1985
Yonekura, Mamoru, 'Myriad Rearguard Actions', Tokyo: M. Gallery, 1985 (exh. cat.)
1984
Parco Gallery (ed.), 'Tenjō no obuje Kudō Tetsumi to Nihon no yujintachi' (Heavenly Objects. Tetsumi Kudo and Freethinkers of Japan), Tokyo: Parco Gallery, 1984 (exh. cat.)
1983
Tenmaya Gallery (ed.), 'Kudō Tetsumi. Suisai obuje-ten' (Tetsumi Kudo. Watercolors and Objects), Okayama: Tenmaya Gallery, 1983 (exh. cat.)
Galerie 16 (ed.), 'Tetsumi Kudo', Kyoto: Galerie 16, 1983 (exh. cat.)
1982
Galerie 16 (ed.), 'Kudō Tetsumi-ten. Idean senshokutai no ame no naka de' (Tetsumi Kudo. Waiting for the Revolution in the Rain of Heredity-Chromasome), Kyoto: Galerie 16, 1982 (exh. cat.)
UNAC Salon, Kankodō Gallery, Ban Gallery (eds.), 'Maboroshi no gaka Kudō Tetsumi. Seido to shite no shikishi-ten' (Tetsumi Kudo. A Painter of Spirirt. Shikishi as an Institution), Tokyo: UNAC Salon, Maebishi: Kankodō Gallery, Osaka: Ban Gallery, 1982 (exh. cat.)
1981
Sogetsu Art Museum (ed.), 'Kudo', Tokyo: Sogetsu Art Museum, 1981 (exh. cat.)
1979
Maeno, T., 'Essai sur Kudo des années 50 et 60', Paris: Galerie Bellechasse, 1979 (exh. cat.)
Galerie in der Ludwigstrasse (ed.), 'Kudo', Munich: Galerie in der Ludwigstrasse, 1979 (exh. cat.)
1978
Jouffroy, Alain, 'Méditation entre future et mémoire. Vingt objets récents de Kudo', Paris: Galerie Bellechasse, 1978, ill. (exh. cat.)
Galerie Wunderland (ed.), 'Tetsumi Kudo', Berlin: Galerie Wunderland/Berliner Künstlerprogramm des DAAD, 1978, ill. (exh. cat.)
1977
Jouffroy, Alain, Jouffroy, Haryû, 'Kudo', Paris: Galerie Beaubourg/Galerie Vallois, 1977, ill. (exh. cat.)
1972
Jouffroy, Alain, 'Tetsumi Kudo. Pollution, cultivation, new ecology, your portrait', Amsterdam: Stedelijk Museum, 1972, ill. (exh. cat.)
1970
Hering, Karl-Heinz (ed.), 'Tetsumi Kudo. Cultivation of Radioactivity', Dusseldorf: Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, 1970, ill. (exh. cat.)
1968
Galerie Mickery (ed.), 'Tetsumi Kudo. Cultivation by Radioactivity in the Electronic Circuit', Loenersloot: Mickery Gallery, 1968, ill. (exh. cat.)
1967
Restany, Pierre, Hahn, Otto, Beeren, W.A.L., 'Kudo', Paris: Galerie Mathias Fels, 1967, ill. (exh. cat.)
1966
Kultermann, Udo, 'Tetsumi Kudo', Essen: Gallery M.E. Thelen, 1966 (exh. cat.)
Beeren, W.A.L., 'Kudo', Amsterdam: 20 Gallery, 1966 (exh. cat.)
Selected Publications
2023
Reiko, Tsubaki (ed.), 'Our Ecology: Toward a Planetary Living', Tokyo: Mori Art Museum, 2023, p. 104-105, ill. (exh. cat.)
2022
Dander, Patrizia (ed.), 'Future Bodies from a Recent Past—Sculpture, Technology, and the Body since the 1950s', Munich: Museum Brandhorst, 2022, pp. 89-93, 231-232, ill. (exh. cat.)
2021
Ezra Nayssan, Jay, 'Technologies of the Self', Beverly Hills: Marc Selwyn Fine Art, 2021, ill. (exh. cat.)
2020
Bonner Kunstverein, Kölnischem Kunstverein, Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen (eds.), 'Maskulinitäten. Eine Kooperation von Bonner Kunstverein, Kölnischem Kunstverein und Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf', Cologne: Walther König, 2020, ill. (exh. cat.)
2019
Solveig Øvstebø (ed.), 'Let me consider it from here', Chicago: The Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago, 2019, ill. (exh. cat.)
2018
Calverley, L. Jane (ed.), 'The Domestic Plane. New Perspectives on Tabletop Art Objects', Ridgefield: The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, New York: Gregory R. Miller & Co., 2018 (exh. cat.)
2017
Gartenfeld, Alex, Moreno, Gean, Seidel, Stephanie (eds.), 'The Everywhere Studio', Miami: Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami, Munich: DelMonico Books/Prestel, 2017, ill. (exh. cat.)
2015
Vo, Danh, Bourgeois, Caroline (eds.), 'Slip of The Tongue', Venice: Marsilio Editori, 2015, ill. (exh. cat.)
2013
Filipovic, Elena, 'Counter Forms. Tetsumi Kudo, Alina Szapocznikow, Paul Thek, Hannah Wilke', New York: Andrea Rosen Gallery, 2013, ill. (exh. cat.)
2012
Chong, Doryun, Hayashi, Michio, 'Tokyo 1955–1970. A New Avant-Garde', New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 2012, ill. (exh. cat.)
2011
Bloemheuvel, Marente, van Kooten, Toos (eds.), 'Windflower. Perceptions of nature', Rotterdam: NAi Publishers, Otterlo: Kröller-Müller Museum, 2011, ill. (exh. cat.)
2004
National Museum of Art, Osaka (ed.), 'Présentation des collections du musée', Osaka: National Museum of Art, Osaka, ill. (exh. cat.)
Dorléac, Laurence Bertrand, 'L'ordre sauvage. Violence, Dépense et Sacré dans l'art des années 1950 – 1960', Paris: Éditions Gallimard, 2004
2002
Pluchard, François, 'L'Art. An acte de participation au monde' [Collection Critiques d'art], Paris: Éditions Jacqueline Chambon/Centre national des arts plastiques, 2002
2000
Jouffroy, Alain, 'Objecteurs, Artmakers', Nantes: Joca Séria, 2000
1998
Institute for Education of Art (ed.), 'Bijutsu Siryou', Okayama: Institute for Education of Art, 1998 (exh. cat.)
1994
Lebel, Jean-Jacques, Labelle-Rojoux, Arnaud, 'Poésie directe. Des Happenings à Polyphonix', Paris: Opus International, 1994
de Merediue, Florence, 'Histoire matérielle & immatérielle de l'art modern', Paris: Bordas, 1994
1989
Naylor, Colin, 'Contemporary Artists', Chicago/London: St. James Press, 1989
1986
Yoshiaki, Tono, Aomi, Okabe, 'Japon des avant-gardes, 1910 – 1970', Paris: Centre Georges Pompidou/Fondation du Japon, 1986, ill. (exh. cat.)
Maillard, Robert (ed.), 'Vingt-cinq ans d'art en France. 1960 – 1985', Paris: Larousse, 1986, ill.
1984
Berliner Künstlerprogramm des DAAD, Goethe Institut Paris (eds.), 'Échanges. Artistes Français à Berlin 1964-1984', Berlin: DAAD, 1984
1983
Pradel, Jean-Louis, 'Art 82. Les evenements de l'art contemporain dans le monde', Paris: Le Robert, 1983
Emanuel, Muriel, 'Contemporary Artists' [Contemporary Arts Series], London: Macmillan Publishers, 1983
1979
Laclotte, Michel (ed.), 'Petit Larousse de la Peinture', Paris: Larousse, 1979
1978
Daval, Jean-Luc, 'Art actuel. 1978', Geneva: Skira, 1978
1976
Terada, Tōru, 'Japanese Art in World Perspective', New York: Weatherhill, Tokyo: Heibonsha, 1976
1975
Pierre, José, 'Le Pop Art. Dictionnaire de poche', Paris: Fernand Hazan, 1975
1973
Tonche, Anne, 'L'art actuel en France. Du cinetisme a l'hyperrealisme', Paris: Balland, 1973
1972
Clair, Jean, 'Art en France. Une nouvelle génération', Paris: Le Chêne, 1972
1971
Aue, Walter, 'P.C.A. Projecte, Concepte & Actionen, Cologne: M. DuMont Schauberg, 1971
Pluchart, François, 'Pop art & Cie 1960 – 1970', Paris: Matin-Malburet, 1971
1968
Donia, Jan, 'De eksplosie van het intelleckt. Nieuwe trends in de beeldende kunst', Hilversum: Paul Brand, 1968
1967
Restany, Pierre, 'Superlund. Un panorama du present, une philosophie du future', Lund: Lunds Konsthall, 1967, ill. (exh. cat.)
Gassiot-Talabot, Gérald, 'Le monde en question', Paris: Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, 1967 (exh. cat.)
1966
Kaprow, Allan, 'Assemblage, Environments and Happenings', New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1966 Lebel, Jean-Jacques, 'Lettre ouverte au regardeur', Paris: Ed. de la Librairie anglaise, 1966
1965
Gassiot-Talabot, Gérald, 'La Figuration narrative dans l'art contemporain', Paris: Galerie Creuze, 1965, ill. (exh. cat.)
Jouffroy, Alain, 'Les Objecteurs', Paris: Galerie J., 1965 (exh. cat.) Restany, Pierre, 'Rien n'est laissé au hazard', Paris: Galerie J., 1965 (exh. cat.)
1964
Jouffroy, Alain, 'Une révolution du regard. A propos de quelques peintres et sculpteurs contemporains', Paris: Gallimard, 1964
1963
Restany, Pierre, 'L'Objet pressenti', Paris: Galerie J., 1963 (exh. cat.)
1962
Lebel, Jean-Jacques, 'A l'oeil (note sur les Happenings)', Paris: Galerie Raymond Cordier, 1962 (exh. cat.)
1961
Tapié, Michel, Haga, Tōre, 'Continuité et avant-garde au Japon', Turin: Centre international de recherché en esthétique, 1961
Press
2024
Sam, Sherman, 'Tetsumi Kudo. Hauser & Wirth Hong Kong' [review], in: Artforum, November 2024, pp. 152-153, ill.
Yang, Wan-Ju, 'Seeing the dark corners of the future, "Tetsumi Kudo: The Cage" creates a new ecosystem of doomsday', on: artouch.com, 13 August 2024, ill.
Alvarez-Chow, Camilla, 'Tetsumi Kudo’s “Cages”', on: artasiapacific.com, 2 August 2024, ill.
Tsui, Enid, 'Tetsumi Kudo's caged phallus sculptures at Hauser + Wirth Hong Kong draw pity from women', on: scmp.com, 14 June 2024, ill.
___, 'Post-war artists reflect on the "struggle between inside and outside" Kudo Tetsumi observes the morbid world in a cage', on: news.mingpao.com, 5 July 2024, ill.
Huang, Cathy, 'Must-see exhibitions in Hong Kong in June: cage works by postwar Japanese artist Tetsumi Kudo; the National Palace Museum presents treasures from the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris, exploring a century of French fashion history…', on: tatlerasia.com, 30 May 2024, ill.
___, 'Observations from the Cage: Tetsumi Kudo's Premier Exhibition in Hong Kong', on: hkartion.com, 16 July 2024, ill.
___, 'Exploring the Intersection of Nature, Technology, and Humanity: Tetsumi Kudo’s First Solo Exhibition in Greater China – Hauser & Wirth Hong Kong', on: martincid.com, 12 April 2024, ill.
2022
Chow, Vivienne, 'The Venice Biennale’s Main Exhibition Will Challenge the Idea of "Men as the Center of the Universe"—See the Full Artist List Here', on: news.artnet.com, 2 February 2022
___, 'Venice Biennale Reveals Artists for 2022 Edition', on: artforum.com, 2 February 2022
2021
Steinhauser, Jillian, 'Tetsumi Kudo' [review], in: The New York Times, New York, 24 June 2021, p. C14, ill.
McVey, Kurt, 'Tetsumi Kudo: Metamorphosis at Hauser & Wirth', on: whitehotmagazine.com, June 2021, ill.
Morales, Ché, 'A guide to art in New York during Frieze Week', on: sohohouse.com, 6 May 2021, ill.
___, 'Tetsumi Kudo Moves Back Into the Spotlight', on: culturedmag.com, 7 May 2021, ill.
___, 'Tetsumi Kudo: Metamorphosis at Hauser & Wirth, 22nd Street', on: gothamtogo.com, 27 April 2021, ill.
2020
Zultanski, Steven, 'Tetsumi Kudo's Sculptures of a Damaged World', on: frieze.com, 21 July 2020, ill.
2016
Krasinski, Jennifer, 'Humanity, Gutted. Visiting with Tetsumi Kudo’s Fantasy of a New Ecology', in: The Village Voice, New York, 2–8 November 2016, p. 25
Masushio, Taro, 'Critics Pick. Tetsumi Kudo', in: Artforum, New York, November 2016
Moloney, Ciara, 'Tetsumi Kudo', The Brooklyn Rail, New York, 6 Dec. 2016.
Shulan, Alexander, 'Atomic and Impotence. Anxiety, Nature in Revolt, and the Ugly Realities of the New Ecology', in: Kaleidoscope, Milan, no. 26, Winter 2016, p. 39
___, 'Tetsumi Kudo', in: The New Yorker, New York, 7-14 November 2016, p. 7
Vōlke, Daniel, 'Ich Bin Dann Mal Tot', in: Monopol, Berlin, November 2016, pp. 54-55, cover, ill.
2013
Pepi, Michael, 'Counter Forms. Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York', in: Frieze, London, no. 152, Jan/Feb 2013, p. 166
2010
Wells, Nicholas, 'Tetsumi Kudo. Cubes and Gardens', in: City Arts, Seattle, 29 September–12 October 2010, p. 20
2009
Holmberg, Ryan, 'Dystopia Man. Tetsumi Kudo', in: Art in America, New York, March 2009, pp. 96-103
Blocker, Jane, '"Tetsumi Kudo. Garden of Metamorphosis" at Walker Art Center', in: Blouin ArtInfo, 1 February 2009
2008
Kastner, Jeffrey, 'Tetsumi Kudo. Andrea Rosen Gallery', in: Artforum, New York, November 2008, p. 348
Kley, Elizabeth, 'Gotham Art & Theater', on: artnet.com, 12 July 2008
Smith, Roberta, 'Art in Review', in: The New York Times, 4 July 2008, p. E27
2007
Azimi, Roxana, 'Kudo ... atomique!' in; L’Oeil, Paris, no. 589, March 2007, p. 36
Boulbès, Carole, 'Tetsumi Kudo. Portrait de l’artiste dans la crise' (Portrait of the Artist in Crisis), in: Art Press, Paris, no. 331, Fall 2007, pp. 32-38
Lequeux, Emanuelle, 'Art contemporain japonais à Paris', in: Beaux Arts Magazine, Paris, no. 273, March 2007, p. 145
2006
Tatehata Akira, 'Sengo Nihon no zen’ei bijutsu. Kudō Tetsumi seiō bunka eno chōhatsu, "iyō naru tasha" to shite' (Postwar Japanese Avant-Garde Art. Kudo Tetsumi, Challenging Western Culture, as an "Other" in a Different Guise), in: Shinano mainichi shimbun, Nagano, 16 October 2006
2004
Spagnesi, Licia, 'Camere con vista. A Parigi nella casa rossa', in: Arte, Milan, no. 371, July 2004, pp. 94-07
2000
Jouffroy, Alain, 'Les Objecteurs/Object Lessons', in: Art Press, Paris, no. 257, May 2000, pp. 46-50
1995
Mita Haruo, 'Kyureishon no sae wo miseta Kudō Tetsumi ten, Nagasawa Hidetoshi ten (kenshō ‘94 gendai Nihon bijutsu no jisseki hyōsha no komento' (Exhibitions of Tetsumi Kudo and Nagasawa Hidetoshi Showed Brilliant Curation), in: Bijutsu Techō, Tokyo, March 1995, pp. 16-19
1994
Tsushima Hisayoki, 'Bunka no mori tanbō Kudō Tetsumi Kyōretsu na kosei kaigai de takai hyōka' (Exploring the Forest of Culture. Tetsumi Kudo, His Strong Personality and His High Reputation Abroad), in: My Aomori, Aomori, March 1994
1993
___, 'Tetsumi Kudo', in: Documents, Paris, no. 2, February 1993, pp. 38-42
1991
Beeren, Wim, 'Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Exhibition', in: International Edition of Flash Art, no. 161, November–December 1991, p. 160
E
nokura Kōji, 'Kudō Tetsumi shi o kataru botsugo ichinen kojin eno omoi. Kyōretsu no kosei, Bijutsu senshi' (Talking about Tetsumi Kudo on the One-Year Anniversary of His Death. Strong Personality, Artistic Warrior), in: Tōō nippō, Aomori, 12 November 1991
Hariu Ichirō, 'Nagai kutō o oete nemuru kimi ni' (For the Friend Resting After a Long Hard Battle) [Transcribed from a eulogy given at the memorial service heald by the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music], in: Aomori zōshi, Aomori, 6–7 April 1991
Ichirō, Hariu, Masashi, Miura, 'Kudō Tetsumi no shi to kyokō Tsugaru' (The Death of Tetsumi Kudo and His Hometwon of Tsugaru), in: Aomori zōshi, Aomori, 2–5 April 1991
Igarashi, Gen, 'Sakka rikai eno video' (Videos That Help Us Understand the Artist), in: Rokugatsu no kazekai report, no. 108, June 1991, pp. 9-11
Tokio, Ito, 'Kudō Tetsumi ten kaijo fūkei' (Scenes at the Exhibitions of Tetsumi Kudo), in: Rokugatsu no kazekai report, no. 108, June 1991, p. 5
Jouffroy, Alain, 'Sekai shūmatsu no yakuba-rainin' (Exorcist at the End of the World), in: Rokugatsu no kazekai report, no. 107, May 1991, pp. 4-7
Katō, Chikara, 'Dappi no bohimei' (Epigraph for Metamorphosis), in: Rokugatsu no kazekai report, no. 108, June 1991, pp. 2-4
___, 'Kichō na shiryō zokuzoku to Goshogawara shishi hensan dai-ikki daikibo chōsa Kudō Tetsumi no tegami' (Valuable Information Found during the First Extensive Research for Compiling the History of Goshogawara City, Including the Letters of Tetsumi Kudo), in: Tōō nippō, Aomori, 5 August 1991
Kojima, Nobuo, 'Taiwa no jūnen 18 Kudō Tetsumi 1' (A DecadeLong Conversation. No. 18. Tetsumi Kudo, Part 1), in: Rokugatsu no kazekai report, no. 107, May 1991, pp. 20-31
___, 'Taiwa no jūnen 19 Kudō Tetsumi 2' (A DecadeLong Conversation. No. 19. Tetsumi Kudo, Part 2), in: Rokugatsu no kazekai report, no. 107, May 1991, pp. 14-27
___, 'Komimi no sanpo 1994 nen aki ni "Kudō Tetsumi" ten' (Walk Around with Curiosity. Tetsumi Kudo Exhibition in Autumn 1994), in: Rokugatsu no kazekai report, no. 108, June 1991, p. 12
___, 'Kudō Tetsumi rayku nenpyō' (Condensed Chronology of Tetsumi Kudo), in: Rokugatsu no kazekai report, no. 107, May 1991, p. 8
Murakami, Yoshio, 'Kudō Tetsumi shi o kataru botsugo ichinen kojin eno omoi. Nihon utsu kaigai no hyōka' (Talking about Tetsumi Kudo on the One-Year Anniversary of His Death. Greater Reputation Abroad than in Japan), in: Tōō nippō, Aomori, 12 November 1991
Pouillon, Nadine, 'Paris, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou', in: Le Revue du Louvre et des Musées de France, Paris, no. 41, December 1991, pp. 132-133
Suzuki, Hisato, Kiwayama, Taikei, Katō, Chikara (et al.), 'Kudō Tetsumi sensei. Tōkyō geidai Kudō kenkyūshitsu no omoide' (Tetsumi Kudo as a Teacher. Memory of Mr. Kudo’s Seminar at the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music), in; Rokugatsu no kazekai report, no. 107, May 1991, pp. 10-17
Takatani, Mikio, 'Kudō Tetsumi shi no Tama shiikko' (The Spirit of Tetsumi Kudo), in: Tōō nippō, Aomori, 29 July 1991
Unagami, Masaomi, 'Kudō Oranda kara no message' (Kudo’s Message for Netherlands), in: Rokugatsu no kazekai report, no. 107, May 1991, pp. 2-3
___, 'Maegaki I Tokushū sanbon no video kara' (Forward to the Feature on Three Videos), in: Rokugatsu no kazekai report, no. 108, June 1991, p. 2
___, 'Yomigaeru gaka Kudō Tetsumi' (Memory of the Painter Tetsumi Kudo), in: Evening edition of Asahi shimbun, Osaka, 30 May 1991
1990
Murakami, Yoshio, 'Kudō Tetsumi shi o itamu Tsugaru kara tatta zen’ei geijutsuka no shi' (Mourning for the Death of Tetsumi Kudo, an Avant-Garde Artist Departed from Tsugaru), in: Tōō nippō, Aomori, 16 November 1990
Watanabe, Yōko, 'Shūzō sakuhin kara Kudō Tetsumi "X gata kihontai ni okeru zōshokusei rensa hannō"' (From the Collection. 'Proliferating Chain Reaction in X-Style Basic Substance' by Tetsumi Kudo), in: Tōkyō to Bijutsukan, Bijutsukan nyūsu, 25 April 1990, p. 1
1989
___, 'Aomori no bijutsuka tachi 53 Kudō Tetsumi Hangyakuji Geidai ni shinpū' (Artists from Aomori, No. 53.
Tetsumi Kudo, a Rebel Who Brought Fresh Air into the National Art School), in: Tōō nippō, Aomori, 11 March 1989
___, 'Jigazō to watashi <11> Kudō Tetsumi/Self-Portrait and I:No. 111, Tetsumi Kudo', in: Shinbijutsu shimbun, 21 February 1989
Jouffroy, Alain. 'Méditation entre future et mémoire', in: Magazine Kanal, October 1989, pp. 58-59
1988
Millet, Catherine, 'L’Art contemporain en France', in: Flammarion, Paris, 1988
Pawlowski, Tadeusz, 'Happening', in: Widawnitwa Artustyczne I Filmowe, Warsaw, 1988
___, 'Creator in Japan. Kudō Tetsumi', in: Atelier, Paris, November 1988, pp. 41-56
1986
Ichirō, Hariu, 'Kindai Nihon bijutsu to sono shakaiteki haikei' (Japanese Modern and Its Social Background), in: Āru vivan, 25 August 1988, pp. 15-32
Kaidō, Kazu, 'Kaigai reporto Okkusufōdo ichinichi, Sengo bijutsu no sugata o shimesu mono' (Report from Abroad. One Day in Oxford, What Represents Japanese Postwar Art), in: Bijutsu Techō, Tokyo, April 1986, pp. 117-123
___, 'Kudō Tetsumi Your Portrait 1963', in: Āru vivan, 25 August 1986, p. 86
___, 'Kaiga zōkei, pafōmansu "Hitori no sakka ga ayuda michi. Kudō Tetsumi no sekai" ten kyō kara kikakuten' (Paintings, Sculptures and Performance. The Path an Artist Has Taken. The Special Exhibition "World of Tetsumi Kudo" Starting Today), in: Mutsu shinpō, Aomori, 15 February 1986
Nishino Yoshiaki, 'Chihō tsūshin Aomori. Kokyō e nishiki Kudō Tetsumi no sekai’ ten' (Local Report from Aomori. Return in Triumph. The Exhibition "World of Tetsumi Kudo"), in: Bijutsu Techō, Tokyo, April 1986, pp. 124-125
Pradel, Jean-Louis, 'Le Jardin secret de Kudo', in: L’Événement du Jeudi, 24-30 December 1986
Renard, Delphine, 'Tetsumi Kudo', in: Art Press, Paris, no. 98, December 1986, p. 74
___, 'Tokoshū. Saikōsei. Nihon no zen’ei 1945-1965' (Special Feature. Reconstruction. Japanese AvantGarde, 1945-1965), in: Āru vivan, 25 August 1986
___, 'Top Artist no shigotoba Tamashii no des san, akuma no dessan Kudō Tetsumi', (Atelier of a Top Artist. Spiritual Drawing, Devilish Drawing of Tetsumi Kudo), in: Atorie, December 1986, pp. 61-68
1985
___, 'Chirei noriutsuru yō’ Gendai bijutsu no Kudō Tetsumi san' (As If Possesed by the Spirit of Earth. The Contemporary Artist Tetsumi Kudo), in: Mutsu shinpō, Aomori, 22 July 1985
___, 'Kudō Tetsumi samayoeru yosomono no mugen no ayatori' (Tetsumi Kudo. Endless String Game of a Nomadic Outsider), in: Atorie, December 1985, p. 114
___, 'Kudō Tetsumi ten hebi ni nita chikarazuyoi sen' (Powerful Drawing Lines Resembling a Snake at the Tetsumi Kudo Exhibition), in: Evening edition of Asahi shimbun, Tokyo, 31 August 1985
Segi Shinichi, 'Post Collection. Kudō Tetsumi "Tsugara to Sakure Kūru no aida do samayou" (Post Collection. Tetsumi Kudo Wandering Between Tsugaru and Sacré Cœur), in: Shūkan Posuto, Tokyo, 6 December 1985
Takamatsu, Jirō, Akasegawa, Genpei, 'Tokushū Warera Shōwa sedai no bikan' (Feature on the Aesthetic of the Shōwa Period), in: Geijutsu Shinchō, January 1985
___, 'Tsugaru no ne o kakuhin shita Kudō Tetsumi shinsaku ten' (Tetsumi Kudo Confirms His Roots in Tsugaru at the Exhibition of His Recent Works), in: Geijutsu Shinchō, October 1985, p. 65
1984
Anzai Shigeo, 'Gendai bijutsu no ima Kasseika suri pafōmansu' (Contemporary Art Now. Vigor in Performance), in: Sōgetsu, no. 154, June 1984, pp. 73-76
___, 'Pafōmansu no genba kara' (Report from the Front Line of Performance Art), in: Yuriika, September 1984, p. 128
___, 'Watashitachi ni nanika wo kanki saseru Kudō Tetsumi no pafōmansu' (Something Stimulating about Tetsumi Kudo’s Performances), in: Fujingahō, July 1984, p. 342
___, 'Art', in: Asahi Shimbun, Tokyo, 25 May 1984
___, 'Art nouvelle', in: Elle, September 1984, p. 126
___, 'Dokuji no shiten de semaru "Kudō Tetsumi no Erochishizumu ten"' (A Unique Point of View. The Exhibition "Eroticism by Tetsumi Kudo"), in: Mutsu shinpo, Aomori, 14 January 1984
Hahn, Otoo, 'Kudō no kūkan' (Kudo’s Space), in: Rokugatsu no kaze, no. 64, p. 12
___, 'L’espace Kudo', in: L’express, Paris, 8-14 June 1984, p. 29
___, 'Jōmon de sekai ga gyakuten surundesu ne Kudō san' (The Joman Culture Upset the World, Didn’t It, Mr. Kudo?), in: Carotto, no. 129, 14-15 Febrary 1984
Kitazawa Noriaki, 'Tenrankai. "1960-nendai" ten, "60-nendai" ten to iu aironi-' (Exhibition Review. 'The 1960s Exhibition. The Irony of it Being Called "The 1960s"), in: Bijutsu Techō, Tokyo, January 1984, pp. 134-143
___, 'Kudō Tetsumi san Iwaksian egaku Chōhatsuteki seishin kenzai' (Tetsumi Kudo Depicting Mount Iwaki. Still Being Provocative), in: Tōō nippō, Aomori, 14 March 1984
Nakamura Keiji, 'Saibu nit suite' (Remarks on the Details), in: Shinbijutsu shimbun, no. 365, 11 May 1984
___, 'People ‘84. Kudō Tetsumi', in: Pia graffiti, 1984, p. 70
___, 'Rinne eigō Kudō Tetsumi Horubein garari 63' (Eternal Transmigration. Tetsumi Kudo Exhibition at Holbein Gallery 63), in: Bijutsu Techō, Tokyo, July 1984
Tanaka Yukito, 'Bukimi na performanc Kudō Tetsumi ten' (Creepy Performance at the Tetsumi Kudo Exhibition), in: Evening edition of Mainichi shimbun, Nagano, 9 March 1984
___, 'Gendai bijutsi no jōkyō' (Situation In Contemporary Art) in: E, no. 242. 1 April 1984
___, 'Tenjō no obuje' (Heavenly Obects), in: Atorie, December 1984, pp. 72-74
___, 'Tokushū Nihon. Gendai bijutsu, shūhen kara mirai e. Kudō Tetsumi no kikan' (Feature on Japan. Contemporary Art, from the Periphery to the Future. Return of Tetsumi Kudo), in: Atorie, February 1984, pp. 31-32
___, 'Tsugaru ga unda gendai bijutsuka Kudō Tetsumi no sekai 1. Hirosaki jidai' (Contemporary Artist from Tsugaru. The World of Tetsumi Kudo, Part 1. Days in Hirosaki City), in: Tōō nippō, Aomori, 25 February 1984
___, 'Tsugaru ga unda gendai bijutsuka Kudō Tetsumi no sekai 2, Geidei jidai' (Contemporary Artist from Tsugaru. The World of Tetsumi Kudo, Part 2. The School Life at the Art University), in: Tōō nippō, Aomori, 26 February 1984
___, 'Tsugaru ga unda gendai bijutsuka Kudō Tetsumi no sekai 3. Pari jidai' (Contemporary Artist from Tsugaru. The World of Tetsumi Kudo, Part 3. Days In Paris), in: Tōō nippō, Tokyo, 26 February 1984
___, 'Tsugaru ga unda gendai bijutsuka Kudō Tetsumi no sekai 4. Genzai' (Contemporary Artist from Tsugaru. The World of Tetsumi Kudo, Part 4. Today), in: Tōō nippō, Tokyo, 27 February 1984
___, 'Tsugaru ga unda tensai bijutsuka shōnen jidai kara no ayumi saigen asukara "Kudō Tetsumi no sekai"' (Starting Tomorrow, Autobiographic Exhibition of the Hometown Genius. 'The World of Tetsumi Kudo'), in: Tōō nippō, Tokyo, 14 February 1984
Unagami Masaomi, 'Kudō Tetsumi Tsugaru bunka hōshō jushō ni Nokogiri-yama "Dappi no kinenbi" o kaisō suru' (Awarded a Medal for his Contribution to Tsugaru Culture, Tetsumi Kudo Recollects His Work 'Monument of Metamorphosis' at the Nokogiru Mountain), in: Rokugatsu no kaze, no. 64, pp. 6-9
Yamaguchi Masao, 'Kamikakushi teki schedule' (Working as if Spirited Away), in: Evening edition of Asahi shimbun, Tokyo, 24 April 1984
1983
___, in: Ausgabe, no. 7, 1983-1984, pp. 81-83
___, 'L'autonomie de la maison de la culture de Brest est remise en cause', in: Le Monde, Paris, 20 May 1983
___, 'Hans-geijutsu no chūshin' (Center of Anti-Art), in: Tōō nippō, Tokyo, 23 November 1983
Hariu Ichirō, 'Jika chūdoku man’en no jidai' (An Era of Proliferating Autointoxication), in: Geijutsu Shinchō, August 1983
___, 'Kennai hatsu no koten Kudō Tetsumi san' (Tetsumi Kudo’s First Solo Exhibition in the Prefecture), in: Mutsu shinpo, Aomori, 6 October 1983
___, 'Kudō Tetsumi suisai obuje ten' (Tetsumi Kudo Watercolors and Object Exhibition), in: Sanyō shimbun, 12 August 1983
Michel, Jacques, '"Electra" au muse d’art moderne. Art et technique', in: Le Monde, Paris, 16 December 1983
Miki Tamon, '"1960-nendai. Tayōka e no shuppatsu" ten kōenkai no kiroku. 1960-nendai bijutsu nit suite' (Lecture on the Exhibition 'The 1960s. Trends of Japanese Art in the 1960s'. Remarks on 1960s Art), in: Bijutsukan nyūsu, Tokyo, no. 378, 7 November 1983
Tanka Minoru, 'Sengo gadan "hyaku monogatari". Arakawa Shūsaku/Kudō Tetsumi' (Tale of 'One Hundred Ghosts' in Japanese Postwar Art. Shūsaku Arakawa/Tetsumi Kudo), in: Gekkan bijutsu, May 1983, pp. 146-152
Tanaka Yukito, '1960-nendai. Tayōka e no shuppatsu ten wo mite. Nokosareta hakusei' (Remarks on the Exhibition "Trends of Japanese Art in the 1960s". Dead Art Left Behind), in: Bijutsukan nyūsu, Tokyo, no. 378, November 1973, pp. 2-3
___, 'Ito no kaitentai ni kometa imi Kudō Tetsumi ten' (The Meaning of the Turning Object Made of String. Tetsumi Kudo Exhibition), in: Evening edition of Mainichi shimbun, Nagano, 23 July 1983
Tani-Arata, 'Kudō Tetsumi "Tennōsei no kōzō" ni tsute. Seido. Chūshin jiku eno rasen undō' (Remarks on the 'Shikishi as an Institution'. Institution. Spiral Movement Toward the Center), in: Bijutsu Techō, Tokyo, October 1983, pp. 122-124
___, 'Tsugaru bunka was ima 66. Kudō Tetsumi ten (jō) Tankyū sei ga shikō o shigeki' (Tsugaru Culture Now 66. Remarks on Tetsumi Kudo Exhibition, Part 1. Intellectually Stimulating Research), in: Mutsu shinpō, Aomori, 10 October 1983
1982
___, 'Bunmei katariō' (Let’s Talk about Civilization), in: Yomiuri shimbun, 17 May 1982
___, 'Dokusha kara 60-nendai ten ni kitokoto' (From the Readers. A Remark on the 1960s Exhibition), in: Bijutsu Techō, Tokyo, March 1982, pp. 158-159
Hariu Ichirō, '1960-nendai ten watashi no sōkatsu' (Summarizing the 1960s. A Decade of Change in Japanese Contemporary Art), in: Kōmmei shimbun, 14 January 1982
___, 'Ime-ji henkaku ni idomu "Seido to shite no sikishi" ten. Goshoku no ito to tōshi hyōgen' (Trying to Refrom the Image, 'Shikishi as an Institution'. Presentations with the Threads of Five Colors), in: Evening edition of Asahi shimbun, Tokyo, 20 February 1982
Imaizumi Yoshihiko, 'Tenrankai report. Ko was so mo izuchi no keshiki zo mo "1960-nendai. Gendai bijutsu no tenkanki" ten' (Report on Exhibitions. What Place Does This Scenery Represent? 'The 1960s. A Decade of Change in Japanese Contemporary Art'), in: Bijutsu Techō, Tokyo, February 1982, pp. 230-231
Jouffroy, Alain, 'Kudō. Mirai to koku no aida ni' (Kudo. Between the Future and Memories), in: Kai kankō tsūshin, 11 February 1982
___, 'Jumon o omowasu hageshii sen Kudō Tetsumi ten Shikaku no essay' (Powerful Lines Reminiscent of Spell. Tetsumi Kudo Exhibition, a Visual Essay), in: Evening edition of Asahi shimbun, Tokyo, 14 August 1982
___, 'Kiyōsa yori kokoro o jūshi 60-nendai ten matsuri to haikyo ga dōkyo' (Appreciating Spirits More Than Skills in the 1960s Exhibition Coexistence of Festivites and Despair), in: Evening edition of Asahi shimbun, Tokyo, 13 January 1982
___, 'Koko ga kikitai Bijutsu sakka Kudō Tetsumi san' (Want to Know about the Artist Tetsumi Kudo?), in: Kyoto shimbun, Kyoto, 22 May 1982
Konno Yūichi, 'Obuje no haigo ni hisomu ime-ji. Kudō Tetsumi no kankaku' (Images Hidden Behind the Objects. The Sense of Tetsumi Kudo), in: Panoramic Mag, 10 June 1982
___, 'Kontei ni myaku utsu bunmei hihan Kudō Tetsumi rittai ten' (Civilizational Criticism Pulsing in the Roots, Tetsumi Kudo’s Sculpture Exhibition), in: Evening edition of Asahi shimbun, Tokyo, 19 May 1982
___, 'Kudō Tetsumi no shigekitteki na sakuhin tenji' (Exciting Exhibition of Tetsumi Kudo), in: Mainichi shimbun, Nagano, 18 May 1982
Minemura Toshiaki, 'Najitsue naki zenki 60-nendai' (The Unsubstantial Early 1960s Art), in: Gendai no me, Tōkyō Kokuritsu kindai nijutsukan nyūsu, no. 27, February 1982, pp. 3-5
Murata Keinosuke, 'Kudō Tetsumi ten. Ito de egaku seiyō, Nihon no bunka jōkyo' (Tetsumi Kudo Exhibition. Western and Japanese Culture Drawn with String)', in: Evening edition of Yomiuri shimbun, 27 May 1982
Nakamura Keiji, 'Kudō Tetsumi "Seido to shite no shikishi" ten. Hiyakashi kara umare te sakuhin' (Tetsumi Kudo, 'Shikishi as an Institution'. Artworks Originated in Jokes), in: Evening edition of Yomiuri shimbun, 27 February 1982
___, 'Nihon gga kyakkanshi dekita, Okayama Misaoyama kōkō shusshin gaka Kudō Tetsumi shi kifutsu mae ni kataru' (Viewing Japan Objectively. Painter Tetsumi Kudo, a Local High School Alumnus Talks before His Return to France), in: Sanyō shimbun, 6 September 1982
___, 'Ningen bunmei eno kiki ishiki Kudō Tetsumi ten' (Sense of Crisis over Civilization. Tetsumi Kudo exhibition), in: Evening edition of Mainichi shimbun, Nagano, 21 May 1982
Okada Takahiko, '1960-nendai. Gendai bijutsu no tenkanki ten. Jōnen no funshutsu kara tayō no hyōgen e' (The 1960s. A Decade of Change in Japanese Contemporary Art. A Variety of Expressions Emerged from the Spurting Passions), in: Gendai no me, Tōkyō Kokuritsu kindai nijutsukan nyūsu, no. 326, January 1982, pp. 2-3
___, 'Shimbun hyō kara' (Selected Paper Reviews), in: Rokugatsu no kaze, no. 24, March 1982, pp. 5-8
___, 'Sugao ‘82 "Hinsure ba donsuru" imashime' (True Face ‘82. Fighting against the Notion that 'Poverty Makes You Dull'), in: Sunday edition of Kōmei shimbun, 7 February 1982
___, 'Suwarikomi tsuzukete wa? Mezurashiku "gendai" ni monko hirakuz' (Why Don’t They Keep Sitting In? A Rare Opportunity in Contemporary Art), in: Evening edition of Asahi shimbun, Tokyo, 9 January 1982
___, 'Tainichi ichinen, aka Kudō Tetsumi shi ni kiku "Tennōsei o oitsume tai"' (A Year after his Return to Japan, Questions for the Painter Tetsumi Kudo. 'Seeking the Truth about the Emperor System'), in: Osaka edition of Sankei shimbun, 1 March 1982
Tanaka Yukito, '"1960-nendai. Gendai bijutsu no tenkanki" ten o miru. Onikko no ubogue' (Remarks on the Exhibition 'The 1960s. A Decade of Change in Japanese Contemporary Art'. The First Cry of a Balck Sheep), in: Evening edition of Mainichi shimbun, Nagano, 12 January 1982
___, 'Geijutsu no kodoku na tamashii no yō. Kudō Tetsumi "Seido to shite no shikishi" ten' (Like the Lonely Soul of an Artist. 'Shikishi as an Institution'), in: Evening edition of Mainichi shimbun, Nagano, 2 February 1982
___, 'Kudō Tetsumi "Seido to shite no shikishi" ten' (Tetsumi Kudo. 'Shikishi as an Institution'), in: Sōgetsu, no. 104, 1982, p. 103
___, 'Tennōsei kōzō ni chōsen Isai gaka Kudō Tetsumi san' (Challenge to the Emperor System. The Extraordinary Painter Tetsumi Kudo), in: Niigata nippō, 26 September 1982
___, 'Tennōsei o oitsume tai Nihon seiō no chigai o tsuikyū' (Seeking the Truth about the Emperor System, Defining the Difference Between Western Europe and Japan), in: Toyama shimbun, 21 September 1982
Unagami Masaomi, 'Karuizawa de Jefurosa ga katatta. Gushō kaiga no kakumei to nagare' (Jouffroy Talks at Karuizawa. Revolution and Trends in Representational Painting), in: Kōmei shimbun, 11 May 1982
___, 'Yangu sotchoku na kansō: Wadai nokosu "Seido to shite no shikishi" ten' (Candid Remarks of the Young Audience. 'Shikishi as an Institution' Remained to Be Discussed), in: Rokugatsu no kaze, no. 24, March 1982, pp. 2-3
1981
___, '60-nedai graph nenkan' (Graphic Chronology of the 11960s), in: Mizue, December 1981, pp. 68-73
Akasegawa Genpei, 'Watashi no sawatte kita 50-60 nedai no bijutsu' (1950s – 1960s Art That I Have Touched), in: Sōgetsu, December 1981, pp. 43-50
Akita Yuri, 'Kagirinaki peshimizumu e' (Falling into Bottomless Pessimisim), in: Mizue, December 1981, pp. 80-85
Asano Tōru, 'Exhibition. Kentō no it chijo toshite, 1960 nendai. Gendai bijutsu no tenkani' (Exhibition. A Point of View, the 1960s. Turning Point of Japanese Contemporary Art), in: Bijutsu Techō, Tokyo, December 1981, pp. 266- 267
Hayami Takashi, 'Geijutsu eno jikaku: Hitei no kachi o tsuka shite' (Awareness That It is Art. Beyond the Valuable Denial of Art), in: Mizue, December 1981, pp. 86-91
Imaizumi Yoshihiko, 'Impo tetsugaku to "satori". "Kudō Tetsumi 1977-81" ten' (Philosophy of Impotence and 'Enlightenment'. 'Tetsumi Kudo, 1977-81'), in: Bijutsu Techō, Tokyo, November 1981, pp. 170-171
Minemura Toshiaki, 'Kaitai to soshikika no kurikaeshi' (Back and Forth between Deconstruction and Construction), in: Mizue, December 1981, pp. 74-79
___, 'Tokushū. Shokubutsu to deatta gendai bijutsu' (Special Edition. Contemporary Art Meets Flowers), in: Ohararyū sōka, April 1981, pp. 14-54
Murase Masao, '60-nendai no bijutsu. Samazama no 'ryūkō ga kōbō hayakumo saihyōka no ba' (1960s Art. Evaluation Is Already Being Made of the Ups and Downs of Various Trends), in: Evening edition of Yomiuri shimbun, 15 December 1981
Nakahara Yūsuke, 'Futatsu no nami. Kaishiki kara no ridatsu to kakusan' (Two Trends. Departure from Formality and Its Spread), in: Mizue, December 1981, p. 67
___, 'Shōgeki okiruka..', (Does This Shock You?), in: Evening edition of Mainichi shimbun, Nagano, 31 July 1982
Takamatsu Jirō, 'Tenrankai de kataru 12. Gekidō no "1960-nendai ten"' (Talking about Exhibitions, No. 12. Turbulent '1960s Exhibitions'), in: Geijutsu Shinchō, December 1981, pp. 100-103
Tani Arata, 'Tenhyō' (Exhibition Review), in: Bijutsu Techō, Tokyo, November 1981, pp. 243-254
Tanigawa Kōichi, 'Kudō Tetsumi', in: Komasharu foto, November 1981
Tōno Yoshiaki, 'Urooboe 60-nendai' (Faint Memory of the 1960s), in: Gendai no me, Tōkyō Kokuritsu kindai bijutsuan nyūsu, no. 325, December 1981, pp. 2-3
1980
___, 'Gendai Nihon no bijutsu' (Contemporary Japanese Art), in: Shūkan Asahi—Sekai no bijutsu, no. 139, 23 November 1980
Hariu Ichirō, 'Tokushū "anguri" ga unda e Kudō Tetsumi' (Feature on the 'Hungry' Paintings of Tetsumi Kudo), in: Geijutsu Shinchō, September 1980
Jouffroy, Alain, 'Pari kara no tsūshin. Kon’inichi no geijutsuka tachi 9 ushinawareta rakuen no hahen— Kudo Tetsumi' (Report from Paris. Artists of Today, no. 9 Broken Pieces of a Lost Paradise), in: Sōgetsu, no. 128, 10 February 1980, pp. 55-64
___, 'Kudo Tetsumi shi ryakureki' (Condensed Chronology of Tetsumi Kudo), in: Rokugatsu no kaze, no. 35, June 1980, pp. 12-13
___, 'Panique universelle', in: Rennes, 19 December 1980
___, 'Seimei no saisei o mokei ka, Maboroshi no gaka Kudō Tetsumi ten' (Modeled on the Reproductive System of Life. The Mysterious Painter Tetsumi Kudo’s Exhibition), in: Evening edition of Asahi shimbun, Tokyo, 30 July 1980
___, 'Tada itten no sakuhin demo sugoi hakuryoku' (Great Vigor of a Single Artwork), in: Evening edition of Mainichi shimbun, Nagano, 30 July 1980
Tharen, Barbara, 'The Week in Art', in: Japan Times, Tokyo, 27 July 1980
___, 'Tokushū Kudō Tetsumi' (Special Edition on Tetsumi Kudo), in: Rokugatsu no kaze, no. 35, June 1980, pp. 1-13
Unagami Masaomi, 'Shōtaiseki. Maboroshi no gaka Kudō Tetsumi. Kono itten o kakon de' (Reserved Seats. The Mysterious Painter Tetsumi Kudo. Remarks on One of His Works), in: Rokugatsu no kaze, no. 35, June 1980, pp. 2-3
1979
___, 'Le créatur japonais Tetsumi Kudo au vernissage de son exposition', in: Le Républicain Lorrain, 10 November 1979
Dunoyer, Jean-Marie, 'Formes Rythmes colorés', in: Le Monde, Paris, 28-29 October 1979
Huser, France, 'Hommage à Mark Tobey. 20 pièces retrospectives de Kudo', in: Le Nouvel Observateur, Paris, 12 November 1979
Igor, 'Les créations de Tetsumi Kudo exposées à Colmarō. La découverte d’un univers étrange et insolite', in: Dernières Nouvelles d’Alsace, Strasbourg, 1 April 1979
___, 'Inauguration insolite pour l’expostion Tetsumi Kudo', in: Dernières Nouvelles d’Alsace, Strasbourg, 2 April 1979
___, 'L’œil aux aguets face à face Orient-Occident', in: Le Figaro, Paris, 7 November 1979
___, in: Shūkan Asahi hyakka—Sekai no bijutsu, no. 78, 30 September 1979
Tronche, Anne, 'Kudo rever au-dessus du precipice', in: Opus International, no. 73, 1979
___, 'Une semaine de Paris,' in: Pariscope, Paris, 17 October 1979
1978
Bartels, Daghild, 'Kunstkalender Berlin. Tetsumi Kudo', in: Die Zeit, Hamburg, 1 September 1978
Dunoyer, Jean-Marie, 'Des marées et des cages', in: Le Monde, Paris, 15-16 October 1978
J.K., 'Vom Käfig der Hölle', in: TIP Magazine, 18-31 August 1978
___, 'Kunst im Käfig Friedens-Suche. Tetsumi Kudo bei Wunderland', in: Der Abend, 21 August 1978
___, 'Kunsttage Berlin', in: Kunstmagazin, no. 82, 1978, pp. 34-35.
Ohff, Heinz, 'Die Welt als Kafig', in: Der Tagesspiegel, 22 August 1978
P. H. G., 'Was macht Ionesco auf der Heizplatte?' In: Die Welt, Hamburg, 5 September 1978
Tasset, Jean-Marie, 'Le cri de Kudo', in: Le Figaro, 6 October 1978
1977
Bouret, Jean, 'Les papiers de Barnabooth’s club', in: Les Nouvelles Littéraires, 5-12 May 1977 de Aquino, Flávio, 'Da ecologia à catá strofe no vale tudo da bienal', in: Manchete, 15 October 1977
Hariu Ichirō, 'Kaikaku sareru Biennāre. Dai-jūyonkai Sanpauro Biennāre' (Reformed Biennial. The 14th São Paulo Biennale), in: Bijutsu Techō, Tokyo, August 1977, pp. 156-157
___, 'Kokusai bijutsuten no unmei, Sanpauro Biennāre ni sanke shite' (TheFate of International Art Fairs, Remarks on the São Paulo Biennale), in: Evening edition of Asahi shimbun, Tokyo, 6 December 1977
___, 'Info', in: arTitudes, no. 15, February 1977
___, 'Kudo', in: Elle, 28 March 1977
Maeno Toshikuni, 'Kaigai tenrankai sannin no Nihonjin sakka ten' (Exhibitions Abroad Featuring Three Japanese Artists), in: Bijutsu Techō, July 1977, pp. 172 173
___,'Me o ubua Kudō shi no sakuhin, Dai-jūyonkai Sanpauro Biennāre' (Fascinating Works of Kudo at the 14th São Paulo Biennale), in: Paurista Shimbun, 4 October 1977
Michel Acques, 'Expositions. Le peintre chasseur de mythes', in: Le Monde, Paris, 4 May 1977
Muratova, Xenia, 'Paris', in: Burlington Magazine, June 1977, pp. 466-467
Nakazawa Ushio, 'Gendai bijutsu nit suite. Nihonjin bijutsuka tachiga nokoshite itta mono' (Remarks on Contemporary Art. What the Japanese Artist Left), in: Sanpauro shimbun, 29 November 1977
O. H., 'Art Kudo', in: L’Express, Paris, 28 February-6 March 1977, p. 14
Pluchart, François, 'Avant le muse du XXE siècle', in: Combat, February 1977
Volfin, Marie-Claude, 'Kudo', in: Les Nouvelles Littéraires, 3-10 March 1977, p. 26
___, 'Wadaisaku ga zurari Hanayaka ni kaimaku dai- jūyonkai Biennāre-ten' (Topical Line-Up. Grand Opening of the 14th Biennale), in: Nichihaku Mainichi shimbun, Nagano, 5 October 1977
___, 'Yashinsaku zurari! Sanpauro Biennāre-ten' (Ambitious Line-Up! The São Paulo Biennale), in: Sanpauro shimbun, 4 October 1977
1976
___, 'Furansu de jushō shita Kudō Tetsumi' (Tetsumi Kudo Awarded in France), in: Geijutsu Shinchō, September 1976, p. 51
J.L., J., 'Wien (1876-1913)', in: Les Nouvelles Littéraires, 19 February 1976
Jouffroy, Alain, 'La résistance de Kudo et la résistance à Kudo', in: Siècle 20, no. 47, September 1976, pp. 128-131
Nakahara Yūsuke, 'Hōkoku Venetia Biennare 1976. Saisei to hōko' (Report on the 1976 Venice Biennale. Revitalization and Directions), in: Bijutsu Techō, Tokyo, October 1976, pp. 170-211
1975
___, '15-nen no kiseki shōkai. Kudō Tetsumi, Yosioka Yasuhiro no 2-nin ten' (Fifteen Years of Their History. Joint Exhibition Tetsumi Kudo and Yasuhiro Yoshioka), in: Sanyō shimbun, 18 July 1975
___, '"Gendai Bijutsu no shi-hanseiki" ten, Bijutsushō no ayumi to mita mo omoshi-roi' (The Quarter Century of Japanese Contemporary Art Exhibition, Seen as the Development of Art Dealership in Japan), in: Mainichi shimbun, Nagano, 23 January 1975
Hariu Ichirō, Hirai Ryōichi, Minemura Toshiaki (et al.), 'Zadankai. Gendai bijutsu ten no 20-nen, Sōbana shugi o koete. Gendai bijutsu ni okeru tenrankai no imi' (Roundtable Talk. Twenty Years of Japanese Contemporary Art, Overcoming the All-Star System. The Meaning of Exhibitions in Contemporary Art), in: Bijutsu Techō, Tokyo, July 1975, pp. 37-39
Miki Tamon, 'Bijutsuten hyō. Jiko kakunin to shite no keizu' (Review of Art Exhibitions. Genealogy of the Self- Confirming Art), in: Geijutsu seikatsu, September 1975
___, 'Okayama no unda isai to sono shūhen' (Extraordinary Artists from Okayama and Their Friends), in: Asahi Journal, 1 August 1975, p. 81
___, 'Seikyō futatsu no kikaku ten "Gendai Bijutsu no shi-hanseiki" ten' (Two Popular Special Exhibitions. A Quarter Century of Japanese Contemporary Art), in: Evening edition of Yomiuri shimbun, 28 January 1975
1974
Jouffroy, Alain, 'Sakkaron. Kudō Tetsumi. Rejisutansu Kudō Tetsumi no, Kudō Tetsumi eno' (Comments on the Artists. Tetsumi Kudo. The Resistance of Kudo and against Kudo), in: Bijutsu Techō, Tokyo, May 1974, pp. 250-258
Nakahara Yūsuke, 'Kudo Tetsumi no sakuhin chūshaku' (Notes on the Works of Tetsumi Kudo), in: Bijutsu Techō, Tokyo, May 1974, pp. 220-249
Okada Takahiko, 'Sukkiri shita kōsei "Ruijiana no Nihon" ten' (Fine Curating at the Exhibition 'Japan in Louisiana'), in; Bijutsu Techō, Tokyo, December 1974, pp. 34-35
Oshima Nagisa, 'Kakumeitekei kaika eno' (For the Revolutionary Bloom), in: Rokugatsu no kaze report 5, July 1974
___, 'Sekai no ba Dusserudorufu de hirakare ru gendai Nihon bijutsu ten' (A Japanese Contemporary Art Exhibition in the Internationally Known Art City of Düsseldorf), in: Geijutsu Shinchō, May 1974, p. 53
___, 'Tokushū Gendai bijutsu to chōkoku no gainen' (Feature on the Concept of Contemporary Art and Sculpture), in: Bijutsu Techō, Tokyo, January 1974, p. 63
Tōno Yoshiaki, 'Hokuō no Nihon bijutsu ten' (Japanese Art Exhibitions in Northern Europe), in: Bijutsu Techō, Tokyo, September 1974, pp. 44-45
Yamagishi Noburō, 'Tenrankai Jiko shōsatsu no ichi jo to shite. Dusserudorufu deno "Nihon dentō to gendai" ten' (Exhibition Review as Self-Evaluation. Comments on the Exhibition 'Japan. Tradition and Contemporary Art' in Dusseldorf), in: Bijutsu Techō, Tokyo, July 1974, pp. 46-47
Yoshioka Yasuhiro, 'Nomerikomi no sanbon' (Three Works I am Crazy About), in: Rokugatsu no kaze report 5, July 1974
1973
___, 'Arte-Atualidade o discurso de Kudo', in: Gazeta de Alagoas, 14 December 1973
Borgeaud, Bernard, 'Kudo. Notre Portrait au futur', in: Pariscope, Paros, 29 November 29-5 December 1973
___, 'Expositions Kudo', in: Pariscope, Paris, 15 December 1973
F.P. François Pluchart, 'Mesures écologiques de Kudo', in: arTitudes, nos. 6-8, December 1973- March 1974, pp. 65-67
___, 'Galeriescope. Kudo. L’eccologie par l’image', in: La Galerie, November 1973
Hahn, Otto, 'Expositions, Kudo', in: L’Express, Paris, 26 November-2 December 1973
Lévêque, Jean-Jacques, 'Kudo', in: Cimaise 20, no. 112, May-August 1973
Marchesseau, Daniel, 'Les premiers pas', in: Les Nouvelles Littéraires, 24 December 1973
Pluchart, François, 'L’écologie sereine de Kudo', in: Combat, 17 December 1973
Saitō Masaharu, 'Kudō Tetsumi ga Myunhen orimpikku de' (Tetsumi Kudo at the Munich Olympics), in: Bijutsu Techō, Toyko, January 1973, pp. 247-254
1972
Bekkers, Ludo, 'Kunst De rottende wereld van Tetsumi Kudo', in: De Nieuwe, 7 April 1972
Block, Cor, 'Tetsumi Kudo in het Stedelijk Een verzamelig groeiende en verwelkende onderdelen', in: De Grolue, 25 March 1972
Dippel, Rini, 'Kudo en Ionesco', in: Museumjournaal 1, no. 17, 1972, pp. 20-22
Frenken, Ton, 'Met Kudo naar de ondergang', in: Eindhovens Daglad, 4 March 1972
Kelk, Fanny, 'Een bange optimist toont ons verval', in: Her Paroot, 24 March 1972
___, 'Kudo in Stedelijk', in: Trouw, 1 March 1972
___, 'Kudo is er', in: Uilluaw, March 1972
___, 'Noodkreet van een japanner' in: Alg Dagblad, 11 March 1972
Redeker, Hans, 'Kudo’s Trauma', in: Handelsblad/NRC, 10 March 1972
Rumler, Fritz, 'Sport und Hohn mit schönen Hexen', in: Der Spiegel, 4 September 1972
Tegenbosch, Lambert, 'Kudo', in: Vollesluaw, 4 March 1972
Tōno Yoshiaki, 'Kaigai jōhō. Okuni gakari de momemashita' (Information from Abroad. We Disagree with the 'Nation Meddling'), in: Bijutsu Techō, Tokyo, August-September 1972, pp. 38-39
von Graevenitz, Antje, 'Schocktherapie gegen Kulturverfall Tetsumi Kudo im Amsterdam Stedelijk Museum', in: Süddeutsche Zeitung, 5 April 1972
Wingen, Ed, 'Kudo. Bizar onderwijs', in: Telegraf, 24 March 1972
Yoshida Yoshie, 'Kokkyō o tokashi, toshi wo name. Mōhitotsu no 60-nendai shi, Nakajima Yoshio' (Infiltrating a Border and Destroying a City. Alternative History of the 1960s, Yoshio Nakajima, in: Bijutsu Techō, Tokyo, August-September 1972, pp. 192-219
Zutter, Jörg, 'Warten auf die Kasseler Dokumenta', in: Tages Anzieger, 30 March 1972
1971
Borgeau, Bernard, 'Kudo. "Nouvelle écologie"', in: Pariscope, Paris, 20 October 1971
Bouyere, Claude, 'En marge de la Biennale. Kudo, "Pollution—cultivation—nouvelle écologie"', in: Les Lettres Françaises, 20 October 1971
Conil Lacos, Michel, 'Quai de New-York, Mai en bord de la Seine', in: Le Monde, Paris, 5 May 1971
___, 'Dans les galleries. Kudo, Malaval', in: Quinzaine Littéraire, 1 October 1971
___, 'Les Expositions', in: Le Monde, Paris, 13 October 1971
França, José-August, 'O objecto operatorio', in: Coloquio-artes 13, no. 2, April 1971
Gassiot-Talabot, Gérald, 'Le monument de Kudo', in: Opus International, no. 26, June 1971
___, 'Les metamorphoses de Tetsumi Kudo', in: Chroniques de l’art vivant, no. 21, June 1971
J. A., 'Tetsumi Kudo. Une écologie nouvelle', in: Le Soir Bruxelles, Brussels, 11 October 1971
Lambert, Jean-Clarence, 'Kudo-Ionesco et la decomposition de l’homme', in: Opus International, no. 28, November 1971
L. M. C., 'Au Musée Galliera. Peintures et objets, Paris 1971', in: Le Monde, 14 July 1971
Michel, Jacques, 'Kudo "guérillero" du monde artistique', in: Le Monde, 27 October 1971
Nakahara Yūsuke, Nomura Tarō, 'Te-ma to sakuhin tono aida' (The Gap Between a Theme and a Work), in: Bijutsu Techō, Tokyo, July 1971, pp. 96-97
O.H., 'Expositions', in: L’Express, Paris, 18-24 October 1971
Pluchart, François, 'Le tour des expositions. La bande a kirili', in: Combat, 5 July 1971
___, 'Octobre à Paris', in: arTitudes, no. 2, November 1971
___, 'Une Biennale enfin informative', in: Combat, 11 October 1971
___, 'Le souvenir d’Hiroshima', in: Nouvelles Littéraires, 8 October 1971
Yasui Shūzō, 'Angeru ‘79 Pari. Tasai na katsuyaku Nihonjin gaka tachi' (Angle ‘79 Paris Various Activities of Japanese Artists), in: Mainichi shimbun, Nagano, 10 January 1971
1970
Applegate, Judith, 'Paris', in: Art International 14, no. 9, November 1970
___, 'Aus Hiroshima Objekte von Tetsumi Kudo im Kunstverein', in: Düsseldorfer Nachrichten, 17 April 1970
Friedrichs, Yvonne, 'Monster-Kabinett in verseuchten Rosengärten Die "schöne neue Welt" des Japaner Kudo im Kunstverein', in: Rheinische Post, Dussseldorf, 10 April 1970
Fröse, Dirk H., 'Bunte Konsumwelt im Schatten der Bombe', in: Generalanzeiger Wuppertal, May 1970
___, 'Ganpeki chōkoku ni idomu Kudō Tetsumi' (Concise Encyclopedia of Contemporary Artists. Tetsumi Kudo), in: Supplementary edition of Bijutsu Techō, Tokyo, 10 September 1970, p. 242
___, 'Happening mit Sekt begossen', in: Neue Rhein Zeitung, Dusseldorf, 16 May 1970
___, 'Im Gespräch', in: Düsseldorfer Stadtpost, Dusseldorf, 21 April 1970
Kaltwasser, Gelda, 'Kunst und Kegeln Tetsumi Kudo zeigt Objekte beim Kunstverein', in: Düsseldorfer Stadtpost, Dusseldorf, 18 April 1970
Koyama, '"Shōchō" wo sekai jū ni horitsuketai. Dappi wo sosonokasu zen’ei geijutsuka Kudō Tetsumi' (I Want to Inscribe My 'Symbols' All Over the World. Avant-Garde Artist Tetsumi Kudo Encouraging us to Molt), in: Asahi Graph, 13 February 1970, pp. 53-59
___, 'Kunst und Kegeln etsumi Kudo zeigt Objekte beim Kunstverein', in; Neue Rhein-Zeitung, Dusseldorf, 18 April 1970
K. v.M., T.F., 'Kudo in Düsseldorf', in: Brarants Dagblad, 24 April 1970
Meister, Helga, 'Kunst nach Hiroshima der Japaner Tetsumi Kudo in der Kunsthhalle', in: Düsseldorfer Nachrichten, Dusseldorf, April 1970
Merckx, A, 'de mens en de bom Tetsumi Kudo in Kunsthalle te Düsseldorf', in: De Nieuwe Gaset, Antwerp, May 1970, pp. 30-31
Nakahara Yūsuke, 'Tokushū=Hyōgen to bōryoku, Geijutsu wa muryoku ka? Mirukoto no kakuran' (Expression and Violence Series. Does Art Have No Power? Seeing is Disturbing), in: Bijutsu Techō, Tokyo, April 1970, pp. 22-49
Nic, 'Das Portrait im Liegestuhl Düsseldorf zeigt Werke des Japanres Tetsumi Kudo', in: RuhrNachrichten, Dortmund, 21 April 1970
Peterson, Ad, 'Kudo. Monument of Metamorphosis', in: Museumjournaal 15, no. 3, June 1970, p. 137
P.W.B., 'Das Gesicht schmolz Happening mit dem Japaner Kudo im Creamcheese', in: Feuilleton, 16 May 1970
___, 'René Berger et l’art d’aujourd’hui', in: La Gazette Littéraire, 20-21 June 1970
___, 'Schrecken von Hiroshima', in; Ruhr-Nachrichten, Bochum, 4 April 1970
Sello, Gottfried, 'Kunstkalender', in: Die Zeit, Hamburg, 3 July 1970
Stachelhaus, Heiner, 'ein Künstler lehrt das Gruseln', in: Neue Ruhr-Zeitung, Essen, May 1970
Takahashi Yoshihiro, 'Nokogiri-yama no kankyō geijutsu' (Environmental Art at Nokogiri Mountain), in: Geijutsu Shinchō, January 1970, pp. 80-82
Takiguchi Shūzō, 'Andepandan-ten ni miru hitotsu no shinwa' (A Myh about Anti-Paintings Observed in the Indépendent Exhibitions), in: Geijutsu Shinchō, April 1970, pp. 116-118
Tanemura Suehiro, 'Tokoshū Gendai no gurotesuku. Ushinaware shi mono o motomete. I Datsu-bika eno shōdo' (Special Feature on Contemporary Grotesque. In Search of What Is Lost, Part 1. Urge for Anti Beautification), in: Mizue, August 1970, pp. 19-26
___, 'Tetsumi Kudo Happening "Harakiri of Humanism"', in: De Nieuwe Gaset, Antwerp, 15 June 1970
___, 'Visionen von menschlichen Deformation', in: Die Welt, Berlin, 22 June 1970
Vitt, Walter, 'Der Japaner Tetsumi Kudo in der Düsseldorfer Kunsthalle menschliche Nasen in den Käfig gesperrt', in: Kölner Stadt Anzeiger, May 1970
___, 'Kunst nach dem Atompilz', in: Aachener Nachrichten, 6 May 1970
___, 'Nach dem Atompilz', in: Generalanzeiger für Bonn, 15 June 1970
___, 'Wide Angle', in: Bijutsu Techō, Tokyo, April 1970, p. 101
YF., 'Ionesco traf Kudo', in: Düsseldorfer Stadtpost, Dusseldorf, 23 April 1970
YF., 'Ionesco traf Kudo Japanischer Künstler stattet Film aus', in: Rheinische Post, Dusseldorf, May 1970
1969
___, 'Bijutsukai zōhan no yoha. Sanpauro biennare eno kokuhatsu' (In the Wake of the Rebel in Art. Accusation Against the São Paulo Biennale), in: Asahi Journal 11, no. 36, 7 September 1970, p. 48
___, 'Chōkoku no Kudō shi Pari kara kikoku' (The Sculptor Kudo’s Return from Paris), in: Mutsu shinpō, 11 July 1969
Gassiot-Talabot, Gérald, 'La distanciation érotique', in: Opus International, nos. 13-14, November 1969, pp. 45-49
___, 'Gendai bijutsuka jiten. Kudō Tetsumi' (Concise Encyclopedia of Contemporary Artists. Tetsumi Kudo), in: Bijutsu Techō, Tokyo, November 1969
___, 'Kudo Tetsumi ichinichi dake no wanmanshō' (Tetsumi Kudo’s One-Day-Long-One-Man Show), in: Bijutsu Techō, Tokyo, January 1969, pp. 86-87
Love, Joseph, 'Chikaku to media no taiwa. Gendai bijutsu ni miru kyakutai toshite no erosu' (Dialogue Between Perception and Media. Eros as an Object Represented in Contemporary Art), in: Bijutsu Techō, Tokyo, May 1969, pp. 70-117
Lyle, John, 'We Have Nothing to Lose but Our Brains', in: Art and Artists, no. 5, August 1969
Miyakawa Atsushi, 'Tokushū konnichi mo ningen zō. Ai to kaigyaku I Zuzōka sareta erosu to yūmoa' (Today's Human Imahe Series. Love and Humor), in: Mizue, June 1969, pp. 1-31
Neret, Kuniko and Geres, 'L’Éros Japonais', in: Opus International, nos. 13-14, November 1969, pp. 78-81
___, 'Obuje de yuniku na katsuyaku Goshogawara shusshin Kudō Tetsumi shi' (Tetsumi Kudo from Goshogawara City. His Unique Works in Formative Art), in: Tōō nippō, Tokyo, 15 July 1969
___, 'Obuje no Kudō san kisei honsha hōmon ni jataru, Pari ni watatte kenkyū myōnen Duits de koten mo hiraku' (Homecoming of the Formative Artists. Mr. Kudo, Talking at Our Offic about His Works in Paris and His Exhibition in Germany Next Year), in: Aomori minyū, Aomori, 10 July 1969
___, 'Tenbyō. Tatta ichinichi dake Kudō Tetsumi no koten' (Gist. A Day-Long Exhibition of Tetsumi Kudo), in: Asahi shimbun, Tokyo, 13 September 1969
___, 'Tokoshū Shiritai: sono kokoro no uchi' (Special Section, 'We Want to Know'. What’s on Your Mind), in: Sunday Mainichi, 21 September 1969, pp. 66, 112-113
Yoshida Toshio, 'Fūkei series IV. Chōkoku machi kado no obuje' (Landscape Series IV. Sculpture as an Art Object on the Street), in: Shūkan Yomiuri, 19 September 1969
Yoshioka Yasuhiro, 'Kudō Tetsumi. Sentō teki taiken kara umareru hyōgen kōi (Tetsumi Kudo. His Active Expression Based on His Fighting Experience), in: Bijutsu Techō, Tokyo, November 1969, p. 183
1968
Adorno, Theodor, 'Die Kunst und das Heim (1)', in: Deutsche Bauzeitung 102, no. 7, July 1968, pp. 528-531
___, 'Frits Becht. De verzamelaar van avant-garde kunst', in: De GOO1-en Eemlander van Zaterdag, 23 March 1968
Hariu Ichirō, 'Sekai ni tsūyō suru Nihon no 12 nin Kudō Tetsumi' (The Twelve Internationally Known Japanese People. Tetsumi Kudo), in: Geijutsu Shinchō, January 1968
___, 'Kunst kijken Kegelen met Kudo', in: De Telegraaf, 21 November 1968
Miki Tamon, 'Tokoshū gendai bijutsu to ningen no ime-ji <3> Kyo no jidai no fuzai shōmei. Ningen ni toristukare ta sakka tachi' (Feature on Human Images in Contemporary Art Series 3. Alibi in the Unreal Age. Artists Obsessed with Human Images), in: Bijutsu Techō, Tokyo, May 1968, pp. 134-135
___, 'Gendai chōkoku no ningen zō' (Human Images in Contemporary Sculptures), in: Geijutsu Seikatsu, February 1968, pp. 7-17
Redeker, Door Hans, 'De Kleine galerij Kudo', in: Algemeen Handelsblad, 23 November 1968
Tōno Yoshiaki, 'Geijutsu teki dezain to dezain teki geijutsum Mirano. Kasseru no isshūkan' (Artistic Designs and Designed Art. One Week in Milan, Kassel), in: Bijutsu Techō, Tokyo, October 1968, pp. 104-113
Tybout, Titia, 'Tetsumi Kudo. De mens ondergaat metamorphose', in: Utrechts Nieuwsblad, 14 November 1968
van Duinhoven, L., 'Tetsumi Kudo wil niet schokken maar opbeuren', in: Algemeen Dagblad, 16 November 1968
1967
Carbanne, Pierre, 'Ils frappent au visage', in: Arts Loisirs, 10-16 May 1967
Dobzynski, Charles, 'Science-fiction en panoramique de poche', in: Les Lettres Françaises, 20 December 1967
Hahn, Otto, 'Otto Hahn a vu', in: L'Express, Paris, no. 827, 1967
J.M., 'À travers les galleries', in: Le Monde, Paris, 28 April 1967
Jouffroy, Alain, 'Duchamp, prince de l’insolence', in: Arts Loisirs, June 1967, pp. 20-21
___, 'Kaigai no wadai. Kudō Tetsumi Kudō o shuppin. Pari' (Topics from abroad. Tetsumi Kudo Exhibiting Kudo. Paris), in: Bijutsu Techō, Tokyo, July 1967, pp. 19-20
Kubo Sadajirō, 'Kaiga de atta Nihon no wakai sakka tachi' (Young Japanese Artists I Met Abroad), in: Mizue, no. 751, August 1967, pp. 23-26
L, M. C., 'Peinture dénonciatrice', in: Le Monde, Paris, 23 June 1967
Kenedy, R. C., 'Paris', in: Art International 11, no. 1, September 1967
Lauris, François, 'Un bonze qui fait Pop', in: Arts Loisirs, 26 April-2 May 1967
Lévêque, Jean-Jacques, 'Bern', in: Opus International, no. 3, October 1967, pp. 93-94
Lipsi, Jeanine, 'Japanische Künstler in Europa', in: Werk 54, no. 6, June 1967, pp. 358-364
Mazars, Pierre, 'Un japonais à Paris', in: Le Figaro Littéraire, 15 May 1967
Muller, Grégoire, 'Paris. Insanity Fair', in: Art and Artists 2, no. 3, June 1967
Pluchart, François, 'L’insolite Wragg et la possibilité du réel', in: Combat, 9 October 1967, p. 11
Restany, Pierre, 'New-Look Cultural au muse', in: Arts Loisirs, July 1967, pp. 10-11
Sauré, Wolfgang, 'Paiser Kunstbericht', in: Basler Nachrichten, 29 May 1967
Schwartz, Paul Waldo, 'About the Galleries', in: International Edition of New York Times, 23 April 1967
Takiguchi Shūzō, 'Hyōgen no jiyū to geijutsu Eien ni atarashii mondai, Zettai teki no token wa nai' (Freedom of Expression in Art, Part 2. The Problem That Is Always New. The Absence of Absolute Freedom), in: Asahi shimbun, Tokyo, 22
August 1967 Tōno Yoshiaki, 'Japan', in: Artforum, New York, no. 5, January 1967, pp. 53-54
1966
___, 'Beeldende Kunst Vondst of Techniek "Les Objecteurs" in Parijs’ Ontzied', in: Haagse Post, 15 January 1966
Blok, C., 'Realisme op nieuwe wegen', in: De Groene Amsterdammer, 14 May 1966
Boudaille, Georges, 'Le XXIIe Salon de Mai, l’anéedes objecteurs', in: Les Lettres Françaises, 5 May 1966
Descargues, Pierre, 'Le 3e Festival de Libe Expression', in: Tribune de Lausanne, 1 May 1966
Ferrier, André, 'Des piéges à quoi?', in: Le Nouvel Observateur, 12-18 January 1966, pp. 34-35
Gassiot-Talabot, Gérald, 'Lettre de Paris. La nouvelle glaciation', in: Art International 10, no. 2, February 1966
Godard, Jean-Luc, Jouffroy, Alain, 'Miner le terrain', in: L’oeil, May 1966
Hahn, Otto, 'Lettre de Paris', in: Art International 10, no. 2, February 1966, pp. 73-75
Hariu Ichirō, 'Jinmyaku shin chizu 24 bijutsuka hen. Ken’I nante kusokurae geijutsuka gun' (New Map of Personal Relationships. 24 Artists. The Group of Artists Who Don’t Care about Authority), in: Shūkan Taishū, 22 June 1966, pp. 46-49
___, 'Internationale Pop-Art in Arnhems Galerie 20', in: Arnh. Comant, 12 July 1966
Jouffroy, Alain, 'Le happening et la guerre civile', in: L’Express, Paris, 11-17 April 1966
___, 'Kaigai no wadai. Pari no obuje sakka tachi' (Topics from Abroad. Object-Making Artists in Paris), in: Bijutsu Techō, Tokyo, July 1966, pp. 88-89
Kowalski, Piotr, 'Sculpture à la dynamite', in: Le Nouvel Observateur, 5-11 January 1966, pp. 24-35
___, 'Kudo, en Kultuur Beeldende Kunst Quiet event', in: Haagse Post, 23 April 1966
Lacoste, Michel Conil, 'Au Salon 'comparaisons', in: Le Monde, Paris, 11 March 1966
___, 'Le Salon de Mai en proie aux objecteurs', in: Le Monde, Paris, 6 May 1966
Leonald, Pierre, 'Un état d’espirit', in: Le Nouvel Observateur, 5-11 January 1966, p. 33
Lévêque, Jean-Jacques, 'Comparisons. L’audace s’installe', in: Arts, 16-22 March 1966
___, 'Pourquoi les objecteurs?', in: Beaux Arts, Paris, 4 10 May 1966
___, 'Obuje ya ni tsuite, Tokushū Pari no Obuje sakka tachi' (Feature on Objects Specialists from the Formative Artist Series), in: Bijutsu Techō, Tokyo, 1-12 April 1966
___, in: Podium 20, no. 3, June 1966 Shinohara Ushio, 'Zen’ei eno michi Shinohara Ushio jiden' (The Path of Avant-Garde Art. Autobiography of Ushio Shinohara), in: Bijutsu Techō, Tokyo, February-December 1966
Takahashi Chūya, 'Aru henshin. Pari no wakai gaka tachi no kinkyō', (A Reply. Reports on Young Painters in Paris), in: Bijutsu Techō, Tokyo, March 1966, pp. 102-107
Tōno Yoshiaki, 'Yo-roppa saiken. O eno tegami. à Venice, le 25 Oct' (Revisiting Europe. Letter to O from Venice, Oct. 25), in: Bijutsu Techō, Tokyo, February 1966, pp. 38-47
___, 'Tre japanska objektkonstnärer-Miki, Arakawa, Kudo', in: Konstrevy, no. 2, 1966, pp. 80-84 Tronche, Anne, 'Revue des arts Kudo', in: De Telegraaf, 1966
1965
___, 'Ankietka na dni oswiaty ksiazki i prasy', in: Przekrój, 16 May 1965
del Catillo, Charete, 'Exposition', in: Adam, February March 1965
Hahn, Otto, 'Lettre de Paris', in: Art International 9, no. 4, May 1965, pp. 49-51
Jelenski, K. A, 'Seize jeunes peintres japonais', in: Preuves Informations Reportages Internationaux, 27 April 1965
Jouffroy, Alain, 'Les objecteurs', in: Quadrum no. 9, 1965, pp. 5-32
___, 'Kunst wb Kultuur Beeldeende Kunst, Je t’ame Japanner Kudo. Humanisme in Europees', in: Haagse Post, 13 March 1965
L, M. A, 'Kudo', in: Cimaise 12, no. 72, February-March 1965
Leonard, Pierre, 'Le vice et la vertu de la figuration narrative', in: Le Nouvel Observateur, 13-19 October 1965, pp. 34-35
___, 'Un labyrinth heureux', in: Le Nouvel Observateur, 6-12 October 1965, p. 32
Lévêque, Jean-Jacques, 'Expositions l’éternal et le provisoire', in: Arts, December 1965, pp. 15-21
Michel Jacques, 'À travers les galleries. La narration ou l’ironie dans la peinture', in: Le Monde, Paris, 8 October 1965
Ōoka Makoto, 'Arechi o yuku geijutsuka andepandan sakka wa kenzai. Junka kōtei ni aru Kudō no sakuhin' (The Artists Travel through Wasteland. Whereabouts of the Indépendent Artists. Kudo’s Works in the Process of Purification), in: Evening edition of Yomiuri Shimbun, 16 March 1965 Pluchart, François, 'L’insolite et le mental suffisent rarement à donner une œuvre d’art', in: Combat, 20 December 1965
1964
___, 'A! Kudō ga iru' sukurīn. Zero no jidai ni yukue fumei no Nihonjin gaka' ('Ah! Here is Kudo' in the Screen. A Japanese Painter Lost in 'Zero Age'), in: Shūkan Heibon, 25 June 1964
Egawa Kazuhiko, 'Tenrankai hyō. Wakai sedai no hitotachi' (Exhibition Review. The Young Generation of Artists), in: Sansai, no. 171, March 1964, pp. 86-69
___, 'Gochamaze no karusa. Yangu sebun-ten' (The Lightness of a Jumble. The Young Seven Exhibition), in: Asahi shimbun, Tokyo, 11 February 1964
Ikeda Ichirō, 'Bijutsu kai tenbō. Yangu sebun-ten to Han-geijutsu shitopoju-mu' (Outlook on the Art World. The Young Seven Exhibition and Anti-Art Symposium), in: Mizue, April 1964, pp. 70-71
___, 'Kaigai no wadai. Atarashii rearisuto tachi o nichijō no shinwagaku' (Topics from Abroad. New Realists and the mythology of Realism), in: Bijutsu Techō, Tokyo, October 1964, pp. 90-91
___, 'Kunst en Kultuur Beeldende Kunsr Democratie', in: Haagse Post, 27 June 1964
___, 'Kurōzu appu eiga "Zero no sedai" no SEX' (Close Up to the Movie 'Zero Age'. Sex in the Movie), in: Shūkan Gendai, 25 June 1964, pp. 100-104
Laan, Adri, 'Veel pop-art in Valks Galerie 20', in: Vrije Volk, 11 July 1964
Lebel, Jean-Jacque, 'The "Lost"(?) Generation Meets It. What’s Happening?', in: Paris Gazette, Paris, 24-30 May 1964
Miki Tamon, Hyūga Akiko, 'Sakuhin gappyō koten, group ten kara. Yangu sebunten. Michi no hitsuzen no sekai' (Joint Reviews of Solo and Group Exhibitions. The Young Seven Exhibition. The World of Unknown Necessity), in: Bijutsu Techō, Tokyo, April 1964, pp. 122-130
Miyakawa Astushi, 'Han-geijutsu sono nichijōsei eno kakō' (Anti-Art Surrendering to Reality), in: Bijutsu Techō, Tokyo, April 1964, pp. 48-57
Nakahara Yūsuke, 'Bijutsu jihyō. Yomiuri andepandan ten o kaerimi te. Genkai made kita ishiki to sakuhin' (Comments on Current Art. Looking Back at the History of the Yomiuri Indépendent. The Limit of Artworks and Artists’ Consciousness), in: Evening edition of Yomiuri shimbun, 16 March 1964
___, 'Ome o haishaku' (May I have You Watch This?), in: Asahi shimbun, Tokyo, 5 July 1964
Takashina Shuji, 'Art et detachment. Destin de l’art actual en Japon', in: Aujourd’hui, Art et Architecture 8, no. 44, January 1964, pp. 72-73
Tōno Yoshiaki, 'Gendai sakka no hatsugen, Nihon no sen’ei tachi' (Words of Contemporary Artists, Japanese Avant-Garde), in: Mizue, January 1964, p. 41
___, 'Sayonara Yomiuri andepandan-ten' (Farewell to the Yomiuri Indépendent), in: Bijutsu Techō, Tokyo, April 1964, pp. 11-27
___, 'Yangu sebun-ten wakai sedai no hatsugen tenji. Kannen teki na dokudan o sakete' (The Young Seven Exhibition as the Statements of the New Generation. Avoiding Conceptual Dogmatism), in: Evening edition of Yomiuri shimbun, 11 February 1964
Uemura Takachiyo, 'Garō kara' (From a Gallery), in: Mizue, April 1964, pp. 91-97 ___, 'Uw portret..', in: Haagsche courant, 24 June 1964
1963
___, 'IV Biennale Internationale d’Arte, Palazzo de Kursal, Republic of San Marino, July 7-September 20', in: Art International 7, no. 6, June 1963
Albert-Levin, Marc, 'Biennale de Paris 1963', in: Cimaise 10, no. 66, November-December 1963, pp. 68-75
___, 'Beeldende Kunst H-born kunst De derde biennale van Parijs', in: Haagse Post, 12 October 1963
Ehara Jun, 'Pari no seinen biena-re ten (ge) Shūdan seisaku no shinsenmi, Nihon kara we 4 shi ga shuppin' (Reports on the Biennales de Paris for Young Artists Part 2. Freshness in the Group Creations; Remarks on the Four Japanese Artists), in: Evening edition of Yomiuri shimbun, 13 November 1963
Gassoit-Talabot, Gérald, 'Lettre de Paris', in: Art International 7, no. 9, December 1963
Hariu Ichirō, 'Sengo Bijutsu seisui shi 8 Dai-sanki no gunzō' (History of Japanese Postwar Art No. 8. Group Portraits of the Third Generation), in; Bijutsu Techō, Tokyo, September 1963, pp. 89-96
___, 'Kudō Tetsumi Pari de ganbaru' (Tetsumi Kudo Struggling in Paris), in: Bijutsu Techō, Tokyo, January 1963, p. 96
Lacoste, Michel Conil, 'La sculpture. Preponderance de l’expressionnisme vitalité des formes construites preoccupation technologique', in: Le Monde, Paris, 11 October 1963
Lebel, Jean-Jacques, 'Teikō suru geijutsuka, Inshū yaburu chokusetu kōdō; "Hakyoku no seishin" ten no nerai' (Direct and Unconventional Action of Rebellious Artists. The Purpose of the Exhibition 'Catastrophic Spirits'), in: Evening Edition of Yomiuri shimbun, 8 February 1963
Nakahara Yūsuke, 'Bijutsu (7) Kyōtsū no haikei kara. Neo Dada, Han-geijutsu no hassei (Art No. 7 From the Common Ground. The Emergence of Neo Dada and Anti-Art), in: Evening edition of Yomiuri shimbun, 17 May 1963
___, 'Dai-jūgokai Yomiuri andepandan-ten no tenbō. Shikaku geijutsu ni shinpū hihyō seishin afureru shuppin' (Outlook on the 15th Yomiuri Indépendent. New Trend in Visual Art, Critical Views of the Exhibitors), in: Evening edition of Yomiuri shimbun, 17 May 1963
___, 'Nihon no bijutsu wa dō ugoita ka = anforumeru igo = Sakka no hats gen to sakuhin Kudō Tetsumi' (How the Trend in Japanese Art Formed. After Informal Movement, Words and Works of Artists—Tetsumi Kudo), in: Supplementary edition of Bijutsu Techō, Tokyo, October 1963, pp. 46-48
___, '"Proliferating Chain Reaction in Limited Pool" and "Philosophy of Impotence, or Distribution Map of Impotence and the Appearance of Protective Domes at the Points of Saturation"', in: Bijutsu nenkan, December 1963
___, 'Art Yearbook', in: Supplementary edition of Bijutsu Techō, Tokyo, pp. 5, 51
Tōno Yoshiaki, 'Far Out in Japan', in: Show, May 1963, pp. 25-26
1962
Fujio Nobuyuki, 'Dai-jūyonkai Yomiuri andepandan-ten' (The 14th Yomiuri Indépendent), in: Bijutsu Techō, Tokyo, May 1962, pp. 128-135
Kitamura Yoshio, 'Paionia hōmon. Chōkokuka series (2) Kudō Tetsumi' (Visiting a pioneer. Sculptor Series No. 2 Tetsumi Kudo), in: Geijutsu Shinchō, February 1962
Lebel, Jean-Jacques, 'Naze wareware was tarakau no ka, Hakyoku no seishin o takushita kōi no geijutsu' (Why Are We Fighting? The Art as the Action Resulted from Catastrophic Spirits), in: Bijutsu Techō, Tokyo, June 1962, pp. 20-24
Maki Yoko, 'Ikasu dansei, Bijutsuka Kudō Tetsumi' (Attractive Men. Tetsumi Kudō), in: Shinfujin, May 1962, pp. 13-15
Okamoto Kenjirō, 'Shō 3 Kokusai seinen bijutsuka ten taishō Kudō Tetsumi' (Award Winners No. 3. Tetsumi Kudo, the Grand Prix Winner at the International Young Artists Exhibition), in: Geijutsu Shinchō, March 1962, pp. 80-81
Ōoka Makoto, 'Kongetsu no kao Kudō Tetsumi' (Face of the Month. Tetsumi Kudo), in: Bijutsu Techō, March 1962, pp. 72-73
Takiguchi Shūzō, 'Bijutsu jihyō. Sakunin no kik to sekinin Yomiuri andepandan ten kara' (Comments on Current Art. Crisis and Responsibility of Artworks Seen at the Yomiuri Indépendent), in: Evening edition of Yomiuri Shimbun, 16 March 1962
Tōno Yoshiaki, 'Han-Taiheyō seinen bijutsuka ten. Yakudō suru Kudō sakuhin' (Pan-Pacific Young Artists Exhibition. Kudo’s Exciting Works), in: Evening edition of Yomiuri shimbun, 17 February 1962
___, 'Koten gurūpu ten senpyō. Action no imi suru mono Nanbata Tatsuoki, Kudō Tetsumi' (Selector’s Comments on Solo and Group Exhibitions. What Action Means. Nanbata Tatsuoki and Tetsumi Kudo), in: Bijutsu Techō, Tokyo, June 1962, pp. 158-161
1961
___, 'Aki no seisaku' (Creations in Autumn), in: Evening edition of Asahi shimbun, Tokyo, 25 August 1961
Ehara Jun, 'Tenrankai geppyō. Futatsu no Yomiuri andepandan-ten, Motomerareru atarashii akui' (Monthly Review of Art Exhibitions. The Two Yomiuri Indépendent Exhibitions, Malice Newly Required), in: Bijutsu Techō, Tokyo, May 1961, pp. 127-130
Hariu Ichirō, 'Jikkenten to yū na no jikken' (Experiments in the Exhibition "Experiments in Contemporary Art"), in: Bijutsu Techō, Tokyo, June 1961, pp. 19-23
___, 'Kyō no kao. Kudō Tetsumi mugenda ni idomu shōbushi' (Today’s Face. Tetsumi Kudo, a Gambler Who Challenges the Infinite), in: Evening edition of Yomiuri shimbun, 31 January 1961
Nakahara Yūsuke, 'Ishoku shinjin no sakuhin. "Gendai geijutsu no jikken-ten"' (Works of Unusual Newcomers. Exhibition 'Experiments in Contemporary Art'), in: Yomiuri shimbun, 26 April 1961
___, 'Kakusan suru kūkan no ketten. Kudō Tetsumi koten' (End Point in the Scattering Space. Tetsumi Kudo Solo Exhibition), in: Evening edition of Yomiuri shimbun, 11 November 1961
Okamoto Tarō, 'Nihon no wakasa no sakebi, Yomiuri andepandan-ten o mite' (Scream of the Japanese Youth. Remarks on the Yomiuri Indépendent), in: Evening edition of Yomiuri shimbun, 11 November 1961
Ōtaka Masato, 'Zen'ei kenchikuka no mita jik-kenten. 'Gendai geijutsu no jikken'-ten to Gutai-ten' (An Avant-Garde Architect’s Remarks on the Experimental Exhibitions. 'Experiments in Contemporary Art' and 'Group Gutai'), in: Geijutsu Shinchō, June 1961, pp. 70-71
Segi Shn’ichi, 'Atarasii bi no hakken Yomiuri andepandan-ten kara 5. Mono no iyō na kōkisa 'H gata kihontai ni okeru zōshokusei punch hannō' (Finding a New Beauty at the Yomiuri Indépendent, Report 5. Unusual Grace of an Object, 'Proliferating Punch Reaction in H-Style Basic Substance'), in: Evening edition of Yomiuri shimbun, 9 March 1961
Tōno Yoshiaki, Takashina Shūji, 'Geijutsu no fuzai. "Gendai geijutsu no jikken"-ten o megutta' (The Absence of Art. Remarks on the Exhibition 'Experiments in Contemporary Art'), in: Mizue, June 1961, pp. 14-18
TOSHI, 'Kudō Tetsumi koten' (Tetsumi Kudo Solo Exhibition), in: Vou 83, October 1961, pp. 39-40
1960
Ehara Jun, 'Andepandan-ten ni miru Bijutsi hihyōka 3-shi no iken; Sakidori sareru haikyo' ('Anti-Painting' at the Yomiuri Indépendent. Opinions of Three Art Critics; Preoccupied Ruins), in: Geijutsu Shinchō, April 1960, pp. 120-122
___, 'Jihyō. Geijutsu de aru koto o hitsuyō to shinai sakuhin' (Art Works That Don’t Have to be Art), in: Bijutsu Journal, June 1960, pp. 34-35
Mōri Bushirō, Tōno Yoshiaki, 'Sozai, han kaiga, chōkoku' (Materials, Anti-Paintings, and Sculptures), in: Supplementary edition of Bijutsu Techō, April 1960, pp. 117-132
Nakahara Yūsuke, 'Sozai to hyōgen no shinkyōchi. Futatsu no Yomiuri andepandan-ten' (New Frontier in Materials and Expression. Two Yomiuri Indépendent Exhibitions), in: Evening edition of Yomiuri shimbun, 12 March 1960
___, 'Tenrankai senpyō. Dai-jūnikai Yomiuri andepandan-ten' (Selector’s Comments. The 12th Yomiuri Indépendent), in: Bijutsu Techō, May 1960, pp. 154-157
Okamoto Kenjirō, 'Andepandan-ten ni miru "Anchi kaiga" Bijutsi hihyōka 3-shi no iken; En naki shujō' ('Anti-Painting' at the Yomiuri Indépendent. Opinions of Three Art Critics; an Episode), in: Geijutsu Shinchō, April 1960, pp. 118-120
Takiguchi Shūzō, 'Andepandan-ten ni miru "Anchi kaiga" Bijutsi hihyōka 3-shi no iken; Hitotsu no sōwa' ('Anti-Painting' at the Yomiuri Indépendent. Opinions of Three Art Critics; An Episode), in: Geijutsu Shinchō, April 1960, pp. 116-118
___, 'Bijutsu jihyō. Yomiuri andepandan-ten no kaijō de ugoku wakai sedai no chikara' (Comments on Current Art. The Power of the Young Generation Emerging in the Yomiuri Indépendent), in: Evening edition of Yomiuri shimbun, 4 March 1960
Tōno Yoshiaki, 'Panchu-ru metafijikku no hata no shita ni' (Under the Flag of Metaphysical Painting), in: Geijutsu Shinchō, March 1960, pp. 66-75
___, 'Yomiuri andepandan-ten kara 1. 'Zōshokusei rensa han'ō B'. Kudō Tetsumi garakuta no geijutsu' (At the Yomiuri Indépendent, Report 1. 'Proliferating Chain Reaction'. Tetsumi Kudo, the Art of Junk), in: Evening edition of Yomiuri shimbun, 2 March 1960
Tōno Yoshiaki, Hariu Ichirō, Ehara Jun, 'Zadankai. Han kaiga. han-chōkoku, han-hihyō. Futatsu no andepandan-ten mondai ten o megutte' (Roundtable Talk. Anti-Paintings, Anti-Sculptures, and AntiCriticism. The Problems at the Two Yomiuri Indépendent Exhibitions), in: Mizue, April 1960, pp. 77-85
1959
Ehara Jun, 'Tenrankai hyō. Kudō Tetsumi koten' (Exhibition Review. Tetsumi Kudo Solo Exhibition), in: Mizue, November 1959, pp. 89
Hariu Ichirō, 'Tenrankai hyō. Koten' (Exhibition Review. Solo Exhibitions), in: Geijutsu Shinchō, November 1959, p. 184
___, 'Tenrankai senpyō. Dai-jūikkai Yomiuri andepandan-ten' (Selector’s Comments. The 11th Yomiuri Indépendent), in: Bijutsu Techō, Tokyo, May 1959, pp. 126-129
Nakahara Yūsuke, 'Koten group ten hyō. Kudō koten' (Reviews on Solo and Group Exhibition), in: Sansai, November 1959, p. 70
___, 'Tenrankai shūhyō. Kōhan’I na iyoku sakuhin Kudō Tetsumi hajimete no koten' (Weekly Review on Art Exhibitions. Versatile and Ambitous Works at Tetsumi Kudo's First Solo Exhibition), in: Evening edition of Yomiuri shimbun, 24 April 1959
___, 'Tenrankai shūhyō. Yashinteki na Kudō no koten' (Weekly Review on Art Exhibitions. Ambitious Solo Exhibtion of Tetsumi Kudō), in: Evening edition of Yomiuri shimbun, 18 September 1959
Steger, Richard V, 'Art in Tokyo. Art, Not Folk-Art', in: The Mainichi, Nagano, 22 April 1959
Takiguchi Shūzō, 'Puremio Riso-ne to Nihion no sanka' (Japanese Artists in the Premio Lissone Contest), in: Bijutsu Techō, Tokyo, September 1959, pp. 140-143
___, 'Yomiuri andepandan-ten hyō. Yaburareta kisei gihō. Wakai iyoku ga michi ni idomu' (Comment on the Yomiuri Indépendent. Conventional Technique Challenged. The Young and Eager Who dare the UnKnown), in: Evening edition of Yomiuri shimbun, 5 March 1959
Uemura Takachiyo, 'Koten group ten hyō. Kudō Tetsumi koten' (reviews on Solo and Group Exhibitions. Tetsumi Kudo Solo Exhibition), in: Sansai, October 1959, pp. 73-74
1958
___, 'Geijutsu wa kokomade kita ! Rokabiri- gaka natsu no kyōsōkyoku' (How Far Art Has Reached! Rhapsody in Summer by Rocakbilly Artists), in: Tōkyō Chūnichi shimbun, Tokyo, 8 July 1958
___, 'Group Ei dai-sankai-ten' (Third Exhibition of Group Ei), in: Gallery 2, August 1958, p. 32
Hariu Ichirō, 'Sōzōteki na sekai e. Jihyōteki bijutsuron' (The Imaginative World. Comments on Current Affairs in Art), in: Mizue, May 1958, pp. 70-73
___, 'Kore ga rokabiri- gaka da Tobiori notauchi mawatte seisaku Kudo Tetsumi shi no jitsuen' (This is a Rokabilly Artist. Jump and Tumble. Tetsumi Kudo's Happening), in: Yūkan Okayama, 10 September 1958
Takiguchi Shūzō, 'Andepandan no mirai. 10-shūmen wo mukaeta omou' (The future of the Indépendent Exhibition. On the 10th Anniversary), in: Evening edition of Yomiuri shimbun, 20 March 1958
Tapié, Michel, 'Nihon genijutsu no subarashii kanōsei' (Great Possibility of Japanese Art), in: Sansai, August 1958, pp. 28-45
Tapié, Michel, 'Sekai no naka no Nihon no wakai geijutsuka' (Young Japanese Artists in the World), in: Evening edition of Yomiuri shimbun, 3 April 1958