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Organised in collaboration with Art Basel, Art Week Tokyo is opening its expanded edition from 3rd to 6th November 2022 delivering an unprecedented citywide initiative that connects 51 of Tokyo’s leading galleries and institutions through coordinated programming and special bus service connecting all venues.

Complementing a stellar lineup of exhibitions, this year’s edition introduces a dedicated mobile app, AWT PASS, as well as a video program selected by internationally renowned curator Adam Szymczyk, a pop-up bar designed by emerging architect Motosuke Mandai, and an extended online presentation of works from participating galleries on Artsy, the leading online art marketplace for discovering, selling, and buying fine art.

With the opening of Japan’s borders to vaccinated tourists on the visa waiver program, this is the first edition of Art Week Tokyo to welcome international visitors. A full VIP program of exclusive collection visits and networking events also complements this year’s Art Week Tokyo.

Art Week Tokyo’s exhibition lineup is headlined by some of the most brilliant minds in Japanese contemporary art. These artists reflect the exciting combination of intuitive experimentation and thoughtful reflection that defines the best of Japanese modern and contemporary art, such as:

• Large-scale retrospectives for Mono-ha artist/philosopher Lee Ufan (National Art Center, Tokyo) and renegade multimedia artist/writer Shinro Ohtake (The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo);
• Gallery exhibitions for photographer and architect Hiroshi Sugimoto (Gallery Koyanagi), artist and critic Kenjiro Okazaki (Blum & Poe), architect and theorist Arata Isozaki (Misa Shin Gallery), and avant-garde poet and multimedia artist Gozo Yoshimasu (Take Ninagawa).

Numerous galleries are showcasing a heady mix of new media practices, including:

• Taro Nasu’s presentation of works by media art pioneer Ryoji Ikeda;
• Kana Kawanishi Gallery’s latest show of Post-Internet photographer Hideo Anze;
• Much-anticipated exhibitions of Takashi Ishida (Taka Ishii Gallery), Yuko Mohri (Yutaka Kikutake Gallery), and Yuichiro Tamura (Kotaro Nukaga);
• A two-person show of photographer Ryudai Takano and media artist Chikako Yamashiro, inaugurating Yumiko Chiba Associates’ new Roppongi space.

Japan’s world-renowned photography tradition is represented by:

• The latest works by photographer Rinko Kawauchi (Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery);
• A survey of young artists working with photo-based practices at the Tokyo Photographic Art Museum;
• A solo presentation of Kozo Miyoshi at PGI, and more.

The country’s deep and vital lineage of female painters is evidenced by exhibitions ranging from veteran Mitsuko Miwa’s debut solo show at SCAI The Bathhouse to mixed-media artist Emi Otaguro’s first foray into oil painting at Kayokoyuki.

The synergy that Japanese contemporary art shares with craft practices is on display in exhibitions for:

• Experimental ceramic artists Takahiro Kondo (Tokyo Gallery + BTAP), Masayasu Mitsuke (Ota Fine Arts), and Eiji Uematsu (Gallery 38);
• Junko Oki (Kosaku Kanechika), who employs special embroidery techniques to represent the intertwining of new and old time;
• Usui Ryohei (Mujin-to Production), whose glass sculptures are modeled on ubiquitous plastic bottles. 

Negotiating both regional and global networks, Tokyo’s galleries present a unique perspective on art from around the world. International artists on view in Art Week Tokyo include:

• Cambodia’s Sokchanlina Lim (NCA | Nichido Contemporary Art);
• Daan van Golden (Misako & Rosen) of the Netherlands;
• France’s Lionel Estève (Perrotin);
• Germany’s Imi Knoebel and Erik Swars (Ken Nakahashi) and Christiane Löhr (Taguchi Fine Art);
• Italy’s Santi Alleruzzo (Side 2);
• Julian Opie (Maho Kubota) of the United Kingdom;
• Marcia Hafif (Fergus McCaffrey) from the United States.

Image from left: © Kenjirō Okazaki, courtesy of the artist and Blum & Poe, Los Angeles/New York/Tokyo; Art Week Tokyo’s AWT PASS app

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