Art Fair Tokyo 2012 expands its venue, taking up all of the Tokyo International Forum Exhibition Hall

TOKYO.- For the seventh edition in this year, the fair will have an expanded venue, taking up the whole area of the Tokyo International Forum Exhibition Hall. As a result, the special section for young contemporary art galleries, “PROJECTS,” which was located in the Lobby Gallery until last year, will be set up within the Exhibition Hall, and several new programs will be conducted. Artistic Practices Launched in 2011 as an experimental exhibition for contemporary art, Artistic Practices will be expanded [...]

Art Fair Tokyo Opens Against a Backdrop of Continued Uncertainty

TOKYO.- ART FAIR TOKYO, the largest fair of its kind in Japan, began in 2005. This year it celebrates its fifth anniversary. Featuring contemporary art, modern art, nihonga and ukiyoe, in addition to other Asian works of art and antiques, ART FAIR TOKYO is known throughout the world for both the wide genres and periods it covers and for the quality of its exhibits. Last year’s edition of the fair attracted 45,000 people, an increase on the previous year, and [...]