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Azabudai Hills | image Ⓒ DBox for Mori Building Co., Ltd.
Azabudai Hills | image Ⓒ DBox for Mori Building Co., Ltd.
food market of Azabudai Hills | image © DBox for Mori Building Co., Ltd.
teamLab, Moss Garden of Resonating Microcosms – Solidified Light Color, Sunrise and Sunset | teamLab Planets TOKYO, Tokyo © teamLab
teamLab, The Infinite Crystal Universe | teamLab Planets TOKYO, Tokyo © teamLab
teamLab, Drawing on the Water Surface Created by the Dance of Koi and People – Infinity | teamLab Planets TOKYO, Tokyo © teamLab
teamLab, Waterfall of Light Particles at the Top of an Incline | teamLab Planets TOKYO, Tokyo © teamLab
teamLab, Universe of Fire Particles Falling from the Sky | teamLab Planets TOKYO, Tokyo © teamLab
ELEVENPLAY×Rhizomatiks×Kyle McDonald ‘discrete figures’ | image © Yoshikazu Inoue
Tsuda Michiko, ‘Windowology: New Architectural Views from Japan’, installation view at VILLUM Window Collection, Copenhagen, 2022 | image © Jens Lindhe
Saeborg, ‘Cycle of L’ performance at The Museum of Art, Kochi, 2020 | image © Taisuke Tsurui
teamLab, Vegan Ramen UZU Tokyo | teamLab TOKYO, Tokyo © teamLab
Additional must-see openings include Designart Tokyo, one of Japan’s largest annual design and art festivals. The 2023 edition takes the concept ‘Sparks – Freeing Your Thoughts’. Between 20-29 October, 2023, Tokyo becomes an open museum as presentations by leading talents in art, interior design, technology, and fashion are held in galleries and shops throughout the city.
Designart Tokyo 2023’s key visual is crafted by the up-and-coming computational designer, Shoya Dozono
The central Tokyo district of Roppongi hosts Roppongi Art Night. In 2024, the event will once again wow audiences with its mix of contemporary art, design, music, film, and dynamic performances. This is a multi-venue event with exhibitions previously taking place at the Roppongi Hills complex, the Mori Art Museum, Tokyo Midtown, the Suntory Museum of Art, 21_21 DESIGN SIGHT, and The National Art Center, Tokyo plus the surrounding streets. Follow @roppongi_art_night_official to hear when the 2024 festival dates are announced.
the central Tokyo district of Roppongi hosts Roppongi Art Night (2024 dates to be announced) | image © Roppongi Art Night Executive Committee
As the largest art fair in Japan and the oldest in Asia, Art Fair Tokyo continues to bring together leading art galleries from across the country and the rest of the world since its founding in 2005. The fair is based around three core exhibitions: Galleries, Crossing, and Projects with works spanning from contemporary art masterpieces to ancient Japanese earthenware.
Art Fair Tokyo returns again March 8-10, 2024
There is always something to discover in Tokyo. Seasonal events and grand openings are happening all the time. Follow @tokyotokyooldmeetsnew and visit www.gotokyo.org to plan your next trip to Tokyo.
Art Fair Tokyo returns again March 8-10 , 2024
openings info:
name: teamLab Planets
artist: teamLab | @teamlab
location: teamLab Planets TOKYO, Toyosu 6-1-16, Koto-ku, Tokyo
dates: July 7, 2018 – ongoing
name: teamLab Borderless: Mori Building Digital Art Museum
artist: teamLab | @teamlab
location: Azabudai Hills, Minato City, Tokyo
opening date: January 2024
name: Azabudai Hills – Modern Urban Village
location: Azabudai Hills, Minato City, Tokyo
designer: Thomas Heatherwick (UK)
architects: Pelli Clarke & Partners (USA) and Sou Fujimoto (Japan)
urban developer: Mori Building Co., Ltd
opening date: November 24, 2023
name: SusHi Tech Tokyo 2024 Showcase Programme
location: Odaiba, including Ariake Arena & Miraikan – the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation
dates: April 27 – May 26, 2024
name: Tokyo Contemporary Art Award 2022-2024 Exhibition
artists: Saeborg; Tsuda Michiko
location: Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Exhibition Gallery 3F (4-1-1 Miyoshi, Koto-ku, Tokyo)
dates: March 30 – July 7, 2024
name: Syn : ‘Unfolded Horizon of Bodily Senses’
performing artists: Rhizomatiks × ELEVENPLAY | @rhizomatiks x @elevenplay
location: TOKYO NODE | @tokyonode
opening date: October 6-29, 2023
name: Designart Tokyo 2023
locations: Omotesando/Gaienmae/Harajuku/Shibuya/Roppongi/Hiroo/Ginza/Tokyo
dates: October 20-29, 2023
name: Roppongi Art Night | @roppongi_art_night_official
locations: Roppongi Hills; Mori Art Museum; TOKYO MIDTOWN; Suntory Museum of Art; 21_21 DESIGN SIGHT; The National Art Center, Tokyo; Roppongi Shopping District; other cooperating facilities and public spaces in the Roppongi area
opening date: 2024
name: Art Fair Tokyo | @artfairtokyo
location: Tokyo International Forum, Hall E and Lobby Gallery
dates: March 8-10, 2024
