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25-27 JULY 2008
We are pleased to announce that ART OSAKA 2008* will beheld at the Dojima Hotel in Osaka from 25th to 27th July. The
theme for this year s exhibition is ASIA . The 47 participating
galleries are selected from Japan, Korea and Taiwan and they willshow a diverse range of content from emerging unknown talents tointernationally established contemporary artists. The fair is thebest place to witness the cutting edge of the art scene in Asia. The
famous Tenjin Matsuri and the Kyoto Gion Matsuri(two of thegreatest festivals in Japan)are held concurrently. Please comeand enjoy with us this summer Osaka's celebration of art andhistory.
(* ART OSAKA was formerly known as Art in Dojima/Osaka.)

Date : (FRI)25th. (SAT)26th. (SUN)27th.JULY 2008 ※This fair is over.
Venue : DOJIMA HOTEL 8F, 9F, 10F, 11F 47rooms(2-1-31 Dojimahama, Kita-ku, Osaka, 530-0004 Japan)
Tel: +81(0)6-6341-3259 URL: http://www.dojima-hotel.com
Access : <From Train Station>
3min. walk from Kitashinchi station of JR Line,or Nishiumeda station of Subway Yotsubashi Line
8min. walk from "Osaka station of JR Line,Umeda station of Subway,Hankyu,Hanshin Lines"
10min. Taxi-ride from Shin-Osaka station of JR Line
<From Kansai / Osaka International Airport>
Kansai International Airport (KIX)
90min.Limousine bus / Taxi-ride; 60-70min. train-ride
Osaka International Airport (ITM)
30min.Limousine bus / Taxi-ride; 40min. train-ride
Reception : DOJIMA HOTEL 1F
Fair Hours : 12pm. - 7pm. *25th.JULY:12pm. - 9pm.
(Admission closes 30minutes prior to the fair closing.)
Admission Fee : ￥1,000 (valid for the duration)*Please purchase tickets
at the ART OSAKA reception desk on the first floor,
DOJIMA HOTEL. The ticket is available only during the art fair.
Organizer : ART OSAKA Organizing Committee
Supported by : DOJIMA HOTEL, graf, Kyoto University of Art and Design, The Asahi Shimbun, SUNTORY LIMITED.
Event Curator : Contemporary Art Planning KATOH YOSHIO OFFICE
Organizing Committee : Takashi Yamaguchi(Gallery Yamaguchi Kunst-Bau)/ Kayoko Hosokawa(Gallery Hosokawa) /Katsuya Ishida(MEM) /Satoshi Hayashi(Nomart Project Space) /Yoshio Katoh(Contemporary Art Planning KATOH YOSHIO OFFICE)
Executive Committee Office : c/o Gallery Yamaguchi Kunst-Bau Attn.: Noriko Miyamoto
Address : Shosen-mitsui-chikko bldg. B1,1-5-25 Kaigan-dori,Minato-ku, Osaka, 552-0022 Japan
Tel : +81 (0)6-6577-0998 Fax : +81 (0)6-6577-0995 /E-mail: info@artosaka.jp / URL : www.artosaka.jp
PRESS OFFICE : TAIRA MASAKO PRESS OFFICE / Masako Taira / E-mail :masako@tmpress.jp

GALLERY

Room.802
neutronRoom.807
tengensya

Room.802GALLERY IDF

Room.805
MSSOHKAN

Room.806
GALERIE SHOCONTEMPORARY ART

Room.808
Gallery TOKI NO WASUREMONO

Room.810
HIRO GALLERY

Room.811
OTO GALLERYBACK NUMBERArt OSAKA 2008 25-27 JULY 2008

Room.812
interior/ art coordinator:
Kumi Okumura and Emiko Kashiwai

Room.815
GALLERY TSUBAKI

Room.816
Dynasty Art Gallery(Taiwan)

Room.817
Nomart Project Space

Room.901
MEM

Room.902
Radi-um vonRoom.905
FUKUGAN GALLERY

Room.906
GALLERY SIDE2

Room.907
VOICE GALLERY pfs/w

Room.908
Yoshiaki Inoue Gallery

Room.910
kobo chika

Room.911
Gallery HAM

Room.912
SHINOBAZU GALLERY

Room.915
Art U

Room.916
YOD Gallery

Room.917
hiromiyoshii

Room.1001
Gallery Hosokawa

Room.1002
gallery ARTE

Room.1005
MORI YU GALLERY

Room.1006
Yumiko Chiba Associates

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Gallery TAF

Room.1012
Gallery Yamaguchi Kunst-Bau

Room.1102
studio J

Room.1108
GALLERY TERASHITA

Room.1115
ARTCOURT Gallery

Room.1008
Room.1010
SIPA<Seoul International Print,Expol-Sources Gallery(Taiwan)
Photo & Edition Works Art Fair>(Korea）+
GALERIE PICI(Korea)

Room.1015
Picture Photo Space:
Viewing Room

Room.1105
The Third Gallery Aya

Room.1017
Capital Art Center(Taiwan)

Room.1106
Gallery OUT of PLACE

Room.1110
Gallery KAZE

Room.1111
SOH GALLERY

Room.1116
Gallery Shilla(Korea)

Room.1117
gallery Sakamaki

Room.1011
East Gallery Taipei(Taiwan)

Room.1101
GALERIE GRAND SIéCLE(Taiwan)

Room.1107
SAI GALLERY

Room.1112
MEGUMI OGITA GALLERYBACK NUMBERArt OSAKA 2008 25-27 JULY 2008
EVENT
LectureDevoting yourself to ART ー from living space to urban space

26 (SAT) JULY 2pm-4:10pm
Place: DOJIMA CLUB, 7F, DOJIIMA HOTEL
Seats: 50
MC: Yoshio Katoh (Independent curator)
How to participate : From 12pm on 26th JulyAt the reception desk on the 1F, the reservations will be started in oder of application.
The application will be closed as soon as the seats are fully reserved.
1, Encounter with ART in living space

2pm-3pm

Lecture by: Kumi Okumura・Emiko Kashiwai (Interior coordinator/Art coordinator)
2,Encounter with ART in the urban space AQUA METROPOLIS OSAKA 2009

3:10pm-4:10pm

Lecture by: Fram Kitagawa (Art Director/ President of Art Front Gallery)※ Lectures given only in Japanese.

Talk show

Auction house OKA KENTA in DOJIMA

27 (SUN) July 5pm-6pm
Place: DOJIMA CLUB, 7F, DOJIIMA HOTEL
Auctioneer: Kenta Oka (popular personality of the Yoshimoto Creative Agency)
Seats: 50
How to participate : From 12pm on 27th JulyAt the reception desk onthe 1F, the reservation will be started in oder of application.
The application will be closed as soon as the seats are fully reserved.
※ Talk show given only in Japanese.

Information on surrounding events▼ Tenjin Matsuri Festival / around the Osaka Temmangu Shrine / 24th-25th July / www.tenjinsan.com Tel: +81(0)6-6353-0025▼ Tenjin Matsuri Festival Fireworks / around the Okawa River / 7:30pm-9pm, 25th July / www.nnn.co.jp/dainichi/suitosai/ Tel: +81(0)6-6120-1800▼ Kyoto Gion-Matsuri Festival / around the Kyoto Yasaka Shrine/ 1st.-31th July / http://web.kyoto-inet.or.jp/org/yasaka/ Tel: +81(0)75-561-6155▼ The National Museum of Art, Osaka / Modigliani et le Primitivisme

Shiota Chiharu: Breath of Mind / Collection 2 / 1st.July-15th September / www.nmao.go.jp

4-2-55 Nakanoshima, Kita-ku, Osaka Tel: +81(0)6-6447-4680▼ The Museum of Oriental Ceramics, Osaka / Special Exhibition The Art of Chinese Stuff Bottles - 1000 Masterpieces of the Oki Shoichiro Collection / 19th July-28th September / www.moco.or.jp
1-1-26 Nakanoshima, Kita-ku, Osaka Tel: +81(0)6-6223-0055▼ The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto / PanReal & Postwar Art 23rd July-7th September / SHIMOMURA Ryonosuke (tentative title) 29th July-31st August / www.momak.go.jp
Okazaki Enshoji-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto Tel: +81(0)75-761-9900