November 16, 2020

Press Release

Kyoto Prefecture

Kyoto to host one of Japan’ s largest contemporary art fairs.

Art Collaboration Kyoto

53 galleries from around the world to participate.
Leading galleries from Japanand abroad will exhibit in shared booths.

Executive Committee

Taking place in a unique exhibition hall rich in variation and movementthat will allow for new encounters with each of the artworks on display.
Tickets on sale from December 1.

Kyoto Prefecture (Governor Takatoshi Nishiwaki) and Art Collaboration Kyoto Executive Committee (Oﬃce: Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto City; Chairman: Katsuhiko Inagaki, Director General of Department
of Culture and Sports, Kyoto Prefecture; hereinafter “ACK Executive Committee”) is pleased toannounce details for Art Collaboration Kyoto (hereinafter “ACK”,) a large-scale art fair specializedin contemporary art, to be held in February of 2021 at Kyoto International Conference Center.
This announcement includes information such as a list of 53 participating galleries and images ofthe exhibition hall. (Please refer to Reference Material 1 for an overview.)
With the current COVID-19 situation, it has become diﬃcult for galleries overseas to travel toJapan to participate. However, with mutual cooperation based on the long-standing relationships
between the galleries in Japan and overseas, it has become possible to exhibit artworks of thoseoverseas galleries. Now more than ever with the restrictions on global travel, ACK strives tomaintain a site for international exchange through the arts and to provide an enjoyable opportunity for visitors to peruse and purchase works of art.
ACK tickets will go on sale from December 1 at 10:00(JST,) and purchases can be made online atwww.a-c-k.jp. In the prevention of the spre ad of COVID-19, all visitors will be required topurchase timed tickets online. The venue’ s capacity will be limited during this fair.
In addition, there will be related programming that will be supported in part by ACK, to take placein Kyoto during the art fair. (Please refer to Reference Material 2.) There will be events andprograms that provide an opportunity for visitors to see at once a wide range of art, fromcontemporary art to traditional crafts, from established to budding artists, and for Kyoto to be
livened up by art. One such programming will take place in a historic building, allowing for thevisitors to experience time and space that is unique to Kyoto.

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Overview of Art Collaboration Kyoto
1. About the Participating Galleries
There will be two dedicated sections, titled “Gallery Collaboration” and “Kyoto Meetings.” There
will be 53 participating galleries and 32 booths. For a complete list of the participating galleries,
please refer to Reference Material 3; for a closer look at some of the participating galleries,
please see Reference Material 4.

About “Gallery Collaborations”
In this section, there will be 22 Japanese galleries that welcome 23 galleries from around theworld (10 from Europe, 7 from Asia, 6 from North and South Americas) to share the booths.
With a total of 45 participating galleries and 22 booths composed of co-starring hosts and guests,
world-class contemporary art will be presented to the domestic and international audience.

About “Kyoto Meetings”
In this section, 8 Japanese galleries will introduce a total of 17 artists with connections to Kyoto
in a solo exhibition or a themed group exhibition. From 10 booths, we will show contemporary art
from Kyoto to the world.

2. Tickets
Available for purchase from Tuesday, December 1, 2020, 10:00 (JST)
Early Bird Oﬀer:
Adults ¥2,500
Students (high school and university) ¥1,000
From February 2021, tickets will be sold at regular prices:
Adults ¥3,000
Students (high school and university) ¥1,500
All visitors are required to purchase advance tickets online.
(With timed entry and limited capacity.)
For more information,www.a-c-k.jp

please visit the website:

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3. Exhibition Hall
In the exhibition hall, exhibition booths ofvarious sizes will be arranged in a seemingly
random manner. However, each booth isintentionally distanced from the other booths
and is designed so that exhibits will notinterfere with each other. In contrast to the
traditional art fair where one has to attempt
to see as much as possible within a limited
timeframe, this design takes root from theidea that the exhibition space should “allow
for the works to be exhibited in their true,
desired form andmanner” and “be a space of
encounter where visitors can see anddiscover works on their own accord.”
Illustration of the proposed exhibition hall

There will also be a wide variety in the use ofnon-booth spaces, such as plaza-like spaces and back alleys in areas between the booths. In such
spaces, guests can get coﬀee, participate in events, and see other exhibits, and spend time that is
diﬀerent from what they can experience in the exhibition booths. We hope that not only theexhibition booths—where the collaboration between Japanese and overseas galleries transpire—
but that the entire venue will provide a space enriched by the collaboration of all participants andexhibited works, and that it will be a place where everyone will enjoy art.
Spatial design by Takashi Suo, SUO

4. Logo“In this world today, where a wide variety of conditions and states exist, a certain type of
resilience to change is desired of its graphic system.” Born out of such ideas, the logo for thisfair was created in collaboration by the graphic design, architecture, and web teams to seamlessly connect the physical space to the digital space, while also being capable of making
changes where necessary.

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Measures Against COVID-19
Due to the eﬀects of COVID-19, many individuals and groups involved in the cultural arts have
suﬀered financial losses through postponement or cancellation, making it diﬃcult to continue
their activities.Now in this age where a new lifestyle is being sought out, through this event, we
strive to create a sustainable ecosystem for cultural arts and economy that will overcome suchdiﬃculties and explore how cultural support can function in this age of coronavirus.
ACK Executive Committee will practice a thorough implementation of preventative measuresagainst COVID-19 per various guidelines. We will secure the safety of the visitors, galleries, andfair staﬀ, and ensure the utmost consideration so that all parties involved will participate withease. Please note that due to the latest conditions and in prioritizing the safety of the visitors,
there may be changes to the fair format and exhibitors, exhibition content, and other details
announced in this press release.

For further inquires

Press Inquiries
ACK Executive Oﬃce
Press Relations: Shimabayashi (Mr.) (Start PR)
Phone: +81 80 6589 1234

Email: press@a-c-k.jp

Inquiries about ACKACK Executive Oﬃce
Oishi (Ms.) (Department of Culture and Sports, Kyoto Prefecture)
Phone: +81 75 414 5298

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Reference Material 1

Overview of “Art Collaboration Kyoto” (Outline)

Event NameArt Collaboration Kyoto
The katakana notation is “アートコラボレーションキョウト.”The abbreviation is “ACK.”

Dates

Friday, February 12–Sunday, February 14, 2021
Preview: Thursday, February 11, 2021 (National Foundation Day) Open only to the press and VIPs

Main Venue

Kyoto International Conference Center Event Hall

Address

Takaragaike Sakyo-ku Kyoto 606-0001 Japan(5-minute walk from Kokusaikaikan station on the Karasuma Subway Line)
In addition to the 3000 square meters at the above-mentioned venue,
related programs will be held in Kyoto City.

Organizer

Art Collaboration Kyoto Executive Committee
The Japanese notation is “アートコラボレーションキョウト実行委員会.”
The abbreviation is “ACK Executive Committee.”
The committee members, who are five individuals from five organizations, are as follows:
Chairperson

Katsuhiko Inagaki
Director General of Department of Culture and Sports, Kyoto PrefectureVice-Chairperson

Yoshiaki Inoue
Director of Yoshiaki Inoue Gallery/Vice-President of Association for the Promotion of Contemporary Art in Japan

Vice-Chairperson

Tomio Koyama
Director of Tomio Koyama Gallery/
Representative Director of Contemporary Art Dealers Association Nippon

MemberTomoharu Inoue
Board Chairman of Culture Vision Japan Foundation Inc.

AuditorShuhei Akahoshi
Managing Director of Department of Conventions and Tourism,
Kyoto Convention and Visitors Bureau

SupportThe Cabinet Oﬃce, Government of Japan
The Agency for Cultural Aﬀairs, Government of Japan

In cooperation with

Ministry of Foreign Aﬀairs of Japan, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry,
Japan Tourism Agency, JETRO Kyoto, Kyoto City, The Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry,
Japan Association of Corporate Executives, Japan Association of New Economy,
Kyoto Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Kyoto Association of Corporate Executives,
U.S. Consulate General Osaka-Kobe, Consulate-General of Italy in Osaka,
Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Korean Cultural Center Korean Embassy in Japan,
Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany Osaka-Kobe, Embassy of Brazil,
British Council

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Related programs

Artaota
Friday, February 12–Sunday, February 14, 2021
Venue: Kujoyu (Minami-ku Kyoto)
Organizer: Muz Art Producee
An art market for works by art students will take place at Kujoyu, a bathhouse.
We hope this will be an opportunity for art experts to seek out new and upcoming talent.

Advanced Mission Towards A Kyoto Kogei World
Thursday, February 11–Sunday, February 14, 2021
Venue: Main Oﬃce, Former Main Building of the Kyoto Prefectural Oﬃce (Kamigyo-ku Kyoto)
Organizer: Kyoto Kogei Association
At Main Oﬃce, Former Main Building of the Kyoto Prefectural Oﬃce, cutting-edge works bycurrent-day craft makers will be on display. Through this event, Kyoto Kogei (Craftwork of Kyoto)aims to develop into a global standard within the contemporary art market.

ObjectSaturday, February 13 and Sunday, February 14, 2021
Venue: Kyoto Okazaki Tsutaya Books (Sakyo-ku Kyoto)
Organizer: OBJECT
An artist-organized fair event that brings together a wide variety of three-dimensional works.
We aim to create an alternative art market for people to interact with artists in an airy, open space.

Kyotographie Extra
Friday, February 5–Tuesday, February 23, 2021, at Delta*Thursday, February 11–Sunday, February 14, 2021 at Itoyu Machiya
Venue: Delta / Kyotographie Permanent Space (Kamigyo-ku) and Itoyu Machiya (Shimogyo-ku)
Organizer: Kyotographie
A solo exhibition by Yuna Yagi at Kyotographie’s permanent space DELTA that is newly opened andlocated in Demachi Masugata Shopping Street (February 5–23.) In addition to that, exhibitions by
Marjan Teeuwen and Atsushi Fukushima at five traditional Kyoto townhouses in Shinmachi Ayanokoji(February 12–14,) in total three exhibitions that will be presented during the period.

Connect
Saturday, January 23–Sunday, March 14, 2021
Venue: Fujii Daimaru (Shimogyo-ku Kyoto)
Organizer: Artists’ Fair Kyoto Executive Committee
As A Special Exhibition Organized By Artists’ Fair Kyoto, An Installation By Contemporary Artist Kengo
Kito Will Be Exhibited On The 1st Floor Of Fujii Daimaru And Adorn The City Of Kyoto With Colors
This Winter.
At The Special Event Site On The 2nd Floor, Works By Artists Satoshi Takeda, Yuka Tojo, Jasmine Noda,
Who Exhibited Exhibiting In Artists’ Fair Kyoto 2020 Will Be On Display From January 23–31.

Rakuchu Kansei Art Exhibition Kyoto 2021
Wednesday, February 10–Sunday, February 21, 2021
Tuesday, February 23–Friday, March 5, 2021
Venue: Mitera Sennyuji Temple (Higashiyama-ku Kyoto)
Venue: Kodaiji Temple (Higashiyama-ku Kyoto)
Organizer: Rakuchu Kansei Art Exhibition Executive Committee
Organized along the themes of “sensibility,” “tradition,” and “future,” the traditional beauty of Japanas a result of merging a space infused with historical architectural beauty and contemporary art andcrafts will be transmitted from Kyoto.

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Gallery Collaborations: Participating Galleries

Host

Guest

Gallery

Anomaly

Blum & Poe

CollaborationsTokyo

Los Angeles

Artcourt Gallery

Erskine, Hall & Coe

Osaka

LondonFinch Arts

Art Space 413

Kyoto

Seoul

Imura Art Gallery

Mizuma Gallery

Kyoto

Singapore

Kayokoyuki

King’s LeapTokyo

New York

Misako & Rosen

Fortes D’aloia & GabrielTokyo

São Paulo

Mori Yu Gallery

Richard Taittinger Gallery

Kyoto

New York

Nanzuka

PetzelTokyo

New York

Gallery Out Of Place

Galerie Camera Obscura

Tokyo

Paris

Satoko Oe Contemporary

Gallery Exit

Tokyo

Hong Kong

Standing Pine

Primo Marella Gallery

NagoyaMilanoTaigadoCaves Art Center

Kyoto

TaipeiTaka Ishii Gallery

Galerie Gisela Capitain

Tokyo

CologneTakuro Someya Contemporary Art

Upstream Gallery

Tokyo

Amsterdam

Taro Nasu

Esther Schipper

Tokyo

BerlinTezukayama Gallery

Der-Horng Art Gallery

Osaka

TainanTokyo Gallery + BTAP

Eslite Gallery

Tokyo

TaipeiTomio Koyama Gallery

König Galerie

Tokyo

BerlinGallery Tomo

Marsiglione Arts Gallery

Kyoto

Como

Gallery Yamaguchi Kunst-bau

Paula Cooper Gallery

Osaka

New York

Yoshiaki Inoue Gallery

Aki Gallery / Galerie Eigen + Art

Osaka

Taipei

Yuka Tsuruno Gallery

Alexander Levy

Tokyo

BerlinBerlinReference Material 3

Kyoto Meetings: Participating Galleries

Kyoto Meetings

Koki Arts
Tokyo

Kosaku Kanechika
Tokyo

Matsuo Megumi + Voice Gallery pfs/w
Kyoto

Gallery Nomart
Osaka

Gallery Rin
Tokyo

Waitingroom
Tokyo

Gallery Yamaki Fine Art
Kobe

Yutaka Kikutake GalleryTokyoReference Material 4Preview of the “Gallery Collaboration” Section

Through our “Art Collaboration Kyoto,”
I wish for people to see the global connections of the art world.
—Misako & Jeﬀrey Rosen, Owners & Directors of Misako & Rosen

We chose Fortes D’Aloia & Gabriel, a São Paulo-based gallery, to be
our collaborators because they are a gallery that we have beenworking with for the longest, and both galleries have a history of
supporting Erika Verzutti from an early point of her artistic career.
Our relationship goes back to 2009 when Misako & Rosen had a
two-person show with Erika Verzutti and Tiago Carneiro da Cunha.
At ACK, we will be collaborating with these two artists once again.
Because this fair is taking place in Kyoto, we decided to take thisopportunity to show artists that we share together.

Misako & Jeﬀrey Rosen Photo by Mie Morimoto

Both Tokyo and São Paulo are not centers of contemporary art like the way
New York is. However, they are both cities with an art scene and a market.
And we share the same thinking that, within each of our communities, we
strive to understand what we call contemporary art, and to internationallyestablish the markets and careers of the artists of our own countries.
We hope that this fair taking place in Kyoto will be an opportunity for many
people to tune in and to find out more about artists overseas and thecommunities of galleries.

A São Paulo-based gallery, Fortes D’Aloia & Gabriel.
From left: Alexandre Gabriel, Márcia Fortes,
Alessandra D’Aloiaas
Photo by Eduardo Ortega

Tiago Carneiro da Cunha at Fortes D’Aloia & Gabriel

Erika Verzutti exhibition at Misako & RosenReference Material 4Preview of the “Kyoto Meetings” Section

I have been following the art scene in Kyoto for over 30 years—throughthe first edition of Art Collaboration Kyoto, I look forward to enjoying
the various changes.
—Megumi Matsuo, Owner of Matsuo Megumi + Voice Gallery pfs/w

In 1986, I opened a contemporary art gallery, Matsuo Megumi + Voice Gallery pfs/w. Since then, I havebeen following the art scene in Kyoto.
Through such experience, I have come to see that artists in Kyoto are inclined to “be highly skilled,”“be highly inquisitive,” and “not be loud in their insistence on things.”
In the city of Kyoto, time and objects that are old and new coexist,
and shadow is more present than light. I aspire to uphold theMegumi Matsuo

individual minds of the artists that find motivation and theme fromsuch aspects. Through participating in an art fair in Kyoto, I lookforward to observing the many changes in the arts and thesurrounding elements, and also the speed of these changes.
Installation view at Voice Gallery<Artists>

Toshio Matsui
Sakumotsu

After graduating from the Department of Ceramics, Kyoto City

field soil, clay (terracotta)

the Institute of Science and Technology for Ceramics in Faenza

University of Arts in 1980, Matsui studied Etruscan bucchero aton a scholarship from the Italian government. After returning toJapan, he went on to research the origin of art through studying and recreating Okinawan Panariware, West African ceramics, Jomon-era lacquer-coated ceramicware. In recent years, he has
been devoting himself to octopus trap fishing, agricultural farming, and research on the formationof perspectives and location where human activities transform into art. Matsui has been organizPhoto by Nobutada Omoteing a public lecture series called “Neo-Mingei.” His current positions include Director of Shigaraki
Ceramic Cultural Park and Trustee of the International Academy of Ceramics.

Jun Kawajiri
Kowarete irukedo kagayakinagara
kokoniimasu
2020 metal wire, pottery clay

The 4th generation of the Imakumano family
kiln. The 14th generation traced back to the
Kutani roots. With metal wire as the corematerial and clay wrapped around, this work
was dried then fired to cause shrinkage inthe clay, so that cracks will form on various
parts. Each of these parts is separated by

Nozomi Tojinbara
I’ m so proud of you
2019 oil on canvas
194.0 × 130.0 cm

Graduate of Kyoto City University ofArts. Received her Ph.D. in 2020.
With western classical techniques at
her foundation, Tojinbara draws icons
from sources such as classical western
paintings, children’s literature, andpopular Japanese culture.

these cracks. Although broken, as a whole,
the work constitutes a skeletal form andshows “what at first glance seems sturdy,
but in actuality is frail.” Furthermore, it is an
homage to “the aesthetics of tea” in Japanthat appreciates “distortion,” “damage,”“destruction” that is imperfect beauty.

Images are for reference only.

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I strive to discover talented artists in Kyoto and to show their work in Tokyo.
I am looking forward to seeing what the response will be like in Kansai.
—Tomoko Ashikawa, Owner of Waitingroom

I think one of the attractions is that artists of Kyoto take time in their production, unlike thespeedy nature in Tokyo. In addition, due to the nature of the location, there is a tendency
to be inspired by the old and traditional forms and to incorporate them into newer forms ofexpression.
With the addition of several Kyoto-based (and Kansai) artists to my gallery program, I have
had more opportunities to come to Kyoto and Kansai for work. Through this, more artists
with connections to Kyoto have joined my gallery, and because of my relationships that bringme to Kyoto, it has led me to many encounters and ideas.

Tomoko Ashikawa
Photo by Natsume Tezuka

In Japan, I had only participated in art fairs in Tokyo, so I am simply looking forward to the
response of the audience in an untapped region. And because our gallery works with many
artists with connections to Kyoto, I am very curious to see what the response will be like.

Interior and exterior views of Waitingroom
Photo by Shintaro Yamanaka (Qsyum!)<Artists>

Saya Okubo

They

Flag girlsitting with stick2020 Oil and acrylic
on corrugated plastic sheet
182 × 150 cm

2020 Oil and acrylic

2020 Oil and acrylic
on canvas
80.3 × 65.2 cm

on canvas
145.5 × 97 cm

Tsuchitori Fumika

I and You
(Yume no nakade wa nani irono shinzo ni sawaru)

I and You
(Yume no naka de wa akai)

I and You
(Yume no naka dewa aoi)2020 Oil and spray paint on canvas
128 × 230 cm

2020 Oil and spray paint on canvas
41 × 31.8 cm

2020 Oil and spray paint on canvas
41 × 31.8 cm

Images are for reference only.