A lighting apparatus, comprising: a holding member having a shape extending in a prescribed direction; a lighting panel attached to said holding member and provided with a light-emitting surface on a side of a front surface; an attachment bracket (31, 32) provided on a back surface of said lighting panel, for removably attaching said lighting panel to said holding member; and another lighting panel, said lighting panel forming a first position in which the light-emitting surface of the lighting panel and the light-emitting surface of said another lighting panel are located substantially on the same plane with each other, and a second position in which said lighting panel is pressed from a side of the light-emitting surface of the lighting panel so that said attachment bracket (31, 32) pivots around a portion where said attachment bracket (31, 32) is attached to said holding member and said lighting panel is inclined with respect to said another lighting panel, said attachment bracket (31, 32) being released from said holding member and said lighting panel forming said second position being removed from said holding member as said lighting panel forming said second position is moved in a direction away from said holding member, and said lighting panel being arranged to be adjacent to said another lighting panel, characterized in that in said first position, power is fed to said lighting panel, and in said second position, said power feeding to said lighting panel is stopped. a holding member having a shape extending in a prescribed direction; a lighting panel attached to said holding member and provided with a light-emitting surface on a side of a front surface; an attachment bracket (31, 32) provided on a back surface of said lighting panel, for removably attaching said lighting panel to said holding member; and another lighting panel, said lighting panel forming a first position in which the light-emitting surface of the lighting panel and the light-emitting surface of said another lighting panel are located substantially on the same plane with each other, and a second position in which said lighting panel is pressed from a side of the light-emitting surface of the lighting panel so that said attachment bracket (31, 32) pivots around a portion where said attachment bracket (31, 32) is attached to said holding member and said lighting panel is inclined with respect to said another lighting panel, a first position in which the light-emitting surface of the lighting panel and the light-emitting surface of said another lighting panel are located substantially on the same plane with each other, and a second position in which said lighting panel is pressed from a side of the light-emitting surface of the lighting panel so that said attachment bracket (31, 32) pivots around a portion where said attachment bracket (31, 32) is attached to said holding member and said lighting panel is inclined with respect to said another lighting panel, said attachment bracket (31, 32) being released from said holding member and said lighting panel forming said second position being removed from said holding member as said lighting panel forming said second position is moved in a direction away from said holding member, and said lighting panel being arranged to be adjacent to said another lighting panel, characterized in that in said first position, power is fed to said lighting panel, and in said second position, said power feeding to said lighting panel is stopped.