Tokyo Biennale 2023: An International Art Festival in Tokyo
*Information at the time of adoption.
- Name of the organization or individual
- Tokyo Biennale
- subsidy category
- Grant for Artistic City
- Grant Type
- single year
FY2023 1st Term Grant for Artistic City
Business Overview
The Tokyo Biennale is an international art festival held once every two years in the city of Tokyo. Artists and creators from a wide range of genres from all over the world gather in Tokyo, enter deeply into the city, and create art together with local residents. The theme of the second event is "creating linkages," and the 36 artists and participating members aim to create a place where people can feel and think again about the "linkages" between people, communities, the environment including other living things, society, history, etc.
- Period of Activity / Project
- Summer session July to September 2023 (open process) Autumn session Saturday, September 23, 2023 to Sunday, November 5 (exhibition of results)
- Venues
- Northeast area of central Tokyo (Chiyoda-ku, Chuo-ku, Bunkyo-ku, and Taito-ku), historical buildings, public spaces, schools, store rooftops, idle buildings, etc. (both inside and outside)
Profile
Tokyo Biennale
The Tokyo Biennale is an international art festival held every two years. In this project, artists from a wide range of fields, both Japanese and foreign, will deeply penetrate Tokyo's city, utilize various local resources (Public spaces, historic buildings, rivers, etc.), and work with local residents on projects that decipher the local climate, history, and culture, creating opportunities to think about regional issues and the future. While organically cooperating with a wide range of related fields such as tourism, community development, welfare, education, industry, and international exchange, the city aims to enliven the region with residents and visitors from outside the city, and to achieve long-term regional development. After a conceptual exhibition in 2018 and a planned exhibition in 2019, the first Tokyo Biennale 2020/2021 was held in 2021.