Art Week Tokyo Special Exhibition “AWT FOCUS” Advance tickets on sale from Friday, September 12th!
Contemporary Art Platform General Incorporated Association Press Release: September 12, 2025 To Members of the Press Art Week Tokyo Special Exhibition “AWT “FOCUS” advance tickets go on sale from Friday, September 12th! https://awtfocus2025.peatix.com
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/141413/13/141413-13-bae2dcf6bf879b5fd377598ba3484e29-2600×1613.jpg AWT FOCUS “What is Real?” Discounted advance tickets on sale until Tuesday, November 4th Advance tickets for AWT FOCUS “What is Real?” are now on sale. Available until Tuesday, November 4th, these tickets are available at a discounted price compared to same-day tickets. Ticket Price (with exhibition catalog) Admission Fee: ¥1,800 (¥1,500 advance), free for students and children, ¥2,800 for a pair of adults (advance only) Purchase tickets: https://awtfocus2025.peatix.com About AWT FOCUS AWT’s unique special exhibition, “AWT FOCUS,” combines the two experiences of viewing artworks at the museum and purchasing them at the gallery. The third edition, in 2025, will be curated by Adam Szymczyk, artistic director of the international art festival Documenta 14. This year’s program title is “What is Real?” What does “real” mean in today’s world, where the illusion of post-truth is widespread and unreality is generated and spread on social media? We will explore this question through diverse expressions of “real” that artists have explored in response to social and political issues. AWT FOCUS Supervisor: Adam Szymczyk
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/141413/13/141413-13-25c89c7a60d9f48687cf0f76153ee783-1181×1772.jpg Photo (C)︎ Gina Folly A curator based in Zurich. He is the curator of Das Büro für geistige Mitarbeit (The Art Museum for Geistige Mitarbeit) at the Kunsthaus Zurich. He served as artistic director of the international art festival Documenta 14 from 2014 to 2017, and director and chief curator of Kunsthalle Basel from 2003 to 2014. In 2010, he founded Verein by Association, a non-profit organization for contemporary art and culture in Zurich. *You can view the exhibiting artists and their statements from the link below.
https://www.artweektokyo.com/focus/
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/141413/13/141413-13-23df124df421baa4dbb612bc5c58ae82-3900×2923.jpg Exterior of the 2024 “AWT FOCUS” venue (Okura Shukokan Museum of Art, Tokyo) AWT FOCUS “What is Real?” Event Overview Venue: Okura Museum of Art 1st and 2nd floor (2-10-3, Ninomon, Minato-ku) Date: November 5th (Wednesday) – November 9th (Sunday) Opening hours: 10:00-18:00 (last entry 17:30) Organizer: Contemporary Art Platform General Incorporated Association Special cooperation: Okura Museum of Art, Okura Cultural Foundation, Public Interest Incorporated Foundation Admission Fee (includes exhibition catalog): ¥1,800 (¥1,500 advance), free for students and children, ¥2,800 for a pair of adults (advance tickets only) Purchase tickets: https://awtfocus2025.peatix.com *Tickets will be sold on Peatix. Please note that they cannot be purchased at the venue box office. *Advance tickets will be on sale until Tuesday, November 4th. *Please refrain from contacting the Okura Museum of Art regarding this exhibition. Ten participating artists have been selected for AWT VIDEO. AWT VIDEO is a program of video works presented in public spaces. In 2025, it will be overseen by Keiko Okamura, curator at the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo and founder of the Yebisu International Festival for Art & Alternative Visions. This year’s exhibition is titled “Ritual, or the Absurd Beauty of Prayer,” and explores clues for living through these uncertain times through works by 10 artists that express various forms of
prayer—remembering the past, grieving the present, and worrying about the future.
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/141413/13/141413-13-bd44e741e09a3583f95720518a2d936a-1648×1665.jpg AWT VIDEO Supervision: Keiko Okamura (Okamura Keiko)
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/141413/13/141413-13-1fe1715d3459349d4b9eba0ef57de548-3900×2600.jpg Photo by Art Week Tokyo He is the Planning Section Chief of the Project Planning Division at the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo. As a curator, he has worked on numerous projects at the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo (1995-2007 / 2021-present) and the Tokyo Photographic Art Museum (2007-2021). In 2009, he was responsible for the founding of the Yebisu International Festival for Art &
Alternative Visions, an international festival of video and art. He has been involved every year up to the 13th festival in 2021, showcasing a wide variety of cross-disciplinary video installations, films, and performance works. *You can view the exhibiting artists and their statements from the link below.
https://www.artweektokyo.com/video/ “AWT VIDEO” event overview Venue: Earth Garden, 1F, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation East Building, 1-3-2 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku Dates: Wednesday, November 5th – Sunday, November 9th Opening Hours: 10:00 – 18:00 Price: Free Chef Shinobu Namae of bricolage bread & co. has created two limited-edition food dishes “AWT BAR,” which will appear in Minami-Aoyama during the AWT event, is a pop-up bar where you can enjoy collaborative cocktails with artists, sound programs, and performances. This year, we will be offering two limited-edition dishes created by Shinobu Namae, producer of bricolage bread & co. and executive chef of the three-star Michelin restaurant L’Effervescence.
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/141413/13/141413-13-f6b3e54f4285b042e12d8786246bd15c-3900×2600.jpg From left: Gold financier, seaweed jambon-beurre Golden Financiers Financiers baked using barley flour and sprinkled with gold leaf. Turmeric is kneaded into the dough, giving them a gorgeous appearance and rich aroma. Based on the symbolism (gold, value, capital) of the “gold bar” shape, the visual effect of the golden color and gold leaf emphasizes the visual expression = formative approach. We were conscious of the “presentation of materiality” and “reconstruction of symbols” in art. It is a baked confectionery with a high-quality taste, made with domestic ingredients. Seaweed Jambon-Beurre Homemade seaweed butter made with green laver and ham from Okinawa’s “TESIO” are sandwiched between whole wheat baguettes, topped with pickles made from two types of seaweed: tosakanori and young hijiki. The texture of the seaweed and the aroma of the butter harmonize to create a rich flavor. This is a special finger food made with domestic ingredients. (Mustard only, French Dijon mustard) Food: Shinobu Namae
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/141413/13/141413-13-059f9edc42ee3acea02dec4e6ddf326f-2048×1365.jpg Photo by Nathalie Cantacuzino Producer of bricolage bread & co., executive chef of L’Effervescence. After serving as sous chef at The Fat Duck in the UK, he returned to Japan and opened L’Effervescence. He has been awarded three Michelin stars and a Green Star
consecutively. Additionally, bricolage bread & co., a bakery cafe in Roppongi, proposes a form of food that resonates with the local climate through bread making using domestic wheat and homemade yeast. *Comments can be viewed at the link below.
https://www.artweektokyo.com/bar/ “AWT BAR” event overview Venue: 5-4-30 Minami Aoyama, Minato-ku emergence aoyama complex Date: November 5th (Wednesday) – November 9th (Sunday) Business hours: 10:00-22:30 (Last order 22:00) Event overview Art Week Tokyo Name: Art Week Tokyo (Roman: Art Week Tokyo, abbreviated as AWT) Dates: Wednesday, November 5th – Sunday, November 9th, 2025, 10:00-18:00 Venue: Participating art museums and galleries in Tokyo, AWT FOCUS, AWT BAR and other program venues Organizer: Contemporary Art Platform General Incorporated Association In partnership with: Art Basel Special cooperation: Agency for Cultural Affairs Art Week Tokyo Mobile Project Name: Art Week Tokyo Mobile Project Dates: November 7th (Fri) – November 9th (Sun), 2025, 10:00-18:00 Organizer: Tokyo Metropolitan Government / Art Week Tokyo Mobile Project Executive Committee Price – Free ride on the AWT BUS. – Free admission to participating galleries. Participating museums offer special AWT discounts at designated exhibitions only during the AWT period. – Admission to AWT FOCUS (exhibition catalog included): ¥1,800 for adults (¥1,500 advance), free for students and children, ¥2,800 for adults (advance only), free for students and children. Participating facilities Museums and Institutions Artizon Museum Espace Louis Vuitton Tokyo Ginza Maison Hermès Forum The National Art Center, Tokyo Shiseido Gallery Chanel Nexus Hall Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum Mori Art Museum Watarium Museum Gallery Gallery 38 Anomaly Waiting Room XYZ Collective MEM Kaikai Kiki Gallery Kanakawa Nishi Gallery Kayoko Yuki
Kennakahashi Kousaku Kanechika Kotaro Nukaga Gallery Koyanagi Tomio Koyama Gallery ShugoArts SCAI the Bathhouse Standing Pine Snow Contemporary Space Ann Taka Ishii Gallery Takurou Someya Contemporary Art Take Ninagawa Tarounas Tokyo Gallery BTAP Nanzuka Underground Nichido Contemporary Art Hagiwara Projects PGI Fergus McCaffrey Figure Pace Gallery Perrotin Tokyo Poetic Scape Misako & Rosen Misashin Gallery Mizuma Art Gallery Mujinto Production Yutaka Kikutake Gallery Yumiko Chiba Associates Lisaya *Facility names are listed in alphabetical order based on AWT listing rules.
Corporate Partner Official Partner: SMBC Group Hotel Partner: Okura Tokyo Beverage Partner: Ruinart Media Partner Lead Media Partner: Financial Times The Art Newspaper Nikkei Inc. Artsy Art Week Tokyo Management Structure Overview Art Week Tokyo is organized by Contemporary Art Platform, a general incorporated association, in partnership with Art Basel and with the cooperation of the Agency for Cultural Affairs. Additionally, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government and the Art Week Tokyo Mobile Project Executive Committee are hosting the “Art Week Tokyo Mobile Project,” which creates art activity
experiences within the city. “Art Week Tokyo Mobile Project” Overview Organized by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government and the Art Week Tokyo Mobile Project Executive Committee. “AWT” connects major art spaces spread throughout Tokyo during Art Week Tokyo. In addition to operating the “BUS,” we will also be creating opportunities for a wide range of viewers to experience art activities through a variety of programs aimed at children, young people, and aspiring art collectors before and during the exhibition, as well as symposiums inviting curators from Japan and abroad. We aim to expand the base of interest in art in Japan. The executive committee members are Mami Takaoka (Director, Mori Art Museum), Yayoi Komatsu (Director, National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo), Tsutomu Watanabe (Deputy Director, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo), Yuko Shiomi (Chairman, NPO Arts Initiative Tokyo [AIT]), and Atsuko Ninagawa (Director, Art Week Tokyo/Representative Director, Contemporary Art Platform, General Incorporated Association). “Art Basel” Overview Art Basel is the world’s largest and highest quality modern art fair. Every year, art fairs are held in Basel, Switzerland, where he is based, as well as Hong Kong, Miami Beach, and Paris, attracting large numbers of art fans and experts from all over the world.
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