TOPICART FESTIVAL2024.01.11
We are pleased to present a selection of exhibitions and art festivals that Art Front Gallery will be involved in this year.
Until 25 February, 2024
Theme:Frequency of The Wind
Venue: Pingtung Seaside Gallery(Pingtung,Taiwan)
Artists: Shinji Ohmaki, Bunpei Kado, Yoshitaka Nanjo, Oscar Oiwa, Alfredo & Isabel Aquilizan, Koichiro Azuma (outdoor exhibit) and others
Located in the southernmost tip of Taiwan, Pingtung County is surrounded by the sea on three sides and is warm and rich in nature all year round. The theme of the festival is the strong winds that blow in this region.
For this fifth edition, 17 artists from Taiwan, Korea, Japan, and other countries express the connection, dialogue, and symbiosis between the sea, humans and nature. Art Front Gallery acted as a curatorial team and coordinated planning and production for the exhibition at Seaside Gallery.
23 March – 26 May, 2024
Venue: Ichihara City, Kisarazu City, Kimitsu City, Sodegaura City and Futtsu City, Chiba Prefecture
Artists: Hiraki Sawa, Junnosuke Tada(Tokyo Death Rock), Rina Banerjee, Peggy E. Reynolds, Yuko Mori, Dinh Q. Lê and many more (70 artists in total)
Chiba, located adjacent to Tokyo, has a variety of attractions such as rich sea, villages, food, and tourism resources. This art festival is a platform for thinking together about the next 100 years through art, technology, music, food, and learning from these attractions of Uchiboso. Fram Kitagawa, Chairman of Art Front Gallery serves as art director.
13 July – 10 November, 2024
Venue: Tokamachi City and Tsunan Town, Niigata Prefecture
Artists: Ayse Erkmen, Ilya Kabakov, Dadang Christanto, Mio Shirai, Tanya Badanina, MAD Architects, and many more (72 artists and groups from 17 countries and regions)
About 300 works including existing works will be exhibited.
13 September – 4 November, 2024
Venue: Omachi City, Nagano Prefecture
Artists: SEO Min-Jeong, Mulyana, Ledelle Moe, Ekaterina Muromtseva, Takahito Kimura, Yu Wenfu and many more (30-40 artists to be invited)
Omachi City, located in the northwestern part of Nagano Prefecture, is at the foot of the 3,000-meter-high Northern Alps, and is blessed with the three lakes of Nishina, limpid snow melt water, clean air, and seasonal scenery. It is also known as a base for mountain climbing and as the gateway to the Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route.
The third edition of the North Alps Art Festival will present site-specific art works by about 30 artists from Japan and abroad in five different areas of Omachi City, where the city’s diverse characteristics can be seen.