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The National Art Center, Tokyo (NACT) will celebrate its 10th anniversary on January 21(Sat), 2017. To celebrate we will be organizing a number of special events at The NACT from January 20 (Fri) to 30 (Mon). We would like to invite you to The NACT to help us celebrate and experience the wonderful world of art and all of its diversity. A priority of The NACT is to provide a venue where anyone can come to experience the amazing world of art and artistic expression, providing opportunity to find knowledge and inspiration.

On the Anniversary day January 21, 2017, all the exhibitions will be free to enter.Special Exhibition Gallery 2E:"19th DOMANI: The Art of Tomorrow" Exhibition Gallery 1A~1D, 2A~2D, 3A・3B: "65th Anniversary Dokuritsu Sho" Exhibition

The National Art Center, Tokyo 10th Anniversary, release vol.2December 2016, The National Art Center, Tokyo

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Date: January 20 (Fri) to 30 (Mon), 2017Closed on January 24 (Tue)Open Hours: 10:00-18:00Fridays and Saturdays until 20:00Visitors must enter30min before the closing time.

10th Anniversary Celebration VisualCreative unit SPREAD

To celebrate the 10th anniversary of The National Art Center, Tokyo, we will be developing pieces to help us visually commemorate the anniversary including posters. The visual theme will be "10 gradations". These ten layers of gradient colors which gradually increase in strength are a compilation of the last ten years as well as a symbol of the next ten years to come. This rectangular-shaped simple gradation which resembles the national flag of Japan will warmly welcome visitors to our museum. The successive layers of colors will awaken people’s imagination and creativity. The gradient colors will appear inside and outside of the museum providing inspiration and generating new emotions. Creative unit SPREAD is heading up the design of the posters. The poster designs will incorporate "10 colors of the future" each representing a different theme, "Creation" "Light" "Experience" "Hope" "Attraction" "Love" "Ascension" "Challenge" "Mystery" and "Humanity".

To celebrate the 10th Anniversary, admission will be freeon January 21 (Sat), 2017.

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The 10th Anniversary of The National Art Center, Tokyo

Press Release

Media contactThe National Art Center, TokyoOffice of Communications and International Affairs:TEL: 03-6812-9925 (weekday 10:00-17:00)FAX: 03-3405-2532 E-MAIL: [email protected]

January 20(Fri) - 30(Mon), 2017 ※Closed on January 24(Tue)

Emmanuelle MoureauxFrench architect / French designer. Lives in Tokyo since 1996. Inspired by the layers and colors of Tokyo that built a complex depth and density on the street, and the traditional spatial elements like sliding screens, she has created the concept of "shikiri", which literally means "dividing (creating) space with colors". Handling colors as a medium to compose space, she designs wide ranges of projects from architecture, space design, and art. Principal Architect at emmanuelle moureaux architecture + design. Associate Professor at Tohoku University of Art and Design. www.emmanuelle.jp

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2Using a technique called Drawing Animation, Takashi Ishida reputation as a filmmaker/artist has been steadily growing worldwide in recent years. He also attracted a great deal of attention when exhibited at "Artist File 2010" exhibition at The NACT. In addition to museum exhibitions recently Ishida has also been receiving a lot of interest for his large scale outdoors projection mapping installations. For this exhibition it is planned that Ishida will use the passage way from the subway to the museum as his creative medium. Transforming a space not commonly used as an art location to display a dazzling installation of video art. Not to be missed.

Video Installationby Takashi Ishida

Special exhibitions will be held during the 10th anniversary celebrations. Date: January 20(Fri) to 30(Mon), 2017 ※Closed on January 24(Tue)During the 10th Anniversary celebrations there will be two special exhibitions held at the NACT, “NACT Colors” with Emmanuelle Moureaux’s wonderful colors installation and an amazing video installation by Takashi Ishida.

Special Exhibition

1The NACT primary focus is in four areas (1) exhibitions, (2) art education, (3) art library, and (4) information collection. Emmanuelle Moureaux, an architect and designer from France, will be responsible for designing a venue to introduce the various activities that will be held during the 10th anniversary celebrations. Through the design based on the concept of "shikiri" and her installation of “100 colors”, color is used as a medium to divide and create space, conveying emotion through an imaginative and artistic approach. The “White Cube” exhibition rooms and glass façade of The NACT, which resemblesa large colorless box, will become a canvas of color, inspiration and emotion. Its walls will be filled with a variety of exhibitions, art education programs and archives to promote art. Come experience the wonderful Emmanuelle Moureaux colors exhibition along with all the other activities at The NACT.

NACT ColorsPresentation of The National Art Center, Tokyo's activities

Open Hours: 10:00-18:00 Fridays and Saturdays until 20:00 (visitors must enter 30min before the closing time) Venue: Special Exhibition Gallery 1E　Admission free

Open Hours: 10:00-18:00 Fridays and Saturdays until 20:00 (visitors must enter 30min before the closing time) Venue: the Direct Access passage between The NACT and Exit 6, Nogizaka Station,Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line　Admission free

Takashi IshidaFilmmaker/Artist. Lives in Tokyo, where he was born in 1972. Ishida’s “Drawing Animation” technique to shoot stop-frame animations of hand-drawn lines, enables him to create a flexible image that incorporates movement, time and space. Recent major exhibitions are “Billowing Light: ISHIDA Takashi” (Yokohama Museum of Art/Okinawa Prefectural Museum & Art Museum, 2015). During the “Aichi Triennale 2016” (Aichi Prefectural Art Museum and others), in addition to the installations in the exhibition halls, large-scale projections of some works were shown on the outer walls of buildings in Toyohashi City and Nagoya City. He is also an Associate Professor at Tama Art University.

Takashi Ishida, UNASAKA, 2007, Emaki/Wave, 2010Installation View in “Artist File 2010” at The National Art Center, Tokyo, 2010



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To celebrate the 10th anniversary of The NACT, we are planning a variety of events with something for everyone to enjoy.

Special Programs

1In Japan, since the 1950s, major newspapers have been organizing art exhibitions. It was not long before broadcasting stations also entered this area and a cooperative style unique to Japan was established where museums and mass media jointly organized artistic exhibitions. Today, however, the environment has changed considerably due to changes in audience orientation and further commercialization of artistic exhibitions. In this symposium, taking into consideration the historical relationship between mass media and museums as well as examples from overseas, we will examine the future of the museum exhibitions.

Symposium 1Museum and Mass Media 2

Recent contemporary art and art exhibitions give us the opportunity to realize how the concept of “artwork” has changed. Collecting different ideas and expressions of art, with their new exhibiting methods and platforms, is an issue that fully involves archives.These new tendencies shake our traditional concept of art, showing the direction for a new approach to art itself. This symposium looks at how this trend will shape the future of art exhibitions and museums.

Symposium 2 Reconsidering onArchival Tendencies

Date: January 21 (Sat) 13:00-17:30 (Doors open at 12:30)Venue: 3F AuditoriumAdmission free　Language: Japanese onlyCapacity: Limited to 260, no registration required

Date: January 29 (Sun) 13:00-17:00 Venue: Special Exhibition Gallery 1E and (Annex building) 3F multipurpose room　Participation Fee: RequiredTarget: General public (Junior high school students and older) Capacity: Limited to 20, registration required※Application process and pricing details will be announced on The NACT

website when approved.　Language: Japanese only

Today, "design" is not limited to advertising, product packaging and branding but encompasses so much more with a diversified range of influence. Design is required to create new value and opportunities in society. We will look at modern society and the impact of design into the future, drawing on experiences from SPREAD who continue to deliver designs that expand people's imagination through creativity.

3 Artist WorkshopSPREAD

SPREAD“SPREAD” is the creative unit created by Hirokazu Kobayashi and Haruna Yamada in 2004. Their philosophy is to incorporate elements of the environment, time, color, text, and memory’s into the design which will overcome all obstacles and “SPREAD”. Their main works include the CD Jacket of Rock Band SOUTAISEIRIRON’s “Tadashii Sōtaisei Riron”, the Tsubame-Sanjo Factory Festival, the scarf brand ITO and the Hagiwara Butcher’s packaging design. “Life Stripe” isan on-going art project that replaces one’s everyday actions such as sleeping, dining, relaxing, and working, with 21 colors.Solo exhibitions have been held at the Spiral Garden (Tokyo, 2012), the Milano Fuori Salone (Italy, 2012), the Rappaz Museum (Swiss, 2014) and more. The visual design of The National Art Center, Tokyo 10th Anniversary is also SPREAD’s work.

Moderator:Tamotsu Aoki (Director, The National Art Center, Tokyo)Lecturer: Masayuki Inoue (Senior Producer, Corporate Planning Office, Cultural and Business Projects Bureau, Nikkei Inc.)Kyoji Maeda (Chief Editor, Culture News Department, The Yomiuri Shimbun)Yutaka Mino (Director, Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art) Makoto Murata (Art Journalist)Akiya Takahashi (Director, Mitsubishi Ichigokan Museum, Tokyo)Yusuke Minami (Deputy Director, The National Art Center, Tokyo)

Lecturer: Kazumichi Hashimoto (Associate Professor, Faculty of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Waseda University)Tomo Imai (Curator, Arts Maebashi)Fumiko Nakamura (Curator, Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art)Motoyuki Shitamichi (Artist)Katsuo Suzuki (Curator, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo)Mitsue Nagaya (Curator, The National Art Center, Tokyo)Yukiko Yokoyama (Associate Curator, The National Art Center, Tokyo)

Date: January 28 (Sat) 13:00-17:30 (Doors open at 12:30)Venue: Special Exhibition Gallery 1EAdmission free　Language: Japanese onlyCapacity: Limited to 100, no registration required


New trends in contemporary artand art museums

Next 10 Years~My future designed with color and form~

Photographer: Ooki Jingu


Performances:• "Fuku no Kami", New Year's Eve night two religious men go to the Shinto shrine to pray for good fortune. They find a god in good humor that promises to tell them the secret of happiness, but demands some sake first.• "Oni no Mamako", A demon appears in front of a woman holding a child and threatens her. The woman agrees to marry the demon to keep her child safe but then escapes with her child after fooling the demon.• "Yobikoe", A master was angry that Taro was absent without permission. He goes to his house but Taro does not come out. What will the master do….

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Date: January 20 (Fri) 18:30-19:30 (Doors open at 18:00)Venue: 1F Lobby　Admission free, no registration required

6 Lobby concertNakamichi Ikuyo

This tour will introduce the design, features and capability of the museum as part of The NACT 10th anniversary celebrations. The tour will be conducted by museum staff and volunteers. Please join us and enjoy this wonderfully designed museum by Kisho Kurokawa and NIHHON SEKKEI, INC.

5 NACT Architecture TourExploring The National Art Center, Tokyo

4 Kyogen PerformancesThe Yamamoto Kyogen Company

Kyogen performance"Fuku no Kami"Photographer: Fuminori Mikami

Date: January 27 (Fri) 18:30-19:30 (Doors open at 18:00)Venue: 1F LobbyAdmission free, no registration required

Tojiro YamamotoPerformer of the Ohkura school of Kyogen. Born in 1937. A person of immense cultural importance to Japan, living national treasure.

Venue: The National Art Center, TokyoAdmission Free, registration requiredIn collaboration with: NIHON SEKKEI, INC. ※Application process and schedule details will be announced on The

NACT website when approved.

Language: Japanese only


After receiving numerous domestic and international awards Nakamichi Ikuyo debuted in 1987. In recent years, she has received very positive reviews for her concerts of Chopin, Beethoven and others. 2016/2017 will be 30 years of performing and on this anniversary she will keep collaborating withthe Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra ona variety of projects. Sony maintains the recording rights and has released numerous CDs.http://www.ikuyo-nakamichi.com

Photographer: Kiyotaka Saito


1F Café Coquille

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The special menu is available from January 20 (Fri) – 30 (Mon)Open Hours:Café　　　　B1F・2F 11:00-18:00 Fridays and Saturdays until 19:00　　　　　　(L.O. 30 minutes before the closing time)　　　　　　1F　10:00-18:00 Fridays and Saturdays until 20:00 Restaurant 　3F　11:00-21:00 Fridays and Saturdays until 22:00 　　　　　　　　(L.O. 90 minutes before the closing time)

4 Cafe · Restaurant10th Anniversary Special Menu

The NACT has 3 cafes and a restaurant that offera variety of food and beverage choices. During the 10th anniversary celebrations the "Brasserie Paul Bocuse Musée" will offer an original menu including a special recipe from French chef

3F Brasserie Paul Bocuse Le Musée B1F Cafétéria Carré

2F Salon de Thé Rond

10th Anniversary Special Menu

Concurrent Programs

1The National Art Center Tokyo, the Mori Art Museum, and the Japan Foundation Asia Center launched SEA PROJECT in 2015. We will hold an exhibition “SUNSHOWER: Contemporary Art from Southeast Asia 1980s to Now” in summer of 2017.As the exhibition-related event, there will be screenings of two movies from Singapore and Malaysia revolving around the theme of the diverse identity issues, which is one of sections constructing the exhibition.

Date: January 22 (Sun) 13:00-18:00（Doors open at 12:30, screening & discussion）, January 29 (Sun) 13:00-16:30（Doors open at 12:30, screening）　※Ending time might change. For more details please visitThe NACT website.　Venue: 3F AuditoriumAdmission free, no registration required　Capacity: Limited to 260

An exhibition to help educate and expand the knowledge and understanding of people with disabilities by the general public. There will be works created by disabled children and in disabled facilities from around the region.

Date: January 18 (Wed) – 30 (Mon)※Closed on January 24 (Tue)Open Hours: 10:00-18:00 Fridays and Saturdays until 20:00Venue: Special Exhibition Gallery 1E　Admission freeOrganized by: Minato City　Co-organizer: The National Art Center, Tokyo

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Date: November 9 (Wed), 2016 – January 30 (Mon), 2017※Closed on Tuesdays　Open Hours: 10:00-18:00 Fridays and Saturdays until 20:00　Venue: B1F, SFT GalleryContact: 03-5770-7418　[email protected]

The museum shop "SOUVENIR FROM TOKYO" in The NACT provides a variety of products such as manga, art books and crafts, including young designers' work. SFT GALLERY located on the first basement floor holds about six exhibitions a year, providing opportunities to touch and enjoy art and design on a daily basis. They introduce the works of young artists and designers selected by The NACT and the museum shop, "SOUVENIR FROM TOKYO". They also provide a range of products that can be purchased.

3 Museum Shop's Exhibition MAINICHI HARE NO HI

"MAINICHI HARE NO HI"is a 6 artists’ exhibition ofbeautiful Japanese style tableware and decorations for the dining table and living room. Please take time to visit the SFT GALLERY.Artists: Masayuki Igari, Yamato Kobayashi, Keiju Sakaba, Yoshimitsu Nakasono, Chie Nagaura, Ema Hirokawa.

SEA Project Homepagehttp://seaproject.asia/en


Mr. Paul Bocuse.At the 3 cafes on B1F to 2F, there will be the special drink "Marron's Cappuccino".Please stop by when you visit The NACT.


"SUNSHOWER: Contemporary Art from Southeast Asia 1980s to Now" related events

Special ScreeningIdentity Issues in Singapore and Malaysia Seen Through Films

Disabled Art ExhibitionArtworks by Disabled Children and Adults

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