March 31st, 2015
ART FAIR TOKYO 2015 Closing Report 1.1
ART FAIR TOKYO 2015 closed on March 22nd. Visitor numbers for each day were greater than previous years’, achieving a total of almost 55,000. Exhibitors across many different fields also reported healthy sales figures. On the first day, art fair directors from all over Asia gathered together in Tokyo to discuss the state of art fairs in the region. This was just one of the many events in the satellite program held during the milestone 2015 fair, which was marking ART FAIR TOKYO’s tenth year. We would like to offer our thanks to all exhibitors and visitors for helping us reach this significant point in our history as Japan’s largest art fair. We look forward to welcoming visitors to next year’s fair, which is planned for mid-‐May 2016. Visitors: 54,850 (2014: 48,463) (previous highest number of attendees was in 2012 with 53,010) Exhibitors: 160 (including galleries, corporations, and other organizations) Press Attendees: 374 (2014: 324) Total Sales: around ¥1 billion (estimated, based on voluntary exhibitor survey) ART FAIR TOKYO 2016: May 12 – May 14th, 2016 at Tokyo International Forum B2F Exhibition Hall Top left: Opening ceremony / Top right: Entrance (preview day)
Bottom left: Artistic Practices exhibition
Bottom right: Fair posters by YOSHIROTTEN, Mika Ninagawa, Daido Moriyama
Photography: Munetoshi Iwashita
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ART FAIR TOKYO 2015 Overview ̶̶̶̶̶̶̶̶̶̶̶̶̶̶̶̶̶̶̶̶̶̶̶̶̶̶̶̶̶̶̶̶̶̶̶̶̶̶̶̶̶̶̶̶̶̶̶̶̶̶̶̶̶̶̶̶̶̶̶
Event Title: ART FAIR TOKYO 2015 Organizer: ART FAIR TOKYO Committee Management: ART FAIR TOKYO Committee (aTOKYO Co., Ltd) Dates and Hours: First Choice Opening Preview March 19 (Thursday) 16:00-‐18:00 March 19 (Thursday) 18:00-‐21:00 Press Preview March 19 (Thursday) 16:00-‐21:00 Public Viewing March 20 (Friday) 11:00-‐21:00 March 21 (Saturday) 11:00-‐20:00 March 22 (Sunday) 10:30-‐17:00 Last entry: 30 minutes before closing First Choice and Opening Preview and Press Preview are for invited guests only. Venues: Tokyo International Forum, B2F Exhibition Hall Number of Exhibitors: 132 galleries (+ Corporate Partners and Collaborative Partners) Exhibitor Cities: 30 (including branches) Japan (17): Tokyo / Osaka / Kyoto / Nagoya / Fukuoka / Sapporo / Kobe / Kanazawa / Toyama / Kawaguchi / Gifu / Mishima / Tajimi / Okayama / Yokkaichi / Karuizawa / Hiratsuka Overseas (13): Beijing / Taipei / Tainan / Hong Kong / Seoul / Manila / London / Paris / Berlin / Tel Aviv / New York / Singapore / Oakland Fair Content: Antiques / Crafts / Nihonga / Modern Paintings / Sculptures / Prints / Contemporary Art / Photography / Video Works In cooperation with The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan / Agency for Cultural Affairs/ Japanese Red Cross Society / Embassy of Belgium / Embassy of Brazil / British Council / Ambassade de France – Institut français du Japon / Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany / Embassy of the Republic of Hungary in Japan / Embassy of Israel / Italian Cultural Institute of Tokyo / Korean Cultural Center, Embassy of Korea in Japan / Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Tokyo / Embassy of the Republic of the Philippines, Tokyo / Embajada de España / Embassy of Switzerland / Embassy of the United States of America in Japan / Tajimi City / Toyama City / Kanazawa Art Promotion and Development Foundation Sponsors: Deutsche Bank Group / MORIMOTO Co., Ltd. / ISE CULTURAL FOUNDATION / amanasalto inc. / SUNTORY SPIRITS LIMITED / Warehouse TERRADA / Coiney Inc. Collaborative Partners: DOMANI Exhibition / Mercedes-‐Benz Fashion Week TOKYO (JFWO) / AMIT (Art, Media and I, Tokyo) 2015 / KYOTO INTERNATIONAL FILM AND ART FESTIVAL / Toppan Printing Co., Ltd. Digital Cultural Heritage Lab Educational Partner: Arts Initiative Tokyo[AIT] Main Media Partner: The Nikkei Online Edition Main Partner Hotel: Park Hotel Tokyo Official Airline: ALL NIPPON AIRWAYS CO., LTD. Corporate Partners: Mercedes-‐Benz Japan Co., Ltd. / FENDI JAPAN / Amazon Japan K.K. Special support from Idemitsu Museum of Arts / Suntory Museum of Art/ Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo / Toguri Museum of Art / Pola Museum of Art / Mitsubishi Ichigokan Museum, Tokyo / Mori Art Museum / YOKOHAMA MUSEUM OF ART Additional support from MITSUBISHI ESTATE CO., LTD. / Asahi-‐Shuzo Sake Brewing Co., Ltd. / TAKEO Co., Ltd. / ARK HILLS CLUB / ROPPONGI HILLS CLUB / Alpha Corporation Inc. / PAP-‐design / Artist for a day / the ART foundation Partner Hotels: The Capitol Hotel Tokyu / THE PENNINSULA TOKYO / Hotel Niwa Tokyo / IMPERIAL HOTEL, TOKYO/ GRAND HYATT TOKYO / SHINBASHI ATAGOYAMA TOKYU INN / HOTEL S Admission Fees On Door: 1-‐Day Pass: 2,000 yen / 3-‐Day Pass: 3,500 yen A portion of entrance fees will be donated to the Japanese Red Cross Society. Contents of the exhibition are subject to changes without prior notice.
ART FAIR TOKYO Committee Address: 4F 3-8-8, Negishi, Taito-ku, Tokyo, 110-0003, Japan Tel: +81-3-5808-1451 / Fax: +81-3-5808-1452
Yasuko Ichikawa / Yoshiko Nawa / Haruka Ikarashi Contact: [email protected] URL: http://artfairtokyo.com