Journey Through Japanese Contemporary Art: A Conversation with Canadian Curators

- This event has passed.
January 20 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm EST
Details » Click here to register »

Date: Monday, January 20, 2025
Time: 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM (ET)
Venue: YouTube (livestream)
Join us for a livestream discussion with four Canadian art curators as they share their unique perspectives on the vibrant Japanese contemporary art scene.
Explore the world of Japanese contemporary art with insights from four Canadian curators who visited over 20 art sites in Tokyo, Gunma and Niigata from November 1 to 12, 2024. This was part of the special program named The Ishibashi Foundation / The Japan Foundation Curatorial Exchange Program, designed to introduce the contemporary art scenes of Japan to the curators across the world and foster relationships between art experts.
In this online talk event, the curators will share their authentic impressions, key takeaways, and thoughts on building future bridges between the two countries’ art projects.
The Speakers
John G. Hampton | MacKenzie Art Gallery | Executive Director, CEO
Josée Drouin-Brisebois | National Gallery of Canada | Producer, Senior Manager of National Engagement
Shaun Dacey | Richmond Art Gallery | Director
Su Ying Strang | Southern Alberta Art Gallery Maansiksikaitsitapiitsinikssin | Executive Director
The moderator
Manabu Yahagi | Associate Curator, Mori Art Museum
Manabu Yahagi is an associate curator at the Mori Art Museum in Tokyo. At the museum, he curated solo presentations on Chen Chieh-Jen, Oscar Murillo, Hiraki Sawa, and the Karrabing Film Collective, and co-curated the exhibitions Stars: Six Contemporary Artists from Japan to the World, MAM Research 009: Imagining Justice—Asian American Art Movements, World Classroom: Contemporary Art through School Subjects, Louise Bourgeois: I have been to hell and back. And let me tell you, it was wonderful, and Machine Love: Video Game, AI and Contemporary Art. Before joining the museum, he participated in the Whitney Independent Studies Program as a Helena Rubinstein Curatorial Fellow. He received his MA in History of Art from Columbia University, New York.
What is The Ishibashi Foundation / The Japan Foundation Curatorial Exchange Program?
The Japan Foundation invites curators and professionals of contemporary arts with the aim of deepening understanding of Japanese contemporary arts overseas and facilitating the formation of networks among institutions and people involved in contemporary arts in the participating countries.
This program is implemented by the Japan Foundation with generous funding from the Ishibashi Foundation.
This year, 2024, we invited 15 curators and professionals in the contemporary arts from the Americas (Canada and Brazil) and Europe (Germany, Italy and Switzerland) for 11 days. In addition to meetings and discussions with Japanese curators and artists, the groups of experts visited museums in many parts of Japan.
https://tr.jpf.go.jp/2024ishibashi_jf_curatorial_ep/
https://www.jpf.go.jp/e/project/culture/exhibit/exchange/curators_ishibashi/