Konan Asset Co., Ltd. has been selected as a sponsor of "Study: Osaka Kansai International Art Festival 2025"!
Konan Asset Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Hyogo-ku, Kobe City; President and CEO: Kobayashi Hiroshi) and the Study: Osaka Kansai International Art Festival Executive Committee (Artlogue Co., Ltd.; Headquarters: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture; CEO: Suzuki Daisuke) are pleased to announce that Konan Asset Co., Ltd. will sponsor Study: Osaka Kansai International Art Festival 2025.
Study: The Osaka Kansai International Art Festival 2025 is an international contemporary art festival that will be held from April 11th (Fri) to October 13th (Mon), 2025. During the Osaka-Kansai Expo, the festival will take place in various locations symbolizing Osaka, including the Expo site in Yumeshima, the Osaka Culturarium Tempozan designed by Tadao Ando, the Osaka Prefectural International Conference Center (Nakanoshima) designed by Kisho Kurokawa, the Nishinari-Senba area, and the National Museum of Ethnology in Expo Commemoration Park, where the 1970 World Expo was held.
The fourth festival in 2025 will be held as an international art festival that will play a role in connecting the Osaka-Kansai Expo with the Osaka area, and will be held as an art festival that studies the relationship between art, people, and society through domestic and international art projects. This year's theme is "social impact," which means culture and art, economic revitalization, and the manifestation of social issues, and each venue will have an exhibition composed of six chapters.
*For details on the concept and exhibits at each venue, please refer to "Study: Osaka Kansai International Art Festival 2025 to be held at the same time as the Osaka-Kansai Expo! Latest information announced, including concepts and exhibit details for each venue ."
■ Overview of "Study: Osaka Kansai International Arts Festival 2025"
■Art Festival Period: Friday, April 11, 2025 - Monday, October 13, 2025
Name: "Study: Osaka Kansai International Arts Festival 2025"
Study: Osaka Kansai International Art Festival 2025
◯Art Festival Exhibition
Date: April 11, 2025 (Friday) - October 13, 2025 (Monday)
Venues: Osaka-Kansai Expo site, Osaka Culturarium, Tempozan (formerly Suntory Museum), Bay Area, Nakanoshima Area (Osaka Prefectural International Conference Center), Semba Area, Nishinari Area, Osaka Kita Area, National Museum of Ethnology, Matsubara City, and more. *The full opening (including the Expo site) will be on Sunday, April 13, 2025.
*Please note that tickets for this art festival do not qualify for admission to the Osaka, Kansai Expo.
◯ Japan-Korea joint international art fair "Study × PLAS: Asia Art Fair"
Preview: Sunday, July 20, 2025 *Only VIPs, invited guests, and press members are allowed Public: Monday, July 21 to Wednesday, July 23, 2025
Venue: Osaka Prefectural International Convention Center (Grand Cube Osaka)
◯Creative business contest "StARTs UPs"
Date: Wednesday, July 23, 2025 *Final pitch venue: Osaka Prefectural International Convention Center (Grand Cube Osaka)
[Organizer]
Osaka Kansai International Arts Festival Executive Committee (Artlogue Inc.)
https://osaka-kansai.art/pages/summary#organization
General Producer: Daisuke Suzuki (CEO of Artlogue Inc.)
[Osaka Kansai International Arts Festival Executive Committee]
Organized by: Osaka Kansai International Arts Festival Executive Committee (Artlog Co., Ltd.)
Chair: Juichi Yamagiwa (Director of the Research Institute for Humanity and Nature)
Vice Chairman: Shingo Torii (Vice Chairman of Suntory Holdings Limited) Chairman: Daisuke Suzuki (CEO of Artlogue Inc.)
Standing Directors: Michiko Ogawa (Counsellor, Panasonic Holdings Co., Ltd.), Mitsuhiko Tatsuno (President and CEO, Tatsuno Co., Ltd.), Kunihiro Tanaka (President and CEO, Sakura Internet Inc.), Takuo Doume (Professor and Presidential Advisor, Osaka University), Kanji Nakai (President and CEO, Chibo Co., Ltd.)
Directors: Shigeo Hirose (Secretary General of the Kansai Economic Association), Oussouby Sakho (Former President of Kyoto Seika University)
Advisor: Yoshiyuki Miyabe (Representative Director of the Kansai Economic Association)
■ Konan Asset Co., Ltd. Company Profile
Head office: 2-3-22 Okaidori, Hyogo-ku, Kobe
Representative: Hiroshi Kobayashi
URL: https://www.kounan-asset.com/
■Artlogue Inc. Company Profile
・Representative: Artlogue Inc. CEO Daisuke Suzuki ・Head office location: Kita-ku, Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture ・Established: July 7, 2017 ・Business operations: Planning and management of "Study: Osaka Kansai International Art Festival" / Planning and management of web media "ARTLOGUE" and "Art Tourism"