Niizawa Brewery Co., Ltd. has been selected as a sponsor of "Study: Osaka Kansai International Art Festival 2025"!
Study: The Osaka Kansai International Arts Festival Executive Committee (ARTLOGUE Inc., Head Office: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture, CEO: Suzuki Daisuke) is pleased to announce that Shinzawa Brewery Co., Ltd. has sponsored the festival.
Study: 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 (designed by Kisho Kurokawa) 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 ."
■Comment from Niizawa Iwao, Representative Director of Niizawa Brewery Co., Ltd.
We are delighted to have the wonderful opportunity to sponsor "Study: Osaka Kansai International Art Festival 2025." Art x Sake. Our initiative to use the work of artists selected in the "NIIZAWA Prize by ARTLOGUE" for sake label designs has continued uninterrupted since 2015.
The connection that was made when "washoku" (traditional Japanese cuisine) was registered as an intangible cultural heritage by UNESCO has led to a new future now that "traditional sake brewing" has been registered. The "ultimate sake to be enjoyed with meals" that we brew uses cutting-edge technology while following traditional sake brewing methods that have been passed down since ancient times. There are moments when you feel that the way it is made is like a work of art.
I feel that art has the power to stir our hearts, naturally bring out our emotions, and give us the strength to live today through what we encounter.
We hope you will come and experience the vibrant fusion of art and sake.
■ Overview of "Study: Osaka Kansai International Art Festival 2025"
■Art Festival Period: Friday, April 11, 2025 - Monday, October 13, 2025
[Name]
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, Seaside Studio CASO, 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 Art Festival Executive Committee]
Organized by: Osaka Kansai International Art Festival Executive Committee (ARTLOGUE Co., Ltd.)
Chair: Juichi Yamagiwa (Director of the Research Institute for Humanity and Nature)
Vice Chairman: Shingo Torii (Representative Director and Vice Chairman of Suntory Holdings Limited) Chairman: Daisuke Suzuki (Representative Director and 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)
[Partner City] Matsubara City
[Sponsors] (as of April 1, 2025)
Tokyo Tatemono Co., Ltd. / Sakura Internet Co., Ltd. / Taishinsha Delight Co., Ltd. / Tatsuno Co., Ltd. / Niizawa Brewery Co., Ltd. / Kagoya Japan Co., Ltd. / Konan Asset Co., Ltd. / Rohto Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
[Sponsors/Cooperators: Overseas] (As of April 1, 2025)
Belgian Embassy in Japan / Italian Consulate in Osaka / Korean Cultural Center in Osaka / French Embassy in Japan - Institut Français / Embassy of Switzerland in Japan / British Council / Australian Consulate-General in Osaka / U.S. Consulate-General in Osaka-Kobe / Consulate-General of the Federal Republic of Germany* (*Sponsor of the Tempozan Reshaped Reality exhibition only) / Embassy of Mexico in Japan / Embassy of the Republic of Serbia / Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Osaka / Delegation of the European Union to Japan (EEAS) / Nordic Circle at Expo 2025 Osaka-Kansai / Netherlands Pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka-Kansai / Monaco Pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka-Kansai
[Sponsorship/Cooperation: Domestic] (As of April 1, 2025)
Kansai Consular Corps / Union of Kansai Governments / Kansai Economic Association / Kansai Economic Federation / Osaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry / Osaka Convention & Tourism Bureau / Konohana Ward Office, Osaka City / Nishinari Ward Office, Osaka City / Minato Ward Office, Osaka City / 2025 Japan Association for the World Exposition / Kansai-Osaka 21st Century Association / Mayors' Alliance for Creating the Future Society of the Region with the 2025 Japan Exposition / Osaka Restaurant Association / JR West Group / LINE Yahoo Japan Corporation / IRIS Data Lab Co., Ltd. (Atouch) / Canon Inc. / Katsuoji / Osaka University Institute for Advanced Interdisciplinary Research "New Disaster Prevention"-centered Future Society Research Division that Values Life (New-POD) / Council of Life / Research Institute for Humanity and Nature / Ministry of Foreign Affairs
*The program and details are subject to change.
■ Shinzawa Brewery Co., Ltd. Company Profile
Head Office: 63 Kitamachi, Sanbongi, Osaki City, Miyagi Prefecture Representative Director: Iwao Nizawa
URL: https://niizawa-brewery.co.jp/
■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"