Currently being held in various locations symbolic of Osaka, including the Osaka-Kansai Expo site, Osaka Cultural Center, Tempozan, Semba area, Nishinari area, Lucua Hall (Umekita), and the National Museum of Ethnology.

The Osaka Kansai International Art Festival Executive Committee (within ARTLOGUE Inc.) has been holding "Study: Osaka Kansai International Art Festival 2025" for six months since April, featuring over 100 artists from 25 countries and regions, set at the Osaka-Kansai Expo site and other iconic buildings and areas of Osaka. Even during the final week of the festival, each venue will feature exclusive exhibitions and special programs, offering a viewing experience full of new discoveries and surprises for both art fans and those experiencing art for the first time. With the festival drawing to a close, don't miss this opportunity to visit!

Official website:
https://osaka-kansai.art/
Ticket information:
https://osaka-kansai.art/pages/ticket
*Same-day tickets can also be purchased at the reception desk of each venue (cashless payment only).

The world-famous "Reshaped Reality" exhibition is coming to Japan for the first time! - Osaka Culturarium Tempozan (formerly Suntory Museum) -

"Reshaped Reality" is an exhibition of human sculptures with a focus on hyper-realism. This traveling exhibition, which has received acclaim and attracted large numbers of visitors in countries such as the Bilbao Museum of Fine Arts in Spain (152,669 visitors) and the Rotterdam Kunsthalle in the Netherlands (219,183 visitors), is coming to Japan for the first time. The hyper-realistic expressions and deformed and transformed bodies raise the fundamental question of "What is a human being?" Experience the reality of life, which is also reflected in the Expo's vision of a "future society where life shines."
Please enjoy the world of hyperrealist sculpture, which consists of 39 works by 27 internationally renowned artists, including British artist Ron Mueck, Australian artist Sam Jinks, and Maurizio Cattelan, whose work of bananas glued together with duct tape became a hot topic.

[Chief Curator] Maximilian Otto Letze

Details: https://osaka-kansai.art/pages/exh-reshaped

Photo by Atsuhiro Miyake

Vocaloid x Art Exhibition by Sakuma Hiroshi "Speculative Music/Narrative" at Luqua Osaka

This exhibition showcases artwork by popular Vocaloid artists, leaders of internet culture. This fourth installment of the series, which has previously focused on themes such as "Expanding Music" and "Music as One," has attracted a total of over 5,000 visitors. The theme this time is "Speculative Music." Each piece of art by popular Vocaloid artists includes a full musical composition, combining entertainment and thought. Working with Internet music artists, the exhibition presents a form of art that expands imagination for the future and inspires new perspectives and actions for society. The second half of the exhibition began on October 1st. Enjoy a new experience where art and everyday life intersect as a sudden burst of creative inspiration in the shopping space of LUCUA Osaka.

[Curator] Sakuma Hiroshi
[Artists] r-906 / sekai / Nakase Miru / Nashi / HARAGUCHI Sasuke / x0o0x_ / Reimitsubushurin (x0o0x_ / Wanuka / Maigo Hanyuu / Yu Utsubo / 100pHz) / Frog96 / tohen / SAKUMA Hiroshi

Details: https://osaka-kansai.art/pages/exh-storytelling

*The image shows a past exhibition, "Study: Osaka Kansai International Arts Festival Vol.3 - Expanding Music."

"Re: Human─The New Human Condition" - Semba Excel Building

This venue is hosting an exhibition by next-generation curator Kishimoto Mitsuhiro, under the theme "Re: Human—The New Human Condition." Shuzo Azuchi Gulliver, a Shiga Prefecture native who participated in the Kansai-based art collective The Play and had connections with the avant-garde art movement Fluxus, reexamines the relationship between the body and existence, and between life and symbols. Additionally, Teppei Kaneuji, who is also exhibiting large-scale public art at the Expo site in Yumeshima, has displayed a floor-filling collection of works including the "Human Pavilion," "Children's Pavilion," and "Abstract Sculpture Pavilion." Other works on display include "Taro's Color and Shape x Public," inspired by the public art of Taro Okamoto, by Osaka-born Satoshi Kawada.

[Curator] Kishimoto Mitsuhiro
[Artists] Tomoaki Ishihara / Teppei Kaneuji / Kamagasaki University of the Arts / Satoshi Kawata / Saji Kane / Shuzo Azuchi Gulliver / Yoshio Hata + Masaaki Enatsu + Yoshihiro Enatsu / Momoko Yoshida

Details: https://osaka-kansai.art/pages/exh-re-human

Research Project “Successor Problem (TBC)," "Never give up. Kamagasaki Art Center," and "Cafe Atariya: front, back, middle and corner" - Nishinari Area

The area known as "Kamagasaki" in Nishinari Ward, Osaka City, was once known as a town for day laborers, and many workers flocked there during the period of rapid economic growth. In recent years, the area has been facing various social changes, including an aging population, poverty, an increase in foreign residents, and rising land prices due to real estate investment.
Since its launch in 2022, this art festival has been focusing on art practices in this area.
Kamagasaki Art University was founded in 2012 by Ueda Kanayo, who has been active in the area for over 20 years, and NISHINARI YOSHIO (Nishio Yoshinari + Kioku Shugei-Kan “Tansu”) is a fashion brand launched by artist Nishio Yoshiya in collaboration with elderly women from the area. This is the fourth time that these two artists have exhibited at the festival, and they are developing their own unique artistic practices while having deep ties to the area.
Furthermore, a new cafe called "Atariya" will be launched, curated by Production Zomia, in the Sanno Harmonica Nagaya, a building with a history of about 100 years that has retained its Showa-era atmosphere through repeated renovations and expansions. This space, which is still undergoing restoration, aims to become a place where new creations and interactions can be born.

[Participating Artists]
Aung Myat Htay, Wu Chi-Yu, Karakuri Hakase, Kamagasaki University of the Arts, Kim Gemini, Saul Chan Htoo Sang, Shuntaro Tanikawa (poet), Tuan Mami, NISHINARI YOSHIO (Nishio Yoshiya + Kioku Shugei-Kan “Tansu”), Linh San, Yasumasa Morimura (artist) + Noriyuki Sakashita (former day laborer, current student at Kamagasaki University of the Arts)

Detail:
Research Project “Successor Problem (TBC)
https://osaka-kansai.art/pages/exh-tansu
"Never give up. Kamagasaki Art Center"
https://osaka-kansai.art/pages/exh-kamagasaki
"Cafe Atariya: front, back, middle and corner"
https://osaka-kansai.art/pages/exh-atariya

NON Ribbon Exhibition: Mysterious and Cute Things. - Flocking Together -
-National Museum of Ethnology-

Actor and artist Non's "NON Ribbon Exhibition: Mysterious and Cute Things. - Flocking Together -" is currently being held at the National Museum of Ethnology (Special Exhibition Hall, basement), designed by Kisho Kurokawa. Non's motifs—kokeshi dolls, akabeko (red beko), shirobeko (white beko), and Tanabata (Star Festival) ornaments—are sculptures that have been passed down as folk tools throughout Japan since ancient times. Through her work, she creates new ways to preserve these folk tools for future generations. A large-scale installation features 15 "kokeshi lanterns," including 10 new pieces with multi-layered red ribbons on their backs, lined up in a black underground space. Non's "cute and eerie" world of ribbon art unfolds, featuring pieces like "Shirobeko with Butterflies," "Bright Red Child's Nest," and "Tanabata Decorations."

[Curator] Yasuo Nakano (Director of the Kyoto Museum, former curator at the Taro Okamoto Museum of Art, Kawasaki)

Details: https://osaka-kansai.art/pages/exh-minpaku

"Study: Osaka Kansai International Art Festival / EXPO PUBLIC ART"
- Osaka Kansai Expo Site -

In order to maximize the impact of the Expo for the future of Osaka and Kansai, "Study: Osaka Kansai International Art Festival / EXPO PUBLIC ART" is currently being held at various locations within the Expo site, where public art works by Japanese artists are being exhibited. In addition to adding a touch of cultural color and vitality to visitors, the Expo site, which has the theme of "Designing a Future Society for Life," is showcasing the works of 13 artists throughout the site, and is an attempt to encourage dialogue and interaction among visitors through art.

[Participating Artists]
Mariko Mori, COOK, Lintalow Hashiguchi, Mai Miyake, Asuka Tazaki (Heralbony Co., Ltd.), Akihito Okunaka, Mugi Nakajima, Kazuhiko Hiwa, Teppei Kaneuji, BAKIBAKI, Atsuya Tominaga, SceNE Project (RIHN), DONECY

Details: https://osaka-kansai.art/pages/publicart