Program
program
National Museum of Ethnology
The National Museum of Ethnology (Minpaku) was founded in 1974 as an inter-university institute for cultural anthropology, ethnology and related fields, and opened in 1977 on the site of the 1970 World Expo in Senri, Osaka. The architecture was designed by Kisho Kurokawa. In 2024, it will celebrate its 50th anniversary, and its main venue in Expo Commemoration Park, home to Taro Okamoto's Tower of the Sun, will become a symbolic place that connects the 1970 Osaka Expo with this art festival and the Osaka-Kansai Expo in 2025, transcending time.
Partner city: Matsubara City
Dates:
Friday, April 11th, 2025 - Monday, October 13th, 2025 (National Holiday) *The exhibition period has been extended.
[Ribbon Art Teaser Exhibition] April 11th (Fri) - July 22nd (Tue), 2025
[New Ribbon Art Exhibition] July 31st (Thurs) - October 13th (Mon, National Holiday), 2025
*There is an admission fee for the new works exhibition from Thursday, July 31st to Monday, October 13th.
*The museum will be closed on Saturday, August 16th and Sunday, August 17th, and will not be open to the public.
*The elevator to the venue will be unavailable on Monday, August 18th. Please use the stairs.
Opening hours:
10:00-17:00 (entry until 16:30)
Closed on Wednesdays
*If Wednesday is a public holiday, the following weekday
*Closed on August 16th (Sat) and August 17th (Sun)
Ticket:
July 31st (Thurs) - Exhibition Passport required for admission to the new exhibition
Ticket information here >
*About admission to Expo Commemoration Park (fees apply)
- Those who have a "Study: Osaka Kansai International Art Festival 2025" ticket or a ticket for the National Museum of Ethnology can enter Expo '70 Commemoration Park for free. Please present your "Study: Osaka Kansai International Art Festival 2025" ticket at the manned counter at each gate of Expo '70 Commemoration Park to receive a pass.
- If you wish to use Expo Commemoration Park, you will need to pay the park's admission fee.
*Discount admission fee for the National Museum of Ethnology
- If you present your "Study: Osaka Kansai International Art Festival 2025" ticket at the National Museum of Ethnology ticket office, you will be able to view the main building exhibition at a discounted price (group discount).
For Minpaku viewing information, click here >
venue:
National Museum of Ethnology (Special Exhibition Basement Venue)
10-1 Senri Expo Park, Suita City, Osaka Prefecture
How to get there:
https://www.minpaku.ac.jp/information/access/expopark
inquiry:
Osaka Kansai International Arts Festival Secretariat (Artlog Inc.)
study@artlogue.org
Venue Information
Artist
curator
NAKANO Yasuo
Born 1955 in Tokyo, Japan; completed postgraduate studies (art education) at Yokohama National University, 1981. The theme of his master's thesis was ‘Education through Art. Education through Art’ After working in the Preparatory Office of the Taro Okamoto Museum of Art, Kawasaki City (1994), she became a curator at the Taro Okamoto Museum of Art, Kawasaki City (1999). After working as head of the Planning and Information Office of the Kawasaki City Civic Museum (2005, 2006), he became head of the Curatorial Section of the Taro Okamoto Museum of Art, Kawasaki City in 2007; he retired from the museum in March 2016. Organised the exhibition ‘Michiko Kon, Photographer’ at the University of Veracruz, Mexico; since April 2017 President of the Kyoto Nijo International Cultural and Artistic Exchange Association.
Major exhibitions include “OKAMOTO Taro and the Jomon” (2001), “OKAMOTO Taro the Human” (2011), 100 years after his birth, and “The Painter Behind Taro Okamoto, Myth of Tomorrow” (2015). He is strongly influenced by OKAMOTO Taro's ideas and way of life.