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.
Dates:
April 11, 2025 (Friday) - June 3, 2025 (Tuesday)
Opening hours:
10:00-17:00 (entry until 16:30)
Closed on Wednesdays *If Wednesday is a public holiday, the following weekday will be closed
Fee:
Anyone can freely view the entrance area of the National Museum of Ethnology (Minpaku), where the works are on display. However, an admission fee (charge) is required to enter Expo Commemoration Park.
* Admission to Expo Commemoration Park (fees apply)
・Those who have a "Study: Osaka Kansai International Art Festival 2025" ticket can enter Expo Commemoration Park for free. Please present your "Study: Osaka Kansai International Art Festival 2025" ticket at the manned counters at each gate of Expo Commemoration Park and receive a pass.
・If you wish to use Expo Commemoration Park, you will need to pay the park 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 receive a group discount on the ongoing Minpaku special exhibition "The Friendliness of Folk Tools Exhibition - Discover, Observe, and Become the Source of Wisdom."
For more information about the Minpaku special exhibition, click here >
venue:
National Museum of Ethnology 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 Art Festival Office (ARTLOGUE Inc.)
info@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.