【Tokyo】International Conference 2026 “Moving Together: A Culture of Living Together” Where Everyone Connects Through Culture

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An international conference on art and culture for an inclusive society will be held at Tokyo International Forum from October 28 to November 1, 2026, free of charge.

Summary

The “International Conference 2026: Everyone Connects Through Culture” will be held at Tokyo International Forum from October 28 to November 1, 2026. Organized by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government and Arts Council Tokyo as part of the “Creative Well-being Tokyo” initiative, this fifth edition explores how arts and culture can contribute to an inclusive society and well-being under the theme “Moving Together: A Culture of Living Together.” The program features conferences, workshops, performances, film screenings, and exhibitions with artists, researchers, and cultural practitioners from Japan and abroad. Admission is free, though some programs require advance registration. Languages used are Japanese, English, Japanese Sign Language, and International Sign, with simultaneous interpretation and subtitles provided.

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Hoshino Futoshi | Jack Halberstam "In a Queer Time and Place: Transgender Bodies, Subcultural Lives"

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【Tokyo】International Conference 2026 “Moving Together: A Culture of Living Together” Where Everyone Connects Through Culture

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Yoshikatsu Ikeuchi Exhibition "Liminal" Held at Kyoto City KYOCERA Museum of Art: An Experience of "Boundaries" Emerging Between Vision and Hearing

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Into a Space Where Architecture and Art Intersect: Ryuji Nakamura and Soji Matsunobu's "Spatial Dance" to Be Held at Zuun-an in Kyoto

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[Kansai Preview] "Sumitomo Harusui – Fortunate Sumitomo Modern Art Collection" at Sen-oku Hakuko Kan from October 31 to December 20: A substantial special exhibition unraveling the aesthetic sense of the 15th head of the Sumitomo family

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Yokohama immersive museum "THE MOVEUM YOKOHAMA by TOYOTA GROUP" renews. An immersive experience where the worlds of Impressionism and ukiyo-e intersect

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Beyond "Seeing / Being Seen / Showing": What the Exhibition "Ainu People and Expositions: 150 Years of Experience" (National Museum of Japanese History) Asks (Review: Yuko Yoshimoto)

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"Turner Prize 2026" (Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art) Report: Expressions Confronting History and Structures Beyond the Individual

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"Sustainable World: From the Perspectives of Daishi Sato and Akiko Isobe" / "Yayoi Kusama: Places of the Soul" (Matsumoto City Museum of Art) Venue Report. Two Promising Photographers' Exhibition and a World-Renowned Artist's Collection Displayed Together

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Alan Sonfist "Echoes of a Vanishing World" @ Yumiko Chiba Associates

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Art Meets Care Society's 2026 General Meeting and Conference "Reconnecting Art and Care" to Be Held in Osaka

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[Free Admission] Let's go to Kansai in November! Museums and art museums become free for "Kansai Culture Day" (2026 edition)

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Matsu Fusako | Performance Art: A Film Festival on Body and Space | Carolee Schneemann's "Breaking the Frame"

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[Kanagawa] Related Events for the 40th Anniversary Exhibition "Yokohama Doll Museum: Architecture and Memory"

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“Osaka Nakanoshima Museum of Art All Stars ☆ I Wanted to See Them All Together!” to Be Held Next Spring, Commemorating the Museum's 5th Anniversary

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Panasonic Shiodome Museum of Art Announces 2027 Exhibition Schedule: Swedish Ceramics, Bauhaus, and Women Architects

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Art Exhibitions and Shows Closing on Sunday, October 25: Manga Nippon Mukashi Banashi Exhibition, Akira Uno Exhibition, and More

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"Heisei" Becomes New Art: Art Festival at Yokohama College of Art and Design | Aoba Ward | Town News

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A Deep Dive into the MOMAT Collection: Visiting the “Best School” of Modern Japanese Art

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Daito Manabe's First Major Overseas Solo Exhibition "RELATIONAL TIME" (Taichung City Museum of Fine Arts) Report: A World That Changes with Each Visit, Created by AI and Artificial Brains

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National Museum of Japanese History "Ainu People and Exhibitions: 150 Years of Experience" Ticket Giveaway

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Report on "Ainu People and Expositions: 150 Years of Experience" (National Museum of Japanese History). Tracing Individual Voices Beyond the "Exhibited" History

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【Dialogue】Ann Veronica Janssens × Hideaki Kawabata: Opening Our Cognition through Light and Space. A Conversation Between an Artist and a Scientist

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"The Supreme Masterpiece of Oriental Art" Muqi's Guanyin, Monkey, and Crane: The Awe that Captivated Master Painters like Hasegawa Tōhaku — Special Exhibition "Daitokuji: The Unmatched Zen Monastery of This Realm" Opens at Tokyo National Museum

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Workshop "Maizuru Place" for Craft and Creation Opens in Kyotango, Kyoto: A Hub for Artisans and Creators Supported by Chanel

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Kiichi Tsutaya, creator of "Kiichi's Coloring Book," unveils 34 unpublished original drawings. Solo exhibition at NANZUKA.

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Permanent Karaoke Room Designed with TV Art Techniques: "Gothic HORROR ROOM" Opens at Big Echo Shibuya Center-gai Main Store

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Natsumi Osawa | Museum Goods Wanderings 14: A Story Begins with Museum Goods — Thinking about 'Objects' and Museums through ARG

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Emi Kusano's Large Solo Exhibition at Hypermuseum Hanno. Depicting "Possible Pasts" with Generative AI

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Stage Design Education at Nihon University College of Art | Vectorworks Use Case

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[Aichi] "Shigeru Hasegawa: Pain Tengu" Exhibition Related Events

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"Liminal – Yoshikatsu Ikeuchi Exhibition" (Kyoto City Kyocera Museum of Art) Report: Experience the Relationships and Changes Born Between "Seeing" and "Listening"

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"Seed and Root: How to Cultivate the City" (Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery) Opening Report: How to Live with Nature in the City

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Maison Margiela releases new chapter of "Maison Margiela/folders" tracing the Ebisu store and brand trajectory; also features "Line 2" exhibition by Mio Suzuki

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Art exhibitions and expositions starting October 21–24: Shosoin Exhibition, Yumeji Takehisa Exhibition, Turner Exhibition, Eric Carle Exhibition, etc.

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"ART TAIPEI 2026" Opens on October 30: 127 Galleries Gather, Including a New Section Focusing on Japanese Contemporary Art

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New Dance Performance "Dance for Bowie" Depicting David Bowie's "Artistic Rebirth" to Tour Worldwide from Spring 2028: International Co-Production by Bunkamura and Sadler's Wells

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Minato City Minato Arts Center "m~m (Mu-mu)" to Hold Event One Year Before Opening: SIDE CORE Walking Tour, Sign Language Rakugo, and VR Experience

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Ugo Rondinone's First Solo Exhibition in Japan at Kiyomizu-dera, Kyoto: 17 Stone Figures in Dialogue with the "Moon Garden"

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Inside the Venue! Full Reveal of All Booths at "Bijutsuten Navi Fest 2026" (Part 2) Introducing Unique Goods Found at the Venue