Hibiya Art Park 2026 (Hibiya Park) Opening Report: Discovering the Overlap of Different Times Within an Urban Park
Hibiya Art Park 2026 opens in Tokyo's Hibiya Park, featuring new installations by Takashi Kuribayashi and two other artists under director Yuko Nagayama, exploring the overlap of different times in an urban park.Summary
The art event "Hibiya Art Park 2026 -Timeless Phenomena: Things That Surely Seem to Exist-" opens in Tokyo's Hibiya Park and runs until November 29. Part of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government's "Flowers and Light Movement," it is directed by architect Yuko Nagayama with Kensho Tambara as curatorial collaborator, and is also a highlight program of "ARTE TOKYO." Nagayama, inheriting the vision of the late Junya Yamamine who directed the previous two editions, focuses on Hibiya Park, whose surroundings have changed greatly over 120 years while a different time flows within. The event aims to liberate visitors from "clock time" and help them recover their innate physicality and sense of time. Under the theme "Timeless Phenomena," three artists—Takashi Kuribayashi, Rui Sasaki, and Taiki Yokote—present new works scattered throughout the park. Kuribayashi's "Tree of Hibiya" is a giant tree installation with a mirrored interior, where visitors experience an illusion of losing their sense of place while surrounded by reflected nature. The work connects the memory of the land with the present and prompts reflection on oneself and humanity's way of being.
(Source：美術手帖)