Hibiya Art Park 2026 - Timeless Phenomena: Things That Certainly Seem to Exist - Held at Hibiya Park. 17 Days Where Nature and Art Intersect
Hibiya Art Park 2026 runs from November 13 to 29 at Hibiya Park, featuring 17 days where nature and art intersect.Summary
Hibiya Art Park 2026 - Timeless Phenomena: Things That Certainly Seem to Exist - will be held at Hibiya Park from November 13 to 29. Architect Yuko Nagayama serves as director, with Kenso Tanbara as curatorial collaborator, and three artists—Takashi Kuribayashi, Rui Sasaki, and Taiki Yokote—participating. Works will be scattered throughout the park, creating new landscapes together with flowers, trees, light, and wind. The event is part of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government's Flower and Light Movement, and this year's theme is Timeless Phenomena: Things That Certainly Seem to Exist. Hibiya Park, which has watched over urban change in the heart of Tokyo for over 120 years since its opening, has a flow of time different from the city's bustle, marked by plants, creatures, and the changing seasons. Through art, the event encourages visitors to notice the signs of nature often overlooked and to consider the relationship between humans and other living beings. Takashi Kuribayashi presents Tree of Hibiya, a tree that embodies the memory of the land of Hibiya—once an ocean—and human activities, inviting visitors to question the history and future of the land through the experience of entering its interior. Rui Sasaki presents Unseen Nest, created by dripping heated glass like threads around her own body, imprinting its size, movement, and emotions during production. Taiki Yokote presents All We Imagine as Light, Gathered Around a Light, creating a park within a park surrounded by flowers, with slowly moving sculptures made from industrial products and leisure sheet materials actually used in the park, expressing how humans, animals, insects, and plants living at different rhythms share the same place. During the exhibition, a participatory performance, Flowers for urban maladies by Kusa Hanasaki, will also be held, where participants write their own wishes on the front of a bouquet wrapper and rewrite them on the back as prayers for someone unknown, wrap them with dried flowers, and take home a bouquet made by someone else, allowing thoughts to circulate between strangers through bouquets. A food market featuring BLUE BOTTLE COFFEE, DAN Curry, sabasu, TRUFFLE Bakery, hammam, and others will also appear at the venue. Furthermore, from November 13 to 15, SUPER ART & CRAFT MARKET 2026 will be held at Tokyo Midtown Hibiya, gathering about 40 shops and creators focused on art, craft, and food & drink. Workshops by Runa Kuramochi and Ryo Ogata, an Open Studio where visitors can enjoy painting kokeshi dolls, and collaborations with Hibiya Art Park 2026 are also planned. The event offers an opportunity to revisit the connections with nature and others that, though invisible, are certainly there while exploring the park and the city.
(Source：Tokyo Art Beat)