Satellite Programs
A large number of programs will be held throughout Kyoto prefecture in conjunction with ACK.
Shuttle Bus
Please use the shuttle bus which stops at venues inside Kyoto City.
Service period: Friday, November 5–Sunday, November 7, 2021
Operating Company: MK Kanko Bus Co.,Ltd.
Bus Fare: Free
Bus Timetable November 5/6 (PDF)
November 7 (PDF)
Hiding Behind Us -Encounters with Myself as I Already Am
The various works in this exhibition expose “things hiding behind us”; the unique creativity of the artworks uncover these ‘things’ we imprison without being aware of them.
The curatorial program prompts fresh confrontations with our instincts and real personalities.
Artists: Carl Andre, Robert Barry, Angela Bulloch, Peter Fischli David Weiss, Ryan Gander, Douglas Huebler, Lawrence Weiner and Ian Wilson
Curator: Taro Nasu
Dates & Hours: Dates and opening hours follow ACK
Venue: ICC Kyoto Room E and accessway between Main Hall and Event Hall
Admission: Free by presenting your ACK ticket
Organizer: Bold
E-mail: contact@b-o-l-d.jp
ARTAOTA
An art market for works by art students will take place at Kujoyu, a bathhouse. We hope this will be an opportunity for art experts to seek out new and upcoming talent.
Dates & Hours: Thursday, November 4−Sunday, November 7, 2021
11am−7pm (until 3pm on the last day/admission accepted 30 min. before closing)
Venue: Kujoyu (Minami-ku, Kyoto)
Admission: ¥500 (Free for children and visitors with student ID or ACK ticket)
Organizer: Muz Art Produce
E-mail: info@artaota.jp
TEL: 075-205-5396
OBJECT -Object & Book 2021-
An artist-organized fair event that brings together a wide variety of three-dimensional works. We aim to create an alternative art market for people to interact with artists in an airy, open space.
Dates & Hours: Saturday, November 6−Sunday, November 7, 2021
11am −7pm
Venue: Kyoto Okazaki Tsutaya Books (Sakyo-ku, Kyoto)
Admission: Free
Organizer: Object
E-mail: object.committee@gmail.com
KYOTOGRAPHIE extra
DELTA – the permanent space by KYOTOGRAPHIE opened in Demachi Masugata Shopping Arcade last year is pleased to present the solo exhibition by Yuna Yagi, and the new work of photo collages created by the African artist Ngadi Smart after her encounter with the arcade.
Yuna Yagi, “Blanc/Black”
Dates & Hours: Friday, October 22−Tuesday, November 9, 2021
noon−8pm
Venue: Delta/Kyotographie Parmanent Space (Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto)
Ngadi Smart “ee don tehm foh eat (it’s time to eat)”
Dates & Hours: Friday, September 17−Tuesday, November 9, 2021
Venue: Demachi Masugata Shopping Arcade (Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto)
Admission: Free
Organizer: Kyotographie General Incorporated Association
E-mail: info@kyotographie.jp
TEL: 075-708-7126
Rakuchu Kansei Art Exhibition Kyoto 2021 "Forest from the Light of Creativity"
Organized along the themes of “sensibility,” “tradition,” and “future,” the traditional beauty of Japan as a result of merging a space infused with historical architectural beauty and contemporary art and crafts will be transmitted from Kyoto. Works by ten artists including Taimei Morino, Kyoko Ibe and Rokubey Kiyomizu will be on display.
Dates & Hours: Tuesday, November 2−Monday, November 15, 2021
*The holding period varies depending on the venue.
Main Venue: Mitera Sennyuji Temple (Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto)
Satellite Venue: Kaikouji Temple (Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto) and
Shoyeido Kunjukan (Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto)
Admission: Free (admission for Mitera Sennyuji Temple is required)
Organizer: Rakuchu Kansei Art Exhibition Executive Committee
E-mail: kansei@ts-esty.com
Kyoto Prefectural Art Festival “Alternative Kyoto 2021”
This year, Kyoto Prefecture will organize an art festival with the theme being centered on the possibilities that imaginative art possesses to change the coming society as a new form of capital.
Venue & Artists
Kyotango City: Side Core and 6 other groups
Miyazu City: Mamiko Hirai+Shiho Nagamachi, Marihiko Hara+Ryo Shiraki, Kenji Yanobe and Ryoji Ikeda
Yosano Town: Another Farm
Fukuchiyama City: Tadashi Mitani and Yamanaka Suplex
Ayabe City: Hyslom
Nantan City: Yu Araki and 5 other groups
Yawata City: Ryuichi Ishikawa , Kyosuke Sasaki and 3 other groups
Dates & Hours: Friday, September 24−Sunday, November 7, 2021
*The holding period varies depending on the area.
Admission: Free
Organizer: Kyoto Prefecture and others
E-mail: bungei@pref.kyoto.lg.jp
TEL: 075-414-4287
More information about exhibitions at museums, art museums and galleries in Kyoto during ACK
Kyoto City KYOCERA Museum of Art 1st Anniversary Exhibition Modern Architecture in Kyoto
Dates & Hours: September 25−December 26, 2021
10am−6pm
Closed on Mondays
Venue: Kyoto City KYOCERA Museum of Art
Kyoto City KYOCERA Museum of Art 1st Anniversary Exhibition Dialogues with the Collection: 6 Rooms
Dates & Hours: October 9–December 5, 2021
10am–6pm
Closed on Mondays
Venue: Kyoto City KYOCERA Museum of Art Main Building（North Wing）1F
The Triangle Kano Shunsuke: Gaps in the Sandwich
Artists: Shunsuke Kano
Dates & Hours: October 26, 2021–January 23, 2022
10am–6pm
Closed on Mondays (except Public Holidays)
Venue: Kyoto City KYOCERA Museum of Art The Triangle
Finlayson, 200th Anniversary Exhibition
Dates & Hours: October 9, 2021−January 10, 2022
10am−6pm (10am−7:30pm on Fridays)
Closed on Mondays
Venue: The Museum of Kyoto
3rd Collection Gallery Exhibition 2021–2022
Dates & Hours: September 2−November 7, 2021
9:30am−5pm (9:30am−8pm on Fridays)
Closed on Mondays
Venue: The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto
Special Exhibition Masterpieces from the Hatakeyama Memorial Museum of Fine Art: Noh, Chanoyu, and Rinpa
Dates & Hours: October 9−December 5, 2021
9am−5:30pm
Closed on Mondays
Venue: Kyoto National Museum, Heisei Chishinkan Wing
Special Exhibition Japanese Beauty to Appreciate Insects -Takeshi Yoro × Hosomi Collection-
Artists: Ito Jakuchu, Tsubaki Chinzan, Suzuki Kiitsu and more
Dates & Hours: October 29, 2021−January 23, 2022
10am−5pm
Closed: Mondays
Venue: Hosomi Museum
Special Exhibition, Shokunin pass/path
Dates & Hours: November 6, 2021−January 23, 2022
9am−5pm
Venue: Kyoto Museum of Crafts and Design
Inaugural Exhibition, YAMAGUCHI Akira Exhibition
Artists: Akira Yamaguchi
Dates & Hours: July 6−November 7, 2021
10am−6pm
Closed on Mondays
Venue: ZENBI (Kagizen Art Museum)
CONTEMPORARY JAPANESE CRAFTS Reinterpretation,Exquisite Craftsmanship,and Aesthetic Exploration
Artists: Noritaka Tatehana, Takuro Kuwata, Ikeda Terumasa, Riusuke Fukahori, Akane Yamamoto, Masayasu Mitsuke, Akio Niisato, Kengo Takahashi and more
Dates & Hours: September 18–December 5, 2021
10am–5pm
Closed on Mondays (except November 22, 29)
Venue: Asahi Beer Oyamazaki Villa Museum of Art
The 40th Anniversary Exhibition Ⅱ ”Education of Art/Art of Education"
Dates & Hours: October 1–November 6, 2021
10am–5pm (admission until 4:30pm)
Closed on Sunday and National Holiday
Venue: Kyoto Institute of Technology Museum and Archives
"Oshiyo-e" Our favorite Ukiyo-e from the KUA collection
Artists: Taro Yamamoto and Kunichika Toyohara
Dates & Hours: October 16–November 20, 2021
10am–5pm
Closed on Sunday
Venue: Kyoto University of the Arts Geijutsu-kan
Rei Naito “Breath”
Artists: Rei Naito
Dates & Hours: September 18−November 7, 2021
10am−6pm
Closed on Mondays
Venue: MtK Contemporary Art
AIR2 SCG
Artists: Gillochindox☆Gillochindae、Nukeme, Marina Lisa Komiya, Asako Fujikura, Ryotaro Fuyuki
Dates & Hours: November 9, 2021–February 13, 2022
11am–8pm
Venue: BnA Alter Museum SCG
UTAGE
Artists: Tatsuya Hirayama, Masaya Inaba
Dates & Hours: October 16–November 23, 2021
11am–8pm
Venue: BnA Alter Museum 1/2F
Chamber Music Kyoto -Yukio Fujimoto, Time, Koji Fujii-
Artists: Yukio Fujimoto
Dates & Hours: October 21–23, October 28–30, November 4–7, 2021
10am–5:30pm
Venue: ACG Villa Kyoto
tower (KITCHEN)
Artists: Teppei Kaneuji × Toshikatsu Ienari
Opening hours: 10am−8pm
Open every day during ACK
Venue: Maeda Coffee Meirin-ten
STORAGE
Artists: Kanako Shintaku, Shintaro Nishihashi, Kanji Hasegawa, Yuki Hasegawa, Junnosuke Hara, Kengo Hoshi, Ryuhei Yokoyama
Dates & Hours: Nobember 3−7, 2021
noon−8pm
Venue: Black Storage Fujii Daimaru
Soko-kai × Wachuan in Shishigatani
Artists: Masayuki Imai, Taimei Morino, Yoshiro Miyazaki, Eiichi Kawano and other 40 members
Dates & Hours: October 31–November 7, 2021
10am–4pm
Venue: Wachu-an (Notre Dame Jogakuin Junior and Senior High School)
Le petite voix by Takao Inoue
Artists: Takao Inoue
Dates & Hours: October 22−November 14, 2021
Venue: Node Hotel, 1F
ARTIST RUNNING FESTIVAL 2021 in KYOTO
Galleries: XYZ Collective, Soda, 4649, Mumei, Lavender Opener Chair And Tohmei, Im Labor, Fig. and Takejirozaburo
Dates & Hours: November 3−7, 2021
1pm−6pm (until 5pm on the last day)
Venue: Soda
BAMUDATORAIANGURU GYAKU
Gay Outlaw, Helen Mirra and Ian Rosen
Dates & Hours: November 3−7, 13, 14, 2021
1pm−6pm (until 5pm on November 7)
November 20, 21, 27, 28日
1pm−6pm
Venue: Soda
Next Generation Art Kyoto
Dates & Hours:Nobember 3−8, 2021
10am-8pm (until 5pm on the last day)
Venue: Daimaru Kyoto, 6th floor, Event hall
UMEKOUJI MEETING vol.00
Artists: Muku Kobayashi, Yui Samejima, Keisuke Jimba, Kentaro Nakamura and Takuya Matsumi
Dates & Hours: Nobember 3−7, 2021
noon-5pm
Venue: Kagan Hotel, Kyoto Makers Garage and Kyoto Research Park
SKWAT HERTZ at Cocon Karasuma
Skwat Hertz Orchestra
Dates & Hours： October 5–December 28, 2021
11am–7pm
Venue： 2nd floor, Atrium
Skwat Hertz / twelvebooks
•thousandbooks
•Beuys Room
Dates & Hours: October 5–December 28, 2021
1pm–8pm
Closed on Mondays and Tuesdays
Venue： 3rd floor, the former site of Kyoto Economic Club
89.4 FM KYOTO (α-STATION), Radio Program「Skwat Hertz」
Broadcast Time： October 19–December 28, 2021, 11:01pm–11:30pm on Tuesdays
Blum & Poe
Artists: Alma Allen, Friedrich Kunath, Kazunori Hamana, March Avery, Kenjiro Okazaki, Tony Lewis and more
Dates & Hours： November 3–December 26, 2021
1pm–7pm
Closed on Mondays and Tuesdays
Venue： 3rd floor, 301
Overcoat Popup Store
Dates & Hours： November 3–December 26, 2021
1pm–7pm
Closed on Mondays and Tuesdays
Venue： 3rd floor, 301
Pulse of Silence
Artists: Shinya Yamada × Antiques & Art Masa
Dates & Hours： November 3–December 26, 2021
1pm–7pm
Closed on Mondays and Tuesdays
Venue： 3rd floor, 301
Anyone holding a contemporary art exhibition or event held in Kyoto prefecture during ACK is welcome to share their information for us to put up; please enter all general information in the form. (closed of application on October 22)
*Depending on their content, we may not accept exhibitions / events. Thank you for understanding.