42 days left#Sculpture & installation
TOKYO ATLAS International Art Exhibition
Japanese original:
国際美術展 TOKYO ATLAS
An international art exhibition organized by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government across three waterfront areas, Daiba, Aomi and Tennozu, with Tatehata Akira and Miki Akiko as artistic directors. In the atrium of the Telecom Center Building in Aomi, two large balloon works by Kusama Yayoi are shown together, one of them for the first time in Japan. Daiba Park, a battery built at the end of the Edo period against the Black Ships that never fired a shot, and a 197.5-meter underground car park that is normally closed also serve as venues.
1 / 4 Image: 国際美術展 TOKYO ATLAS
- Dates
- Oct 10 – Dec 20, 2026
- Address
- 東京都江東区青海二丁目（青海南ふ頭公園ほか）Aomi Minami Futo Park: about a 4 min walk from Telecom Center Station (Yurikamome); the Telecom Center Building is directly connected to the station. For the Daiba and Tennozu areas, see the visitor notesOpen in Google Maps
- Hours
- 10:00–17:00Closed: Mon
- Admission
- Free (some programs are paid)Original: 無料（一部有料プログラムあり）
Visit planning
The calendar entry covers the whole run of the exhibition. Please check opening hours and closing days before your visit.
Entry notes
Open 10:00–17:00, last entry 16:30; closed on Mondays (on the following Tuesday when Monday is a holiday; open on October 12 and November 23). The underground car park needs a timed booking, last entry 16:20. The film at the Tokyo International Cruise Terminal cannot be seen on days when a ship is in port.
- Open 10:00–17:00, last entry 16:30; closed on Mondays (on the following Tuesday when Monday is a holiday; open on October 12 and November 23). The underground car park needs a timed booking, last entry 16:20. The film at the Tokyo International Cruise Terminal cannot be seen on days when a ship is in port. (Source: 国際美術展 TOKYO ATLAS：展示, 2026)
- Kusama Yayoi's works are in the atrium of the Telecom Center Building, directly connected to Telecom Center Station (Yurikamome). Daiba Park is about a 15 min walk from Odaiba-kaihinkoen Station (Yurikamome). In the Tennozu area, Isle Shinagawa and WHAT MUSEUM are near Tennozu Isle Station (Tokyo Monorail, Rinkai Line), away from Daiba and Aomi. (Source: 国際美術展 TOKYO ATLAS：アクセス, 2026)
From the organizer's announcements and press reports. Arrangements can change; please check the official site before your visit.
Related exhibitions
Same genre · Sculpture & installation
Credits
- Curators
- Tatehata Akira, Miki Akiko, Kanehira Hikotaro
- Organized by
- Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Executive Committee for the Tokyo International Festival of Arts and Culture, Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture
- Exhibition design
- 田中義久+centre Inc.
Knowledge cards
Installation ArtインスタレーションThree-dimensional work that does not sit on a wall or a pedestal but changes how a whole space feels, and that visitors walk into.Read moreClose
01About
Installations are often made for one particular site, and visitors move through them, so where you stand is part of the looking. Materials range from everyday objects and natural materials to video and sound, and a work may be permanent or taken down when the exhibition closes. As the name of an art form, “installation” is first recorded by the Oxford English Dictionary in 1969; in 1958 Allan Kaprow called the indoor spaces he transformed “Environments.” The events the Gutai Art Association staged in Japan from 1954 are counted among early installation art, and they influenced Kaprow. Some artists step inside their own installations: Aki Sasamoto builds spaces from string, tubes, household things and sound, then talks and moves within them, so that the work becomes an event that changes over time.
02In the gallery
Look from the entrance, from the middle and from a corner. Notice how the light, the sound, and the path you take change the work.
Wall label terms in Japanese
- インスタレーション
- Installation
- サイトスペシフィック
- Site-specific
- エンヴァイラメント（環境）
- Environment
- 具体美術協会
- Gutai Art Association
- パフォーマンス
- Performance
03Notes
Installations are mostly made for a particular place, and where you stand is part of the looking.
This time, at TOKYO ATLAS International Art Exhibition —
After moving to a few spots, where do you think the work begins, and where does it end?