tokyo’s digital art scene: must-see openings in 2023-24

Additional must-see openings include Designart Tokyo, one of Japan’s largest annual design and art festivals. The 2023 edition takes the concept ‘Sparks – Freeing Your Thoughts’. Between 20-29 October, 2023, Tokyo becomes an open museum as presentations by leading talents in art, interior design, technology, and fashion are held in galleries and shops throughout the city. 

Designart Tokyo 2023’s key visual is crafted by the up-and-coming computational designer, Shoya Dozono

The central Tokyo district of Roppongi hosts Roppongi Art Night. In 2024, the event will once again wow audiences with its mix of contemporary art, design, music, film, and dynamic performances. This is a multi-venue event with exhibitions previously taking place at the Roppongi Hills complex, the Mori Art Museum, Tokyo Midtown, the Suntory Museum of Art, 21_21 DESIGN SIGHT, and The National Art Center, Tokyo plus the surrounding streets. Follow @roppongi_art_night_official to hear when the 2024 festival dates are announced.

the central Tokyo district of Roppongi hosts Roppongi Art Night (2024 dates to be announced) | image © Roppongi Art Night Executive Committee

As the largest art fair in Japan and the oldest in Asia, Art Fair Tokyo continues to bring together leading art galleries from across the country and the rest of the world since its founding in 2005. The fair is based around three core exhibitions: Galleries, Crossing, and Projects with works spanning from contemporary art masterpieces to ancient Japanese earthenware. 

Art Fair Tokyo returns again March 8-10, 2024

There is always something to discover in Tokyo. Seasonal events and grand openings are happening all the time. Follow @tokyotokyooldmeetsnew and visit www.gotokyo.org to plan your next trip to Tokyo.

Art Fair Tokyo returns again March 8-10 , 2024

openings info:

name: teamLab Planets

artist: teamLab | @teamlab

location: teamLab Planets TOKYO, Toyosu 6-1-16, Koto-ku, Tokyo

dates: July 7, 2018 – ongoing

name: teamLab Borderless: Mori Building Digital Art Museum

artist: teamLab | @teamlab

location: Azabudai Hills, Minato City, Tokyo

opening date: January 2024

name: Azabudai Hills – Modern Urban Village

location: Azabudai Hills, Minato City, Tokyo

designer: Thomas Heatherwick (UK)
architects: Pelli Clarke & Partners (USA) and Sou Fujimoto (Japan)

urban developer: Mori Building Co., Ltd

opening date: November 24, 2023

name: SusHi Tech Tokyo 2024 Showcase Programme

location: Odaiba, including Ariake Arena &  Miraikan – the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation

dates: April 27 – May 26, 2024

name: Tokyo Contemporary Art Award 2022-2024 Exhibition

artists: Saeborg; Tsuda Michiko

location: Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Exhibition Gallery 3F (4-1-1 Miyoshi, Koto-ku, Tokyo)

dates: March 30 – July 7, 2024

name: Syn : ‘Unfolded Horizon of Bodily Senses’
performing artists: Rhizomatiks × ELEVENPLAY | @rhizomatiks x @elevenplay
location: TOKYO NODE | @tokyonode
opening date: October 6-29, 2023

name: Designart Tokyo 2023

locations: Omotesando/Gaienmae/Harajuku/Shibuya/Roppongi/Hiroo/Ginza/Tokyo

dates: October 20-29, 2023

name: Roppongi Art Night | @roppongi_art_night_official

locations: Roppongi Hills; Mori Art Museum; TOKYO MIDTOWN; Suntory Museum of Art; 21_21 DESIGN SIGHT; The National Art Center, Tokyo; Roppongi Shopping District; other cooperating facilities and public spaces in the Roppongi area

opening date: 2024

name: Art Fair Tokyo | @artfairtokyo

location: Tokyo International Forum, Hall E and Lobby Gallery

dates: March 8-10, 2024

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Azabudai Hills | image Ⓒ DBox for Mori Building Co., Ltd.

Azabudai Hills | image Ⓒ DBox for Mori Building Co., Ltd.

food market of Azabudai Hills | image © DBox for Mori Building Co., Ltd.

teamLab, Moss Garden of Resonating Microcosms – Solidified Light Color, Sunrise and Sunset | teamLab Planets TOKYO, Tokyo © teamLab

teamLab, The Infinite Crystal Universe | teamLab Planets TOKYO, Tokyo © teamLab

teamLab, Drawing on the Water Surface Created by the Dance of Koi and People – Infinity | teamLab Planets TOKYO, Tokyo © teamLab

teamLab, Waterfall of Light Particles at the Top of an Incline | teamLab Planets TOKYO, Tokyo © teamLab

teamLab, Universe of Fire Particles Falling from the Sky | teamLab Planets TOKYO, Tokyo © teamLab

ELEVENPLAY×Rhizomatiks×Kyle McDonald ‘discrete figures’ | image © Yoshikazu Inoue

Tsuda Michiko, ‘Windowology: New Architectural Views from Japan’, installation view at VILLUM Window Collection, Copenhagen, 2022 | image © Jens Lindhe

Saeborg, ‘Cycle of L’ performance at The Museum of Art, Kochi, 2020 | image © Taisuke Tsurui

teamLab, Vegan Ramen UZU Tokyo | teamLab TOKYO, Tokyo © teamLab