Ueno Art Cross Book Fair 2025
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A portfolio exhibition by coconogacco students and alumni will be held at the Kuroda Memorial Hall, Tokyo National Museum.
The same venue will also host “POST × flotsam books: Ueno Pop-Up,” featuring book sales curated by art bookshops POST and flotsambooks, alongside an exhibition by the Tokyo University of the Arts Design Department's Ojika Island Project.
Furthermore, various exhibitions and events are planned at the International Children's Library and the Tokyo University of the Arts Library.
Talks and public critiques related to the exhibitions are also being organized.
Please join us for these three days where art and books intersect.
Dates: September 5 (Fri)–7 (Sun)
Hours: 9:30 AM–5:00 PM (Last entry at 4:30 PM)
Venue: Tokyo National Museum, Kuroda Memorial Hall
(13-9 Ueno Park, Taito-ku, Tokyo)
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September 5 (Fri) 1:30 PM–2:30 PM
“Portfolio Review”
Public Portfolio Review
Reviewers
Keisuke Matsushita (Professor, Tokyo University of the Arts)・Yoshikazu Yamagata (Representative, writtenafterwards / coconogacco)・Takayuki Kobayashi (flotsambooks)・haru (HIGH(er)magazine)・Shuto Ootsuki (Post City Boy Magazine)・Hiroshi Igarashi (BY archives)
15:00-16:00
“How to Create a Portfolio that ‘Tells a Story’”
Speakers: Yoshikazu Yamagata (Representative, writtenafterwards / coconogacco), haru (HIGH(er)magazine), Shuto Ootsuki (Post City Boy Magazine), Oo Igarashi (BY archives)
September 6 (Sat) 14:00-15:00
“The Foundational Experience of Art Books”
Yusuke Nakajima (POST) · Takayuki Kobayashi (flotsam books)
September 7 (Sun) 15:00-16:00
“Still, We Want to Gather at Bookstores”
Speakers: Takayuki Kobayashi (flotsambooks)・haru (HIGH(er)magazine)・Shuto Ootsuki (Post City Boy Magazine)・Hiroshi Igarashi (BY archives)