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Thursday, April 2

DAY 1 (Fair Hours / 11:00 - 20:00)

Friday, April 3

DAY 2 (Fair Hours / 11:00 - 20:00)

6:30 p.m.: What is contemporary art? And what isn't?
Curators and gallerists discuss what you need to know to appreciate contemporary art - and what you don't. (In Japanese and English)

Shihoko Iida -- Curator/Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery
Satoshi Okada -- Collector, magical, ARTROOM
Haruka Ito -- 101TOKYO Creative Director and Curator/magical, ARTROOM
Jeffrey Rosen -- Gallerist/Misako & Rosen, Gallery Sora, Taka Ishii
Junya Sato -- Artist/Boice Planning

Moderator:: Andrew Maerkle -- former Deputy Editor of Art Asia Pacific magazine

Saturday, April 4

DAY 3 (Fair Hours / 10:00 - 19:00)

1:00 p.m.: How does contemporary art influence the creative industries?
Experts from various creative fields explore the differences and similarities between art and the worlds of fashion, design, architecture and advertising. How do these fields play off of one another? (In Japanese and English)

Mark Collis -- Executive Creative Director/Ogilvy
Mark Dytham -- Architect/Klein Dytham Architecture
Serge Mouangue -- Conceptual car designer/Nissan
Kenji Shiratsuchi -- Exectutive Planning Designer/Dentsu
Kosuke Tsumura -- Designer/Issey Miyake, FINAL HOME

Moderator:: Michael Sheetal -- Director/Ultra Super New

3:00 p.m.: How do art communities differ?
As Japanese art gains more exposure overseas, Japanese artists are going abroad with greater frequency for residencies and to live. Five artists discuss how their creative experiences compared while working outside of their homeland. (In Japanese and English)

Noboru Tsubaki -- Japan
Satoru Aoyama-- Japan
Daisuke Ohba -- Japan
Rafael Rozendaal -- The Netherlands
Koen Vanmechelen -- Belgium

Moderator:: Kosuke Fujitaka -- 101TOKYO Communications Director

5:00 p.m.: How do we create a new art market?
Active local collectors are essential to a thriving art market. Young collectors discuss why art lovers become art buyers -- and what we all gain from it. (In Japanese)

Keita Arisawa
Hiroaki Ikeda -- Art Collection Department/Family office
Yoshiko Ikoma -- Fashion Journalist
Hiroko Ishinabe -- Founder/One Piece Club
Kojiro Nagomo -- Creative Director/BEAMS
Naomi Rowe -- eN arts

Moderator:: Haruka Ito -- 101TOKYO Creative Director

Sunday, April 5

DAY 4 (Fair Hours / 10:00 - 17:00)

1:00 p.m.: What is the role of art fairs in Asia?
The number and presence of art fairs in Japan has been increasing. What is their history in the country, their future, and their role in the market? (In Japanese and English)

Tsutomu Ikeuchi -- CEO/Roentgenwerke AG
Sueo Mizuma -- Director/Mizuma Art Gallery
Rick Wang -- Director/Young Art Taipei
Jessica Park -- Marketing Director/ARTO Art Fair Busan

Moderator:: Kosuke Fujitaka -- 101TOKYO Communications Director

3:00 p.m.: What can we do better?
Tokyo's art scene is a lively one, but does it have the infrastructure it really needs to grow? International art world professionals explore how to build a strong community, a local market and institutions with a history. (In Japanese and English)

Doryun Chong --Associate Curator/Walker Art Center
Yusaku Imamura -- Director/Tokyo Wonder Site
Mami Kataoka -- Senior Curator/Mori Arts Museum
Yochiro Kurata -- President/Shinwa Auction
Sofia Hernandez Chong Cuy -- Curator-in-residence/Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College

Moderator:: Andrew Maerkle -- former Deputy Editor of Art Asia Pacific magazine

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