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More than Meets the Eye:
Tokyo & Naoshima Tour
Presenter
Art Gallery NSW and Renaissance Tours
Date
21 - 30 November 2024
Tour Leader
Kathryn Hunyor, Director, ArtsPeople
Bookings open for 2024 tour
ArtsPeople’s Director Kathryn Hunyor has curated an 8-day cultural tour of Japan focusing on contemporary art, architecture and design as part of the Art Gallery of NSW Society’s World Art Tours. Catering to the AGNSW Society’s well-travelled and well-informed membership, Kathryn has updated and refreshed her tour to include some new and exciting artistic adventures.
About ‘More than Meets the Eye’
This ‘week-long public program’ includes curated walking tours, gallery visits, themed lectures and special guests. The first week in Tokyo includes ‘Japanese Design Reborn’ from Marunouchi to Ginza, ‘The Art of Living’ in Roppongi, ‘The City as Museum’ in Omotesando & Aoyama, and ‘Downtown Delights’ in Ueno & Yanaka. The second week will immerse our visitors in Japanese and international contemporary art and architecture by Tadao Ando, Rei Naito, Ryue Nishizawa, Kazuo Sejima, Yukinori Yanagi, Lee Ufan, Yoshihiro Suda, James Turrell and many others, scattered across the Seto Inland Sea ‘art islands’ of Naoshima, Teshima & Inujima.
Places are limited so please contact Renaissance Tours to book.