Roppongi Art Night, an art festival held in the town of Roppongi, will be held this year in September. With the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting changes in lifestyle and societal values, this year’s Roppongi Art Night, the 13th in the series, will try new frameworks and series, with an eye towards sustainability and continuation into the next generation. A concept that has been ingrained since its inception will be reiterated through the overarching theme of “A Festival of City, Art and Future,” with Roppongi Art Night evolving as a fresh, more global nighttime event.

While the past model for the event highlighted a main featured artist or artists, this year will shift to a new model of featuring artists through RAN Picks, exhibiting six groups of domestic and international artists who will be showcased in Roppongi Art Night at various locations, including Roppongi Hills, The National Art Center, Tokyo, and Tokyo Midtown. In addition, the new RAN Focus program has been established for each event to spotlight art from various countries and regions. This year, the focus will be on art from Taiwan. In addition, the program will be enhanced with opening performances, talk programs, encore returns of popular works from past Roppongi Art Night events, and community projects in which local residents can participate. Please look forward to Roppongi Art Night 2024.

Mami Kataoka
Roppongi Art Night Executive Committee Chair / Director, Mori Art Museum