Aichi Triennale

Presented every three years since its first edition in 2010, the Aichi Triennale is the preeminent global arts and culture festival in Japan. From its inception, the triennale has welcomed local and international artists, curators and cultural leaders to produce experiences fusing the visual and performing arts, learning components and community. In addition to the prefectural capital Nagoya city, the Aichi Triennale shares the overall region’s historical traditions with the rest of the world across museums, theaters, and various venues by way of an exhibition that highlights and celebrates transcendent contemporary art practices.

From its second edition, the triennale collaborates with different cities throughout Aichi to platform innovative approaches to art-making and performance, integrating and expressing curatorial themes through each region’s distinct historic sites, institutions and environments. At its core, the arts festival finds balance between the global and local communities through its rigorous examination and critical eye on our shared present. Each year, participating artists and collectives continue Aichi Triennale’s founding mission of presenting cutting-edge art that fosters spirited cultural exchange and innovative contributions to contemporary visual and performing arts.

As a complement to its creative programming, the Aichi Triennale also curates learning components organized by a dedicated team to ensure cross-cultural learning and engagement. Extensive educational aspects of each edition connect students of all ages with instructors to meaningfully engage with art through dialogue, material practice and community-building. Serving as a festive moment where art and communities intersect, the triennale generates new possibilities of expression that welcome and challenge the most pressing conversations of our times. As a whole, Aichi Triennale extends beyond the conventional limits of the festival format to honor the shared affinities between artists and viewers alike.