The Japan Foundation organizes an international symposium on art biennials and triennials being held in East Asian countries. The symposium will be held on the occasion of the opening of the Aichi Triennale 2010, which will take place from August 21 to October 31, 2010.

From the 1990s and 2000s, several characteristic biennials and triennials have been launched in East Asian countries. In 2001 the Japan Foundation launched the Yokohama Triennale, which it continued to hold in 2005 and 2008.

Keynote Speech: Yoshiharu Fukuhara, Honorary Chairman, Shiseido Co., Ltd. / Director of the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography.
Panel Discussion Moderator: Akira Tatehata, Artistic Director of Aichi Triennale 2010 / Director of the National Museum of Art, Osaka.

Panelists: Lee Sang Sub, Managing Director of the Busan Biennale; Lee Yong Woo, CEO of the Gwangju Biennale; Shao Shan, Director General of the Guangzhou Triennale / Vice Director
of the Guangdong Museum of Art;
Zhang Qing (Director General of the Shanghai Biennale / Vice Director of the Shanghai Art Museum; Masanobu Ito, Director General of the Yokohama Triennale 2008.

21 August 2010, 13:00-15:30 h.
Art Space A, Aichi Arts Center 12F, 1-13-2, Higashi-Sakura, Higashi-ku Nagoya City,
Aichi 4618525, Japan