PRESS RELEASE 2019.10.1 The National Art Center, Tokyo

Announcement: Appointment of New Director General The National Art Center, Tokyo (NACT) is pleased to announce that Eriko OSAKA has been appointed as NACT's new Director General, taking office from October 1st, 2019. (She will also serve as Director of Yokohama Museum of Art until March 2020.)

Profile | Eriko Osaka Born in Tokyo, received B.F.A. from Gakushuin University. She has coordinated and curated many international exhibitions of contemporary art while at the Japan Foundation and ICA, Nagoya. She worked at the Contemporary Art Center, Art Tower Mito as senior curator (1994-1997) and artistic director (1997-2006) and Mori Art Museum as artistic director (2007-2009), before assuming her position as director, Yokohama Museum of Art in 2009. She is appointed to be Director General of the National Art Center, Tokyo in October, 2019. She has numerous experiences in working for international Photo: Risaku Suzuki exhibitions, as co-curator for the Japan section of the 3rd Asian Pacific Triennial (1999), commissioner for the Japan Pavilion in the 49th Venice Biennale (2001), director general in the 4th Yokohama Triennale (2011), chairperson in the 5th Yokohama Triennale (2014), co-director in the 6th Yokohama Triennale (2017) and vice chairperson in the 7th Yokohama Triennale (2020).

The National Art Center, Tokyo | Exhibition Schedule ■ Image Narratives: Literature in Japanese Contemporary Art：Wed., Aug. 28 – Mon., Nov. 11, 2019 ■ Cartier, Crystallization of Time：Wed., Oct. 2 – Mon. Dec. 16, 2019 ■ Treasures from Budapest: European and Hungarian Masterpieces from the Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest and the Hungarian National Gallery Japan-Hungary Friendship 150th Anniversary：Wed., Dec. 4, 2019 – Mon., Mar. 16, 2020 ■ KOKOKARA 4: First steps on disability, expression and co-existence Wed., Dec. 4 – Sun. Dec. 8, 2019 ■ “DOMANI: the Art of Tomorrow” Exhibition 2020 Contemporary Japanese Artists from the Overseas Study Program of the Agency for Cultural Affairs Sat., Jan. 11 – Sun., Feb. 16, 2020 ■ Timeless Conversations 2020: Voices from Japanese Art of the Past and Present Wed., Mar. 11－ Mon., Jun. 1, 2020 ■ Fashion in Japan 1945-2020：Wed., Jun. 3 – Mon., Aug. 24, 2020 ■ MANGA ⇔ TOKYO：Wed., Jul. 8 – Tue., Sep. 22, 2020 *For press contacts for each exhibition, please refer to https://www.nact.jp/english/pr/#link02

*For more info https://www.nact.jp/english

Press Inquiries The National Art Center, Tokyo: Office of Communications and International Affairs 7-22-2 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106-8558 Tel: +81-(0)3-6812-9925 (weekdays 10:00-17:00) FAX: +81-(0)3-3405-2532 Email: [email protected]