UAE and Japan celebrate 50 years of diplomatic ties through the Abu Dhabi Festival “Variation and Autonomy: The Prints of Contemporary Japanese Painters.”
The traveling show is set to run until July 7 and is curated by Kyoji Takizawa of the Machida City Museum of Graphic Arts in Tokyo and presents the work of ten artists who experimented with prints in the world of contemporary art in the 1970s.
The show is part of the Abu Dhabi Festival 2022 held under the theme “Crafting the Emirates State of Mind: Creation, Innovation and Joy.”
“Audiences in the UAE an opportunity to experience the beauty of contemporary Japanese art and to discover the talent of its influential artists,” Founder and artistic director of Abu Dhabi Festival Huda Alkhamis Kanoo said.
“I hope this exhibition makes a fresh contribution to further promotion of cultural exchanges between Japan and the UAE,” the Japanese Ambassador to the UAE Akio Isomata said.
