November 2026 Exhibition and Art Event Calendar: Art Week Tokyo, ACK, Roppongi Art Night and More

In November 2026, art fairs and art weeks follow one after another in Tokyo and Kyoto. Following Roppongi Art Night 2026 from October 31 to November 1, Art Week Tokyo is held from November 4 to 8. Art Collaboration Kyoto (ACK) 2026 takes place in Kyoto from November 7 to 9, and MUTEK.JP 2026 in Takanawa from November 20 to 23. This article introduces, in date order, the main art events opening or held from October 30 to the end of November.

In Tokyo, ARTE TOKYO (Tokyo International Culture and Arts Festival) is also being held from October 10 to December 31. The international art exhibition TOKYO ATLAS in the waterfront area is organized by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, the Tokyo International Culture and Arts Festival Executive Committee and others. MUTEK.JP is held as an official partner program of ARTE TOKYO.

October 30 – November 3: DESIGNART, Roppongi Art Night and more

[Ended] Friday, October 30 – Sunday, November 8: DESIGNART TOKYO 2026

DESIGNART TOKYO, now in its 10th edition, is a festival of design and art with about 150 participants from 13 countries. The concept of the main venue, AUTOBAHN (October 30 – November 3), is “NO LIMIT.” Participants include BALMUDA and nendo.

Dates: Friday, October 30 – Sunday, November 8, 2026
Venues: Ginza, Tokyo, Roppongi, Gaienmae, Omotesando, Harajuku, Daikanyama and Ikejiri areas
Admission: One-day ticket for the main venue AUTOBAHN: adults 3,500 yen, students 1,500 yen (same day)

[Ended] Saturday, October 31 – Sunday, November 1: Roppongi Art Night 2026

Roppongi Art Night presents about 60 programs at venues including Roppongi Hills, Tokyo Midtown and the National Art Center, Tokyo. According to the organizer, it is held all night for the first time in three years. It also includes a French feature, RAN Focus [France]. Yoann Bourgeois Art Company plans two works using trampolines and rotating stage sets.

Dates: Saturday, October 31 – Sunday, November 1, 2026
Hours: Core time from 17:00 on the 31st to 6:00 on the 1st
Venues: Roppongi Hills, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo Midtown, Suntory Museum of Art, 21_21 DESIGN SIGHT, The National Art Center, Tokyo, Roppongi shopping streets and more
Admission: Free (some programs and museum exhibitions are paid)

Opening Saturday, October 31: Mariko Mori, Edo paintings from the British Museum, a special exhibition in Kanazawa and more

On the same day, major exhibitions open in Tokyo, Osaka, Kanazawa and Aomori. All run into 2027.

• “Mariko Mori: All That Shines” (Mori Art Museum, until March 28, 2027). On the opening day, the museum stays open until 6:00 the next morning to coincide with Roppongi Art Night.

• “A Profusion of Flowers: Edo Painting Across the Sea from the British Museum’s Japanese Collection” (Nakanoshima Museum of Art, Osaka, until January 31, 2027).

• “From Today to Tomorrow: Passing On Works of Art” (21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, until April 18, 2027). It is the last special exhibition before the museum’s long-term closure from May 2027.

• “Lieko Shiga: Nanumo Kanumo” (Aomori Museum of Art, until March 14, 2027). It is said to be the artist’s “largest-ever” solo exhibition.

November 4–9: Art Week Tokyo and ACK

[Ended] Wednesday, November 4 – Sunday, November 8: Art Week Tokyo

Art Week Tokyo is an event in which visitors tour museums and galleries across Tokyo. According to the official website, a record 56 venues are taking part, and a free shuttle bus, AWT BUS, links the venues. AWT FOCUS, a curated program, has been expanded in 2026 to ten venues and made into a tour format.

Dates: Wednesday, November 4 – Sunday, November 8, 2026
Hours: 10:00–18:00
Venues: Participating museums and galleries in Tokyo
Admission: AWT BUS and participating galleries are free (participating museums offer an AWT special discount for designated exhibitions)

[Ended] Saturday, November 7 – Monday, November 9: Art Collaboration Kyoto (ACK) 2026

ACK is an art fair whose main venue is the Kyoto International Conference Center, with “collaboration” as its concept. According to Kyoto Prefecture’s announcement (June), 63 galleries are exhibiting (31 from Japan and 32 from abroad), 18 of them for the first time. First-time exhibitors include Hauser & Wirth (Zurich) and Gallery Hyundai (Seoul).

Dates: Saturday, November 7 – Monday, November 9, 2026 (the preview on the 6th is for invited guests and the press only)
Hours: 12:00–19:00 on the 7th and 8th, 11:00–17:00 on the 9th
Venues: Kyoto International Conference Center and other locations
Admission: Adults: advance 3,000 yen (until November 6), same day 3,500 yen. Student discount 1,000 yen; junior high school students and younger free

November 14–29: the Orsay exhibition, MUTEK.JP, KOGEI and more

Opening Saturday, November 14: 100th Anniversary of the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum — What a Wonderful World: Masterworks from the Musée d’Orsay

The Musée d’Orsay exhibition consists of about 110 paintings, sculptures, decorative arts, photographs and other works. According to the museum, Millet’s “The Gleaners” is coming to Japan for the first time in 23 years and Van Gogh’s “Starry Night” for the first time in 16 years. From Thursday, November 19, the free exhibition “Opening Beginnings: 100 Years of the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum,” commemorating the museum’s 100th anniversary, also begins.

Dates: Saturday, November 14, 2026 – Sunday, March 28, 2027
Venue: Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum
Admission: Adults 2,400 yen (advance 2,200 yen, until November 13)

Opening Wednesday, November 18: Arte Museum Nagoya

Arte Museum Nagoya is an immersive art space operated and produced by the Seoul-based d’strict. The announcement describes it as the first in Japan. Its theme is “ETERNAL NATURE,” with 18 works shown in 17 spaces. It is the ninth ARTE MUSEUM in the world, and the museums’ cumulative visitors are said to have exceeded 12 million.

Opening date: Wednesday, November 18, 2026
Hours: 10:00–20:00 (last entry 18:30)
Venue: Arte Museum Nagoya (Chita City, Aichi Prefecture; 3-minute walk from Shin-Maiko Station on the Meitetsu Tokoname Line)
Admission: Adults: weekdays 3,400 yen, Saturdays, Sundays and holidays 3,800 yen

Friday, November 20 – Monday, November 23 (national holiday): MUTEK.JP 2026

MUTEK.JP is a festival of electronic music and digital creativity, with 2026 being Edition 11. The venue is MoN Takanawa: The Museum of Narratives in TAKANAWA GATEWAY CITY. Announced performers include Daito Manabe x ELEVENPLAY, Max Cooper, Ryoichi Kurokawa and mouse on the keys.

Dates: Friday, November 20 – Monday, November 23 (national holiday), 2026
Venue: MoN Takanawa: The Museum of Narratives (in TAKANAWA GATEWAY CITY)
Admission: 1-Day ticket 8,000 yen (until October 20), 10,000 yen (from October 21). 1-Day U25 5,000 yen

Friday, November 27 – Sunday, November 29: KOGEI Art Fair Kanazawa 2026

According to the organizer, it is “the only art fair in Japan specializing in kogei (crafts).” A total of 49 galleries take part, using the 2nd, 4th and 5th floors of Hyatt Centric Kanazawa. The fair presents new aesthetics and values in crafts, from young artists in Japan and abroad to artists active internationally.

Dates: Friday, November 27 – Sunday, November 29, 2026
Venue: Hyatt Centric Kanazawa (1-5-2 Hirooka, Kanazawa City, Ishikawa)
Admission: Check the ticket page on the official website

Opening Saturday, November 28: Edo-Tokyo Museum Reopening Special Exhibition “Maruyama Okyo: Beyond the Real, a Spatial Revolution”

Works such as Daijoji Temple’s Important Cultural Property “Pine Tree and Peacocks” (1795, shown throughout) are on display. After Tokyo, the exhibition travels to the Osaka City Museum of Fine Arts from February 6, 2027. The Edo-Tokyo Museum and the nearby Sumida Hokusai Museum and Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo are summarized in our Ryogoku and Kiyosumi-Shirakawa art guide.

Dates: Saturday, November 28, 2026 – Sunday, January 24, 2027
Venue: Edo-Tokyo Museum (1F Special Exhibition Gallery)
Admission: Special exhibition ticket: adults 2,100 yen (advance 1,900 yen, until November 27). Free for elementary, junior high and high school students

On throughout November: TOKYO ATLAS, the Maebashi International Art Festival, Rokko Meets Art and more

Saturday, October 10 – Sunday, December 20: International Art Exhibition TOKYO ATLAS

TOKYO ATLAS is an international art exhibition with 20 artists and groups from Japan and abroad, staged in three areas: Daiba, Aomi and Tennoz. Yayoi Kusama’s “Narcissus Garden” (1966/2026) is shown in Daiba Park. A giant six-meter-tall sculpture by Leiko Ikemura is installed on the water off Odaiba Marine Park, and a 197.5-meter-long underground parking lot that is normally unused is also used for the exhibition. Museums and galleries in Tennoz, one of the venues, are introduced in our Tennoz art guide.

Dates: Saturday, October 10 – Sunday, December 20, 2026 (closed Mondays; open Monday, November 23, a national holiday, and closed the following day)
Venues: Daiba Park, Odaiba Marine Park, Telecom Center Building, Aomi Minami Futo Park, Isle Shinagawa, WHAT MUSEUM and more
Admission: Free except for some venues (planned)

Saturday, September 19 – Sunday, December 20: The 1st Maebashi International Art Festival 2026

The theme of the Maebashi International Art Festival is “Mebuku” (Budding). Seventy artists and groups from Japan and abroad take part at venues including Arts Maebashi, the Shiroiya Hotel and the Maebashi Literature Museum. Participants include Tadashi Kawamata, Naoki Ishikawa and Martin Margiela. Closed every Wednesday.

Dates: Saturday, September 19 – Sunday, December 20, 2026
Hours: 10:00–18:00 (last entry 17:30)
Venues: Arts Maebashi and other venues in Maebashi City
Admission: Passport: adults 3,000 yen, students 2,000 yen, high school students and younger free

Saturday, August 29 – Sunday, November 29: Kobe Rokko Meets Art 2026 beyond

A contemporary art festival staged on top of Mt. Rokko in Kobe, running for a total of 93 days. Yayoi Kusama’s large three-dimensional work “Pumpkin” is shown as a specially deposited work inside the ROKKO Forest Sound Museum. The official website also lists names such as Yoshitomo Nara and Michele De Lucchi.

Dates: Saturday, August 29 – Sunday, November 29, 2026
Venue: Mt. Rokko summit area (Kobe City)
Admission: Viewing passport (day pass): adults 3,300 yen, children 1,300 yen (same day)

Opened October 23–28: Takehisa Yumeji, the Turner exhibition and original shojo manga drawings

Major exhibitions that opened in Tokyo in late October can also be seen throughout November. All run into 2027.

• “Takehisa Yumeji—An Artist Who Defined His Era” (The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, until January 11, 2027). About 500 works and materials are on display; the first period runs until November 23.

• “Tate Turner: Painting the Sublime, a Dialogue with Contemporary Art” (National Museum of Western Art, until February 21, 2027). November 4 to 19 are free days for university and high school students.

• “Shojo Manga Infinity: Moto Hagio × Ryoko Yamagishi × Waki Yamato” (The National Art Center, Tokyo, until February 8, 2027). More than 800 original drawings are planned.

An overall picture of exhibitions is in our Tokyo exhibition guide and our Kansai exhibition guide, both of which include lists by closing date. Museums and galleries in each area of Tokyo are introduced in our guides to Marunouchi, Kyobashi and Nihonbashi, Omotesando, Aoyama and Harajuku and Ginza.

Light events lighting up or opening in November

Illuminations and projection mapping also start one after another in November. The start dates of the main events are as follows.

• Friday, October 30: teamLab: Digitized Fukuoka Castle Ruins 2026-2027 (Fukuoka Castle Ruins in Maizuru Park, until January 11, 2027)

• Monday, November 2: WONDER NIGHT JINGU: Gekka (Heian Jingu Shrine, until November 29)

• Tuesday, November 3 (national holiday): Midosuji Illumination 2026 (part of the Osaka Festival of the Lights 2026, until December 31)

• Thursday, November 5: Roppongi Hills Keyakizaka Illumination SNOW & BLUE (until December 25)

• Friday, November 6: The Starlight Million (Huis Ten Bosch, until February 25, 2027)

• Thursday, November 12: Marunouchi Illumination 2026 (Marunouchi Naka-dori, until February 14, 2027)

• Friday, November 20: Sapporo White Illumination, Odori venue (until December 25)

• Thursday, November 26: MIDTOWN CHRISTMAS 2026 (Tokyo Midtown, until December 25)

Details are in our feature on illuminations in Tokyo and the Kanto region and our feature on projection mapping and light events across Japan. Check each official website for lighting hours and prices.

Frequently asked questions

Which events can be enjoyed for free?

Roppongi Art Night is free, with some programs and museum exhibitions charging admission. At Art Week Tokyo, the AWT BUS and participating galleries are free. TOKYO ATLAS is free except for some venues (planned). On Culture Day, Tuesday, November 3 (national holiday), museums such as the National Museum of Western Art and the Tokyo National Museum offer free admission (mostly to their collection and permanent exhibitions). The participating venues are summarized in our article on museums with free admission on Culture Day.

Do the dates of Art Week Tokyo and ACK overlap?

Art Week Tokyo runs from November 4 to 8 and ACK’s public days from the 7th to the 9th, so the 7th and 8th overlap. On ACK’s final day, Monday the 9th, the fair is open from 11:00 to 17:00.

Which major exhibitions open in November?

In Tokyo, the Musée d’Orsay exhibition at the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum opens on the 14th and the Maruyama Okyo exhibition at the Edo-Tokyo Museum on the 28th. On October 31, “Mariko Mori: All That Shines” at the Mori Art Museum and the British Museum exhibition at the Nakanoshima Museum of Art, Osaka also begin.

*Information as of October 19, 2026. Please check the official websites for the latest information.

*Top image: A guided tour at Art Week Tokyo in 2025 (from a press release by Contemporary Art Platform, a general incorporated association)

*This article was compiled by the TOKYO ART SPHERE editorial team based on official announcements by each organizer and facility (as of October 19, 2026).

Text: TOKYO ART SPHERE Editorial Team

A note from the publisher

*Disclosure: “ASAKUSA CULTURE & LIGHTS 2026,” “Ukiyo-e Immersive Art Exhibition GIFU” and “Tsuruga-jo Castle Projection Mapping 2026,” introduced in this article, are events planned and produced by HITOHATA, INC., an affiliate of HITOHATA ASSOCIATION, the general incorporated association that operates TOKYO ART SPHERE (About us).

[Ended] Friday, October 30 – Tuesday, November 3 (national holiday): ASAKUSA CULTURE & LIGHTS 2026

ASAKUSA CULTURE & LIGHTS alternately projects videos of about six minutes onto the south faces of Senso-ji’s Main Hall and Hozomon Gate. The videos take Senso-ji’s 1,400 years of history and culture as their motif, drawing on the temple’s large votive paintings, the illustrated origin scroll known as the Kanbun Engi, ukiyo-e and more. During the same period, a special viewing (paid, date-specific) of the Denboin Garden, a Place of Scenic Beauty normally closed to the public, and the Emado is also held.

Dates: Friday, October 30 – Tuesday, November 3 (national holiday), 2026
Hours: 18:00–21:30
Venue: Senso-ji Temple, Main Hall and Hozomon Gate (2-3-1 Asakusa, Taito-ku, Tokyo)
Admission: Free; no advance registration required

Opening Friday, November 6: Ukiyo-e Immersive Art Exhibition GIFU

“Ukiyo-e Immersive Art Exhibition GIFU” is based on more than 300 ukiyo-e prints by Katsushika Hokusai, Utagawa Kuniyoshi, Utagawa Hiroshige and others. The exhibition turns them into experiential digital art using 3DCG animation and projection mapping. The Gifu venue has original content in which ukiyo-e of Nobunaga and cormorant fishing come to life.

Dates: Friday, November 6, 2026 – Monday, January 11, 2027 (national holiday)
Venue: Gifu City Museum of History (1F Special Exhibition Room, in Gifu Park)
Admission: Adults (high school and older) 1,500 yen on the day (advance 1,300 yen), elementary and junior high school students 700 yen (advance 500 yen)

Friday, November 20 – Sunday, November 22: Tsuruga-jo Castle Projection Mapping 2026

Video inspired by traditional culture such as Aizu lacquerware, Aizu painted candles and Aizu cotton is projected onto the keep, stone walls and other parts of Tsuruga-jo Castle. Content of about eight minutes is projected continuously with an intermission of about three minutes in between.

Dates: Friday, November 20 – Sunday, November 22, 2026
Hours: 17:30–21:00
Venue: Tsuruga-jo Castle Park (1-1 Otemachi, Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima)
Admission: Free; no advance registration required