ART OSAKA 2026 will take place from 28 May to 1 June with an expanded two-venue format, featuring over 60 galleries from Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, the Philippines, and beyond. The fair is split between the Galleries Section at Grand Green Osaka in the Umekita district and the Expanded Section at Creative Center Osaka, a former shipyard. A special exhibition, "Another 1990s—Kansai Artists Beyond Time," revisits regional art practices from the 1990s.
This edition matters because ART OSAKA is one of Japan’s longest-running contemporary art fairs, known for its strong regional identity and connections across East and Southeast Asia. The expanded format and site-responsive installations highlight Osaka’s urban transformation and position the fair as a timely lens on contemporary art in Japan and Asia, while the special exhibition offers an alternative perspective on postwar Japanese art history.