September 30, 2021
The New Cosmos of Photography Tokyo Exhibition 2021 will present seven Excellence Award-winning works and fourteen Honorable Mention Award-winning works, that were selected among 2,191 applicants of the 2021 competition. The exhibition will be held alongside “super smooth,” an exhibition of new work by the Grand Prize winner of the New Cosmos of Photography 2020, Seiya Higuchi.
On October 17, the artists’ talk by the award winners will be held. On November 12, the Grand Prize selection committee will hold a public meeting to select the Grand Prize winner among the seven Excellence Award winners. On November 13, photo lectures by Daisuke Yokota and Takashi Yasumura, who are members of the Grand Prize Selection Committee, will be held. On November 14, previous New Cosmos of Photography winners will host an additional slide and talk show.
| Date | Oct. 16 (Sat.) – Nov. 14 (Sun.) 10:00 – 18:00 Last entry 30 minutes before closing Closed on Mondays |
| Venue | Tokyo Photographic Art Museum (Exhibition Room on B1F) |
| Admission | Free |
| Co-organize | Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture, Tokyo Photographic Art Museum |
| Exhibiting artists | -Excellence Award winners Naotatsu Kaku Kenji Chiga Thembinkosi Hlatshwayo Taisuke Nakano Koichi Mitsuoka Robert Zhao Renhui Wan Chaofan -Honorable Mention Award winners Ayaka Endo Yosuke Kakegawa kikusahappa Masa Kudo Shuji Koike Tatsuya Konda Aisuke Kondo Hirohito Nomoto Takao Hashimoto Fujimura Family Kazuhiko Matsumura Hiroki Miyamoto Chinatsu Yasuhara Seitaro Yamada |
| Also scheduled | Seiya Higuchi “super smooth” (Grand Prize winner of the 43rd competition, 2020) |
| Date | Oct. 17 (Sun.) |
| Time | Part 1; 14:30 – 15:40 <Break time> Part 2; 16:00 – 17:30 |
| Venue | Tokyo Photographic Art Museum (1F Hall) |
| Capacity | 90 people |
| Content |
Part 1; Presentation by fourteen Honorable Mention Award winners Part 2; Presentation by seven Excellence Award winners and the Grand prize winner of 2020 |
| Admission | Free (advanced reservation required) *For advanced reservation required, please refer to this page. |
| Date | Nov. 12 (Fri.) Opening 14:00 Committee meeting 14:30 – 16:30 Award Ceremony 17:30 – 17:50 |
| Venue | Tokyo Photographic Art Museum (1F Hall) |
| Capacity | 90 people |
| Admission | Free (advanced reservation required) *For advanced reservation required, please refer to this page. |
| Date | Nov. 13 (Sat.) |
| Time | Part1; 14:00 – 15:00 Daisuke Yokota Part2; 15:30 – 16:30 Takashi Yasumura |
| Venue | Tokyo Photographic Art Museum (1F Hall) |
| Capacity | 90 people |
| Content | A two-part photo lecture by this year’s judges, Daisuke Yokota and Takashi Yasumura, will be held. The two artists, who have been active in photography and art scenes in Japan and overseas, will talk about the attractiveness of photographic expression and their careers as artists, introducing their work from the episode when they applied for the New Century Photography to the award-winning works and their history. |
| Admission | Free (advanced reservation required) *For advanced reservation required, please refer to this page. |
| Date | Nov. 14 (Sun.) 13:00 – 16:00 |
| Venue | Tokyo Photographic Art Museum (1F Hall) |
| Artists | Previous competition winners (selection in progress) |
| Capacity | 90 people |
| Admission | Free (advanced reservation required) *For advanced reservation required, please refer to this page. |
The Tokyo Photographic Art Museum will adhere to relevant guidelines and take necessary measures to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus. We ask for your understanding regarding inconveniences for this time.
https://topmuseum.jp/contents/details/2021/news2021/NoticesToVisitors_1020_re.pdf
*The event is subject to change due to unavoidable circumstances. The latest information is available on this website.