Intersections Visiting Scholar TOSHIO SHIMIZU Thursday, February 5 @630pm

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Intersections Visiting Scholar TOSHIO SHIMIZU
Public Lecture: History of Japanese Art Since the 1950s
The lecture will highlight significant artists and collectives including Gutai, Neo Dada, High Red Center, and Mono-ha.
Thursday, February 5
UHM ART Auditorium
5:45-6:20 pm, Reception
6:30-7:30 pm, Public Lecture

TOSHIO SHIMIZU is the Director of Toshio Shimizu Art Office, Toshio Shimizu is an art critic, independent curator, and a professor at Gakushuin Women’s College in Japan. He also holds the position of art director of public art at Tokyo Midtown. In addition, Shimizu serves as a curator at Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum, and as an artistic director at Contemporary Art Center, Art Tower Mito. His recent focus is on the cultivation of exhibitions and public art. He completed his studies at the Tokyo Metropolitan University and École du Louvre, Paris.

co-sponsored by department partner TOKYO MIDTOWN.