作者：Travis Jeppesen

自2021年創立以來，東京藝術周（Art Week Tokyo，AWT）為訪客和本地居民提供了一個全新視角，感受這座城市低調卻充滿活力的藝術生態。今年，第五屆藝術周定於2026年11月初舉行－－此時的東京秋高氣爽，正是到訪的最佳時節。本屆東京藝術周將呈獻由42間藝廊及藝術空間組成的強大陣容，其中包括數間新加入的國際參展藝廊，標誌著項目日益擴大的全球影響力。此外，13場機構展覽將展出本土及國際藝術家的作品。

On the streets of Paris, Getty’s outdoor installations appear in six locations. Each reproduction carries a QR code that will take you to information about the whole project and invite you to dive deeper into the individual artwork. Most of the artists selected are French – some instantly recognizable, others newly celebrated through major exhibitions. Alongside Van Gogh’s Irises, which Fleming describes as ‘perhaps Getty’s best-known painting,’ are works by Édouard Manet, Paul Cézanne, and Gustave Caillebotte. Also included, is Lawrence Alma-Tadema’s Spring (1894), a work that she notes, serves as a nice nod to Getty’s antiquities collection. Fleming also explains that the selection of the sites was equally intentional, and rather than focusing exclusively on tourist-heavy areas, Getty selected neighborhoods across the city. ‘We wanted a mix of locations that really dig into the city and bring new eyes and interest to Getty’s collection.’

From Van Gogh’s postman to a Roman procession

Whether you are walking, biking, or driving from Gare de l’Est, make your way toward the Hôtel de Ville, where another Van Gogh awaits you: Portrait of Joseph Roulin (1888). After the riot of color at the station, this one comes as a welcome change of mood: a black-and-white portrait of the postman the artist befriended in Arles, describing him as, ‘A good soul and so wise and so full of feeling and so trustful.’ Van Gogh’s energetic lines make the portrait vibrate, while the nervous cross-hatching in the background creates a sense of movement, urging you on.

Next stop: Notre-Dame. Here, Lawrence Alma-Tadema’s Spring brings an entirely different atmosphere. Barefoot young women and children crowned with flowers lead a procession through an imagined ancient Rome, surrounded by marble, poppies, daffodils, and musicians. This cascade of figures spilling across the composition, from the spectators leaning over balconies and rooftops to the crowd below, mirrors the vibrancy of one of the busiest neighborhoods in Paris.

然而，圍繞今年盛事最熱烈的討論，主要集中在擴大規模的「東京藝術周聚焦」（AWT Focus）及其大膽的全新策展方式。自2023年作為「兼具歷史視野的策展式銷售平台」推出以來，「東京藝術周聚焦」一直是東京藝術周的核心單元。去年，在Adam Szymczyk的策展下，以「何為真實？」（What is Real？）為題的「東京藝術周聚焦」試圖重新定義我們身處超級媒介化世界所面臨的挑戰，在這個世界中，任何確定性都似乎愈發難以捉摸。今年，東京藝術周沒有邀請單一策展人或設定單一主題，轉而邀請了十位策展人，於全城十處空間展開十場展覽計劃。

東京藝術周聯合創辦人、Take Ninagawa藝廊總監蜷川敦子（Atsuko Ninagawa）表示：「『東京藝術周聚焦』從一開始就被構想為策展實驗的試驗場，也是在日本提升大眾對策展實踐認知的載體。在過去三屆成功舉辦的基礎上－－每一屆都由一位策展人在一個核心場館策劃一場主題調研展－－我們認為是時候將視野拓展到多元視角與多個空間了。」

這次大規模擴展在一定程度上受到了維也納「curated by」項目的啟發。主辦方公開徵集了策展方案，最終遴選由東京Misako & Rosen藝廊的Misako Rosen與維也納施華特畫廊（Galerie nächst St. Stephan Rosemarie Schwarzwälder）的Raphael Oberhuber共同完成，後者亦參與了「curated by」項目的組織工作。