Setouchi Triennale 2025 Opens Across Seto Inland Sea Islands; Hundreds of Art Pieces to Go on Display

Setouchi Triennale int'l art festival kicks off in west Japan's Seto Inland Sea area

TAKAMATSU -- The Setouchi Triennale, one of the largest art festivals in Japan, commenced on April 18, showcasing 256 works by 218 individual and grou

Setouchi Triennale 2025 Opens Across Seto Inland Sea Islands; Hundreds of Art Pieces to Go on Display

The Setouchi Triennale 2025, a contemporary art festival held once every three years on 11 islands and other venues across the Seto Inland Sea, opened on Friday. In the three seasonal sessions — spring (until May 25), summer (Aug. 1–31), and autumn (Oct. 3–Nov. 9) — a total of 256 works by artists from Japan and abroad will be on display.

How a trinity of tiny islands in Japan became the art world’s destination du jour

Nicolas Niarchos writes about finding the joy of Japan in the unexpected in this feature, first published in the August 2019 issue of Tatler