ART FAIR NAGOYA 2026 took place from 6 to 8 February on floors 26 and 27 of ANA Crowne Plaza Hotel Grand Court Nagoya. The fair brought 26 galleries into hotel rooms, inviting visitors to imagine contemporary art in a setting closer to everyday living. Public days were 7–8 February, following invitation-based access on 6 February.
The room-based format encouraged a different pace from a convention hall. Visitors could consider the relationship between an artwork, its scale and the surrounding space, then speak directly with the gallery presenting it.
The participating galleries came from across Japan, including GALLERY IDF, AIN SOPH DISPATCH, GALLERY crossing, Mizuma Art Gallery and MORI YU GALLERY. The organiser’s preview illustrated the range of works with Kensuke Karasawa’s Mountain and Valley (2023) and Tomoko Iwasaki’s Grandiflora (2025), among others.
A related student presentation connected three Aichi art universities with the fair, while projects in Kanayama extended the conversation into the neighbourhood. For another forthcoming encounter with Japan’s gallery scene, explore Art Fair Tokyo 2027. Our early 2027 Asian art fair guide places Tokyo alongside Singapore and Delhi.
Living with contemporary art in a hotel-room setting.
ART FAIR NAGOYA 2026
Living with contemporary art in a hotel-room setting
6 February 2026 - 8 February 2026
ANA Crowne Plaza Hotel Grand Court Nagoya, Floors 26–27, 1-1-1 Kanayama-cho, Naka-ku, Nagoya 460-0023, Japan
Mission:
To bring contemporary art into everyday life and support Nagoya’s artistic community through gallery encounters and regional collaboration.
Organizer:
ART FAIR NAGOYA Executive Committee
The fair offered a compact way to experience contemporary galleries in rooms rather than a large exhibition hall. Its setting encouraged visitors to consider living with art, while the student program and Kanayama collaborations connected the fair to the city’s broader creative community.
Historical 2026 admission was ¥1,000 for one day or ¥1,500 for two days, tax included. Children of elementary-school age and younger entered free with an accompanying guardian. Public hours were 11am–7pm on 7 February and 11am–6pm on 8 February. On 6 February, access was for VIP and press guests from 11am–4pm, then general invitees from 4–6pm. The event has concluded.
The hotel is beside Kanayama station, a convenient interchange for rail and metro journeys within Nagoya. Follow signs for the station’s south exit and confirm the hotel entrance. During the fair, visitors continued to floors 26–27; a hotel booking was separate from event admission. Staying around Kanayama reduced transfers, while central Nagoya offered a broader choice of accommodation.
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This fair should be distinguished from the earlier ART NAGOYA, which ended in 2023. The organisers of NAGOYA ART COLLECTION 2024 subsequently established ART FAIR NAGOYA, adopting the new name in 2025 and presenting the first edition in February 2026. The initiative grew from local galleries’ effort to retain a dedicated art-fair platform in the city.
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