Daisuke Tsuda Appointed Artistic Director for Fifth Aichi Triennale in 2019

Daisuke Tsuda will lead the 2019 Aichi Triennale as its artistic director, with the event scheduled across Nagoya. A selection panel of academics, including Taro Igarashi from Tohoku University Graduate School, Akiko Kasuya of Kyoto City University of Arts, Akira Tatehata as Tama Art University president, Yasuyuki Nakai from the National Museum of Art Osaka, Fujikawa Satoshi at Yamaguchi University, Mikako Mizuno of Nagoya City University, and previous director Chihiro Minato from Tama Art University, chose Tsuda. Tsuda, a journalist and Waseda University professor who also serves as representing director of the internet activist group Movements for Internet Active Users, has expressed interest in examining the influence of art and journalism. The appointment was reported by Art Asia Pacific.