Organised by Japan Contemporary Art Platform in cooperation with CADAN (Contemporary Art Dealers Association Nippon) the inaugural Art Week Tokyo (4–7 November 2021) will take place across 50 venues in the city, with exhibitions varying from museum retrospectives to artist-led incentives. Find out about this year's highlights with Ocula's definitive guide of must-see shows taking place as part of and concurrent to the event.
Soimadou Ibrahim: Farewell Savane Kotaro Nukaga, Piramide Bldg, 2F 4 November–18 December 2021.
Raised in Ngazidja, an island within the archipelagic country Comoros in Southeast Africa, Soimadou Ibrahim draws inspiration from his childhood on the island, having left for France at the age of ten. Amid persisting racial divides, the artist rather chooses to focus on collective nostalgias and shared narratives. Farewell Savane borrows its title from Ali Farka Touré's 'Savane' (2006), a song from an album by Touré that Ibrahim listened to while painting the works in this exhibition.
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