Event
Announcement GO FOR KOGEI 2025 Symposium
2025.05.01

We’re excited to announce that the GO FOR KOGEI 2025 Symposium will be held in collaboration with the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) in London, UK.
This symposium celebrates the vibrant creativity of contemporary artists breaking gender barriers and crossing boundaries in Japanese craft. Featuring a range of speakers – including artists, curators and researchers – the symposium aims to examine the current state of craft through lenses such as gender, discipline, regional cultural values and contemporary visual culture.
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Outline
GO FOR KOGEI 2025 Symposium
Date
24 July 2025
Hours
10:00-17:30
Venue
Hochhauser Auditorium, V&A South Kensington
Keynote Lecture
Glenn Adamson (Curator at Large, Vitra Design Museum)
‘Into the Unknown: The Future of Mingei’
‘Into the Unknown: The Future of Mingei’
Speakers
Joanna Norman (Director, V&A Research Institute, National Art Library and Archives, V&A)
Yuko Kikuchi (Head of Academic Programmes, VARI NALA, V&A)
Masami Yamada (Curator, Asian Department, V&A)
Rui Sasaki (Artist)
Suzanne Ross (Artist)
Yoca Muta (Artist)
Hitomi Hosono (Artist)
En Iwamura (Artist)
Kazuhito Kawai (Artist)
Shige Fujishiro (Artist)
Alberto Cavalli (Executive Director, Michelangelo Foundation)
Yuko Kikuchi (Head of Academic Programmes, VARI NALA, V&A)
Masami Yamada (Curator, Asian Department, V&A)
Rui Sasaki (Artist)
Suzanne Ross (Artist)
Yoca Muta (Artist)
Hitomi Hosono (Artist)
En Iwamura (Artist)
Kazuhito Kawai (Artist)
Shige Fujishiro (Artist)
Alberto Cavalli (Executive Director, Michelangelo Foundation)
Moderators
Moderators:
Tanya Harrod (Craft historian and writer, co-editor of Journal of Modern Craft)
Yūji Akimoto (Artistic Director, Go for Kogei)
Tanya Harrod (Craft historian and writer, co-editor of Journal of Modern Craft)
Yūji Akimoto (Artistic Director, Go for Kogei)
Admission
£5
Organizer
V&A and NPO Syuto Kanazawa
Support
The Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan | Japan Arts Council