2019.8.27 

Follow-up announcement: On artworks to be withdrawn or changed (Announced on Aug 20)

Announced in Japanese on Aug 20, 2019
Translated and published in English on Aug 28, 2019

The following reports the results of our discussions with the twelve artists who requested suspension or alteration of their exhibits at Aichi Triennale 2019, in response to the Aichi Triennale Organizing Committee's decision to close "After 'Freedom of Expression?'" These requests were made as a protest against the closure of the exhibition, and as a show of solidarity with the artists whose works were presented there.

We have confirmed with the artists concerned that their works are to be altered or suspended as follows:

Exhibits to be suspended

Aichi Arts Center
　Tania Bruguera　　　 　Closure of exhibition room; artist's statement on display
　Pia Camil 　　　　　　　Music switched off, curtain partially raised; artist's statement on display
　Regina José Galindo 　 Video work no longer on view, props used during filming scattered on floor
　Claudia Martínez Garay　Lighting turned down, video work no longer on view; artist's statement on display
　Dora García 　　　　 　 Artist's statement put up on top of posters
　Lim Minouk 　　　　　　Closure of exhibition room; artist's statement on display
　Park Chan-kyong 　　　 Closure of exhibition room; artist's statement on display
　Javier Téllez 　　　　 　Closure of exhibition room; artist's statement on display

Nagoya City Art Museum
　Dora García 　　　　　 Artist's statement put up on top of posters
　Mónica Mayer　　　　　Removal of visitor's responses from The Clothesline, torn blank cards scattered on the floor; artist's statement hung on a clothesline, and the name of exhibit changed to The Clothesline of Silence.

Toyota Municipal Museum of Art
　Reynier Leyva Novo　　Paintings covered with newspaper, some sculptures covered with garbage bags; artist's statement on display

Withdrawn exhibits

Aichi Arts Center
　CIR (Center for Investigative Reporting)　Closure of exhibition room

*　The administrative office and the "Freedom of Expression?" Organizing Committee will continue to deliberate on the best way forward regarding "After 'Freedom of Expression?'"

*　 It has been decided that Ugo Rondinone's work will remain on display.