2019.9.30 

Follow-up announcement: On artworks to be withdrawn or changed (Announced on Sep 23 & 26)

Announced in Japanese on Sep 23 and 26, 2019
Translated and published in English on Sep 30, 2019

The following reports the results of our discussions with the fourtheen 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
　Candice Breiz 　　　　 Closure of exhibition room; artist's statement on display. Yet exhbition is open on Saturday, Sunday and national holidays as before (since Sep 24）

Nagoya City Art Museum
　Dora García 　　 Artist's statement put up on top of posters
　Fujii Hikaru 　　 Video work Mujō (The Heartless) no longer on view (since Sep 27)
　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Withdrawn exhibits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?'"

＊ You cannot enter the exhibition room of TANAKA Koki [A11] due to the "reframing" (alteration of exhibit) made by the artist.