Superblue Kyoto to Open in Early 2027 Near Kyoto Station
Superblue already runs an art center in Miami that has shown James Turrell and teamLab, so its Kyoto venue puts large-scale immersive art within a short walk of the city's main rail hub and ties into the adjacent teamLab Biovortex Kyoto.
Reporting from 1 source: ASCII.jp.
NTT Urban Development announced on September 18 that the Kyoto Station Southeast Area Plot A Project building in Minami Ward is complete, and it will house the immersive art center Superblue Kyoto and the gallery QUESTION BP, with opening set for early 2027. The site is a seven-minute walk from JR Kyoto Station and has 1,382.05 square meters of floor area across two stories.
The building is two stories and sits at Higashikujo Higashi-Iwamoto-cho in Minami Ward, a seven-minute walk from JR Kyoto Station. Superblue Kyoto takes the first floor, where it will regularly exhibit large-scale immersive works by international artists. QUESTION BP takes the second floor and will sell local products while giving students and young creators in art, craft, and culture, mainly from Kyoto, a place to present their work. Superblue opened its first art center in Miami in 2021 and has exhibited works by James Turrell and teamLab. The Kyoto venue will coordinate with the adjacent teamLab Biovortex Kyoto.
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