Ishibashi Foundation / The Japan Foundation Curatorial Exchange Program FY 2026 - FY 2027

[Middle East]

Program Period

October 29 - November 9, 2026

Invitees

*Honorific titles are omitted.

Invitees

Country	Name	Affiliation	Title
India	Gauri Pathak	Khoj International Artists' Association	Senior Curator, Communications
	Anushka Rajendran	Prameya Art Foundation	Chief Curator
	Jahnavi Phalkey	Science Gallery Bengaluru	Executive Director
Nepal	Neda Haffari	Space A	Director, Curator
	Manish Lal Shrestha	Gallery Mcube	Founder, Director
Bangladesh	Emdadul Hoque Topu	British Council Bangladesh	Arts Programme Manager
	Ruxmini Reckvana Q Choudhury	Samdani Art Foundation	Curator

Visiting places

Artizon Museum, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Tokyo Photographic Art Museum, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo Arts and Space, Kyoto City University of Arts Art Gallery @KCUA, Art Week Tokyo, artist studios, and so on.

[Central and Eastern Europe]

Program Period

November 1 - November 12, 2026

Invitees

*Honorific titles are omitted.

Invitees

Country	Name	Affiliation	Title
Slovenia	Jure Kirbiš	Maribor Art Gallery	Assistant Director
Czech Republic	Monika Čejková	National Gallery Prague	Curator, Collection of Art after 1945
Hungary	Don Tamás	MODEM Centre for Modern and Contemporary Arts	Chief Curator
	Kálmán Borbála	Ludwig Museum - Museum of Contemporary Art, Budapest	Curator, Art Historian
	Szalai Borbála	Trafó Gallery, Trafó House of Contemporary Arts, Budapest	Gallery Director
Poland	Stanisław Ruksza	TRAFO Center for Contemporary Art in Szczecin	Director, Curator,
	Piotr Lisowski	Wrocław Contemporary Museum	Director

Visiting places

Artizon Museum, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Tokyo Photographic Art Museum, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo Arts and Space, Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art, Art Week Tokyo, artist studios, and so on.