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XAVIER VEILHAN’s The Audience (2021), a key commission for the Olympic Agora. Copryright and courtesy the artist and the International Olympic Committee.
In anticipation of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, the first-ever Olympic Agora will be on view from July 1 to August 15 and showcases various art installations of the Olympic spirit. Inspired by Greek public gathering places, the Olympic Agora will spread across Tokyo’s historic Nihonbashi district and also be made available through virtual tours. French artist Xavier Veilhan’s major commission, a permanent sculpture dedicated to the audience of the Games, leads the exhibition, alongside 16 photographs about the Olympics by Japanese artist Rinko Kawauchi, multimedia installations by Makoto Tojiki and Canadian studio Moment Factory, artworks by six Olympian and Paralympian artists-in-residence, as well as pieces from the permanent collections of the Olympic Museum.
