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Gallery OUT of PLACE is a contemporary art gallery that opened in the center of Nara City in the spring of 2005 and regularly introduces artists active in Japan and abroad. It is operated as a gallery where not only art professionals but also the general public can enjoy exhibitions and at the same time feel free to purchase high quality works of art.
In January 2009, TOKIO OUT of PLACE opened as a branch in Hiroo, Tokyo. In April 2021, TOKIO OUT of PLACE will complete its 12 years of operation in Tokyo, and from September 2021, it will open a new branch in Nara, Japan. Since then, we have been steadily organizing exhibitions and events at our head office in Nara. We hope that the long history and culture of the Nara Basin and the Kii Peninsula will interact and fuse with different cultures, and that new and universal expressions will be born at OUT of PLACE. The gallery's name, OUT of PLACE, is derived from Edward Said's autobiography of the same name. We hope to emulate Edward Said's idea that it is those who have no sense of belonging anywhere who can create new paths and new values, and we hope to expand the base of art.