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Culture calendar

October

Frieze London in Regent’s Park, Busan’s cinema festival, Paris’s Art Basel week and the opening of DESIGNART TOKYO connect living artists, historical material, Asian discovery and the European market.

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14–October 18, 2026

Upcoming

Frieze's contemporary fair returns to The Regent's Park each October beside Frieze Masters, with a free outdoor sculpture trail and a denser Mayfair gallery week around both tents.

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October 24–November 9, 2026

Upcoming

For seventeen autumn days, the Nara National Museum brings a small selection of Shōsō-in treasures into public view, from imperial game pieces to objects shaped by Silk Road exchange.

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October 30–November 8, 2026

Upcoming

Tokyo’s tenth citywide design-and-art festival spreads interiors, fashion, craft and installations from a temporary KK Line main stage through Aoyama, Harajuku and Daikanyama.

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