LELA's 46th Nagasaki 8.9 Japan Peace Exhibition 2025
Mon, Aug 04
|Nagasaki Perfectural Museum
This year will mark the 46th anniversary that LELA will be inviting artists to contribute to the event with work advocating for peace, denouncing war, cruelty, and the use of atomic weapons.
Time & Location
Aug 04, 2025, 10:00 AM GMT+9 – Aug 10, 2025, 8:00 PM GMT+9
Nagasaki Perfectural Museum, 2-1 Dejimamachi, Nagasaki, 850-0862, Japan
About The Event
Nagasaki Peace Exhibition 2025 - LELA International has been commemorating the dropping of the atomic bombs on Nagasaki and Hiroshima, Japan, for the past 45 years through an art exhibition held at the Nagasaki Prefectural Museum of Art. This year marks the 46th anniversary of LELA's education to inviting artists to contribute works that advocate for peace, denounce war, and condemn the use of atomic weapons.
With 2025 marking the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombings, participation in this year’s Nagasaki 8.9 Peace Exhibition is especially significant. The selected artwork will first be displayed at the Nagasaki Prefectural Museum of Art for a week before being moved to Nagasaki City Hall, where it will be exhibited from August 18th to August 29th. Additionally, a major event commemorating the 80th anniversary will further underscore the importance of this year’s exhibition.
The title of this annual exhibit includes, “8.9” August 9th which…