Disposal of artwork by USAMI Keiji

On May 8, the University of Tokyo and the University Tokyo Co-op apologized and announced that USAMI Keiji’s major work titled ‘Kizuna’, which had been displayed on the wall of the University’s Central Cafeteria, had been disposed on September 14, 2017, following renovation work on the cafeteria. The work was commissioned in 1976 as part of the University Tokyo Co-op’s anniversary celebrations. In response to this incident, the university organized a symposium ‘Beginning with Keiji Usami’s Kizuna …’ on September 28, 2018, which questioned the future of cultural resources in the university and beyond. (Japanese)