WINDOW RESEARCH INSTITUTE

Takuya Nakao writes criticism on modern and contemporary art. In particular, he has been exploring the connections between living (or non-art) and creative practice from the perspective of chess, in which Marcel Duchamp was also engrossed. He is the author of Marcel Duchamp and Chess (Heibonsha, 2017) and co-author and editor of Sports/Art (Shinwasha, 2020). Selected writings include Reassessing Richter and 1960s Marcel Duchamp (“Gerhard Richter” Seigensha Art Publishing, 2022). Recent curation work includes Medium and Dimension: Apparition (Aoyama Meguro, 2023), Medium and Dimension: Liminal (Kakinokisou, 2022), and Another Diagram (T-House New Balance, 2023). He is a current part-time lecturer at Joshibi University of Art and Design, Tama Art University, Tokyo University of the Arts, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Rikkyo University, and Waseda University.