Yokosuka Museum of Art - Past Events
Below is a list of all past events for Yokosuka Museum of Art. Current and upcoming events, as well as other details, are available on the venue's page.
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"The Modern Age of Japanese Sculpture" Exhibition
Before the modern age, Japan had no word for "sculpture" as such, but instead a history of producing other three-dimensional forms such as Buddhist statues, dolls, ornaments and altar objects, architectural (...)
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"Rokuro Taniuchi Shukan Shincho Cover Art Exhibition 1966"
Exhibition of all original illustrations from the museum collection by Rokuro Taniuchi, focusing on this work for the magazine Shukan Shincho. This section of the exhibition showcases cover illustrations (...)
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Special Chiyoji Yazaki Exhibition
Chiyoji Yazaki (1872-1947) was an artist born in Yokosuka. After studying under Kiyoteru Kuroda at Tokyo Bijutsu Gakko and graduating at 1900, Yazaki won third prize for his work at the National Industrial (...)
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Lionel Feininger Exhibition
Lionel Feininger (1871-1956), a New Yorker of German immigrant descent, returned to Germany to study music but soon turned instead to painting. After doing illustrations for magazines and satirical illustrations, (...)
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"Permanent Collection Exhibition: Focus on Mitsuya Nakamura"
Mitsuya Nakamura was born the oldest son to Yuzen living national treasure Katsuma Nakamura. After completing a course in nihonga at Tokyo Bijutsu Gakko, he learnt dyeing from his father and made his debut (...)
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Rokuro Taniuchi "Shukan Shincho Cover Illustration Exhibition 1965"
This exhibition features all the cover illustrations by Rokuro Taniuchi for Shukan Shincho magazine from the museum's collection. On display are illustrations from the magazine from 1965 as well as a large (...)
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"Asobijutsukuru" Exhibition
There are many ways of enjoying museum visits - finding oneself moved by a photo-perfect landscape, laughing at the simplified figures of a portrait painting, wondering if you could pull off one of those (...)
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Rokuro Taniuchi "Shukan Shincho Cover Illustrations"
The Rokuro Taniuchi Annex exhibits all the original illustrations by Taniuchi held by the museum's collection, focusing particularly on the cover drawings for magazine Shukan Shincho. For this exhibition (...)
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Isamu Wakabayashi "Valleys"
The outdoor sculpture "Valleys (2nd Stage)," by Isamu Wakabayashi, was completed in 1989 and installed in 2006 in the garden of the Yokosuka Museum of Art. Wakabayashi and the museum started planning (...)
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Permanent Collection Exhibition
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Rokuro Taniuchi "Weekly Shincho Cover Paintings 1962-1963"
In commemoration of the opening of the Rokuro Taninaka Gallery, Taninaka's original drawings for the cover page of "Weekly Shincho" from the first issue to his last work are introduced chronologically, (...)
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Open Call Exhibition "Yokosuka"
Celebrating the 100 anniversary of Yokosuka City, this exhibition presents works taking "Yokosuka" as their main theme. Among the total of 462 submissions, 72 works were selected by 5 jurors for this exhibition. (...)
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Naobumi Seimiya Exhibition
Naobumi Seimiya (1917-1991) was born in Tokyo. He is the son of renowned modernist printmaker Hitoshi Seimiya. After graduating from Tokyo Bijutsu Gakkou, he started focusing on woodblock printmaking around (...)
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From Permanent Collection, Kazuma Oda "Tokyo Scenery"
For this season, a complete series of 20 lithographs entitled "Tokyo Scenery" by Kazuma Oda (1882-1956) is on display from the museum's permanent collection. Oda grew up in Tokyo and moved to Osaka with (...)
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Rokuro Taniuchi "Weekly Shincho Cover Paintings 1960-1961"
At Rokuro Taniuchi Gallery in the Yokosuka Museum of Art, Rokuro Taniuchi's original drawings for the cover pages of "Weekly Shincho" from the first issue to his last work are introduced chronologically. (...)
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"Tatsuhiko Shibusawa Illusionistic Museum" Exhibition
Tatsuhiko Shibusawa (1928-1987) was a novelist, art critic and scholar of French literature. Shibusawa wrote essays and art theories based on his distinctive concept and aesthetic. He became one of the (...)
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Alfred Wallis Exhibition
Born in Cornwall, U.K., Alfred Wollis (1855-1942) is a self-taught artist who started painting after he turned 70 years old. His emergence in the art world happened coincidentally when painters Ben Nicholson (...)
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Rokuro Traniuchi "Weekly Shincho Cover Paintings 1958-1959"
In commemoration of the opening of the Rokuro Taninaka Gallery, Taninaka's original drawings for the cover page of "Weekly Shincho" from the first issue to his last work are introduced chronologically, (...)
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"Live" Exhibition
The title of this exhibition "Living" references various forms of life, creation, growth, all of those on contrary to death. This exhibition features works by 9 contemporary artists who all investigate (...)
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"An Overview of Japanese Modern Art" Exhibition
With an emphasis on Japanese modern and contemporary art, Yokosuka Museum of Art celebrates the anniversary of the museum's opening with this exhibition which gives an overview of Japanese modern art, (...)
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Rokuro Taniuchi Exhibition
Rokuro Taninaka Gallery is a space devoted to the local artist Rokuro Taninaka (1921-1981). In commemoration of the opening of the museum, original drawings for the cover page of "Weekly Shincho" from (...)





