Yokohama Museum Of Art - Past Events
Below is a list of all past events for Yokohama Museum Of Art. Current and upcoming events, as well as other details, are available on the venue's page.
Tetsuya Umeda "Trash Box Music"
[4] 
[1]- Media: Installation - Performance Art
- 2012-02-18 - 2012-02-19
Tetsuya Umeda is an installation and live performance artist who combines self-made devices with existing found objects and the surrounding environment, collaborating with various "phenomena" to make his...More »
"Fuyuko Matsui Exhibition - Becoming Friends with All the Children in the World"
[159] [32]- Media: Painting - Drawing - Video installation - Art Talk
- 2011-12-17 - 2012-03-18
This is Fuyuko Matsui's first large-scale solo show at a public art museum. Her work was previously included in a group exhibition of nihonga painters at this museum in 2006. Matsui was born in Morimachi,...More »
Silent Film "Minato no Nihon Musume" Screening & CHANCHIKI TORNADE Concert
[8] [1]- Media: Film - Performance Art
- 2011-10-09 - 2011-10-10
A screening of the 1933 masterpiece, "Minato no Nihon Musume", directed by Hiroshi Shimizu and set in the port of Yokohama. CHANCHIKI TORNADE and an orchestra will also evoke the period through music. 10/9...More »
Yokohama Triennale 2011
[222] [42]- Media: Illustration - Painting - Drawing - Photography - Prints - Sculpture - Installation - Film - Video installation - Media Arts - Art Party
- 2011-08-06 - 2011-11-06
Based on the theme “OUR MAGIC HOUR”, the Yokohama Triennale 2011 will be held at two main venues: the Yokohama Museum of Art and NYK Waterfront Warehouse (BankART Studio NYK). Focusing on works that...More »
"Circumstance as if it were the last time (a subtlemob)" Event
[4] [1]- Media: Performance Art
- 2011-08-06 - 2011-08-06
This event is a satellite event to the Yokohama Triennale 2011. The venue is not public until the actual day. The "secret" location will be sent on the day to the applying attendees. Participants will...More »
"120th Anniversary of Birth: Kiyoshi Hasegawa Exhibition"
[16] [1]- Media: Prints
- 2011-04-29 - 2011-06-26
This exhibition commemorates the 120th birth anniversary of the Yokohama-born master copper engraver and printmaker Kiyoshi Hasegawa, who enjoyed a long and varied career in France. Hasegawa was born in...More »
Tadasu Takamine "Too Far To See"
[120] [21]- Media: Installation - Video installation
- 2011-01-21 - 2011-03-20
Takamine has exhibited works not only in two- and three-dimensions and in video, but also in installation, performance, and productions making free use of a wide range of media, including sound, images,...More »
Edgar Degas Exhibition
[117] [17]- Media: Painting
- 2010-09-18 - 2010-12-31
Edgar Degas (1834 – 1917) was a master artist who painted the modern city life of Paris from an objective standpoint. Although many of the Impressionists painted outdoors to capture the light and color...More »
"126 Polaroid" Exhibition
[2] [0]- Media: Photography
- 2010-08-07 - 2010-08-29
After the manufacture of Polaroid film was unfortunately stopped, the company recently decided to start reproducing it. This exhibition, a project conceived by Tama Art University, showcases Polaroid photos...More »
"Film History"
[5] [0]- Media: Film - Art Talk
- 2010-07-29 - 2010-08-05
This series of talks offers visitors a survey of the history of film and video - different from the film industry and its output - through the work of its experimental pioneers and practitioners, such...More »
"Masterpieces from the Pola Museum of Art: Impressionists and the Ecole de Paris" Exhibition
[20] [2]- Media: Painting
- 2010-07-02 - 2010-09-04
On display at this exhibition are 74 French Impressionist masterpieces and works by artists from the Ecole de Paris from the collection of the Pola Museum of Art in Sengokuhara, Hakone. The first part...More »
"Vivere a Pompei" Exhibition
[11] [2]- Media: Painting - Ceramics
- 2010-03-20 - 2010-06-13
In the year A.D. 79, the Roman city of Pompeii was buried in the cataclysmic eruption of Mt. Vesuvius. Though the city was destroyed, a record of its life, culture and achievements was preserved in the...More »
Yokohama Museum of Art Collection Exhibition 2009: Part 3
[3] [1]- Media: Painting - Sculpture
- 2009-12-11 - 2010-03-03
Tabaimo "Danmen"
[167] [38]- Media: Video installation - Art Talk
- 2009-12-11 - 2010-03-03
In "Japanese Kitchen", "Japanese Commuter Train", "public conVENience" and other works, the contemporary artist Tabaimo drew animated videos of the fragmentary landscape of contemporary Japanese culture,...More »
"Dai Kai Ko" Exhibition
[3] [2]- Media: Painting - Prints - Crafts
- 2009-09-19 - 2009-11-23
This year marks the 150th anniversary of the opening of the port of Yokohama, as well as the 20th anniversary of the Yokohama Museum of Art. In commemoration of these two events, the museum is holding...More »
Yokohama Museum Collection Exhibition - Second Part, 2009
[6] [2]- Media: Painting - Photography - Crafts
- 2009-07-22 - 2009-11-23
The Yokohama Museum collects work according to the following collection objectives. The number of pieces in the collection stands at about 9,750 as of September 1st, 2008. (1) Works that trace the mutual...More »
Image Forum Film Festival 2009
[2] [0]- Media: Film
- 2009-07-18 - 2009-07-20
The Image Forum Festival 2009 is being held starting April 28th. This is the Yokohama leg of the tour, featuring experimental, documentary, digital and animation films. See website for full schedule. [Image:...More »
Sori Yanagi Exhibition
[105] [15]- Media: Furniture - Product - Crafts
- 2009-07-07 - 2009-08-31
Leading Japanese Designer, Sori Yanagi (1915-). He has continuously advocated the importance of design in modern-day Japan. After a repetition of experiences (workshops) by hands, designs start moving...More »
"19th Century French Painting" Exhibition
[30] [7]- Media: Painting
- 2009-06-12 - 2009-08-31
This exhibition attempts to reexamine the rich history of 19th century French painting. Previously, this period was understood in the context of a new classicism represented by the Romanticism of Delacroix...More »
Teppei Kaneuji "Melting City, Empty Forest"
[91] [24]- Media: Installation - Video installation - Art Talk - Performance Art
- 2009-03-20 - 2009-05-27
This is the first large scale solo exhibition of up-and-coming young artist Teppei Kaneuji, held at the Yokohama Museum of Art. Kaneuji's works include "sculptures" that look like pillars of ice with...More »
"Artistic Crossings between East and West" Exhibition
[4] [2]- Media: Painting - Photography - Prints
- 2009-02-07 - 2009-03-01
This exhibition features depictions of Japan by the numerous European and American painters and photographers who came to Japan after the opening up of the port of Yokohama. What were the similarities...More »
"Artist-in-Museum Yokohama Off Site 2008" Exhibition
[0] [0]- Media: Installation - Video installation
- 2009-02-07 - 2009-03-01
"Off Site" is an open call project of the artist-in-residency program called "Artist-in-Museum Yokohama" at the Yokohama Art Museum. This second edition attracted a wide variety of proposals for projects...More »
"Homage to Cézanne: His Influence on the Development of Twentieth Century Painting" Exhibition
[23] [7]- Media: Painting
- 2008-11-15 - 2009-01-25
The works of Paul Cézanne played an enormous role in the development of movements in painting beginning from the early twentieth century. “Cézannism” influenced such diverse movements as the Cubism of...More »
Toshiyuki Konishi "Living for a Thousand Years"
[8] [2]- Media: Painting - Drawing - Art Party - Art Talk
- 2008-11-08 - 2009-01-25
This exhibition of works by Toshiyuki Konishi is part of the New Artists Picks (NAP) series featuring up-and-coming young artists selected by the Yokohama Museum of Art which started last year. Toshiyuki...More »
"A Thousand Years of the Tale of Genji - The Timeless Allure of Courtly Romance" Exhibition
[8] [1]- Media: Painting - Calligraphy - Crafts - Other - Art Talk
- 2008-08-30 - 2008-11-03
The Tale of Genji, a Japanese classic of world literature, was based on the observations recorded in Lady Shikibu Murasaki's diary, and read at the imperial court of the 5th year of the Kanko era (1008)....More »
Yokohama Museum Collection Exhibition Second Part
[3] [1]- Media: Painting - Photography - Architecture - Product - Crafts - Video installation
- 2008-07-21 - 2008-11-03
The Yokohama Museum collects work according to the following collection objectives. The number of pieces in the collection stands at about 9,500 as of April 1st, 2007. (1) Works that trace the mutual...More »
"My Museum" Exhibition
[38] [13]- Media: Painting - Photography - Other
- 2008-06-20 - 2008-08-17
This exhibition invites four guest curators - Kenichiro Araki, Hana, Mitsuyo Kakuta and Nobuyoshi Araki - to select works from the collection of the Yokohama Museum of Art from each of their unique viewpoints,...More »
"Bonjour Africa!" Exhibition
[0] [0]- Media: Photography
- 2008-05-16 - 2008-06-01
In commemoration of TICAD 2008, the French Embassy in Japan and the Franco-Japanese Institute of Yokohama, with the collaboration of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, present an exhibition of 5 young African...More »
Takanori Kinoshita Exhibition
[3] [1]- Media: Painting
- 2008-04-11 - 2008-06-08
This exhibition takes a retrospective look back at the work of Takanori Kinoshita, a yo-ga (Japanese Western-style painting) artist who captured the elegance of the late Taisho and early Showa eras. This...More »
"Goth" Exhibition
[123] [18]- Media: Painting - Photography - Sculpture - Video installation
- 2007-12-22 - 2008-03-26
The word "goth" is derived from "Gothic" art that spread through Europe from the 12th to 16th century. However, the "goth culture" that we talk about today is far from this origin. Rather, it is directly...More »
Third Collection of FY 2007
[0] [0]- Media: Painting - Photography - Sculpture
- 2007-12-18 - 2008-03-26
Yokohama Museum Collection is a series of exhibitions held three times every year. This year's third exhibition is divided into the following categories. -"Celebrating Spring -- New Year and Spring...More »
Shingo Wakagi "Funeral"
[1] [2]- Media: Photography
- 2007-12-08 - 2007-12-24
From fashion to documentary, Shingo Wakagi's photographs appear in magazines, advertisements, music and other genres. Some might recognize his name from his previous solo exhibition, "Time & Portraits"...More »
"Young Artists Exhibition"
[1] [1]- Media: Painting - Prints - Sculpture
- 2007-11-03 - 2007-12-02
Nine guest curators selected three emerging artists, Yumi Hinone, Etsuko Fukaya, and Shoko Matsumiya for this special exhibition. [Image: Etsuko Fukuya]More »
"Surrealism and Art - Image and Reality" Exhibition
[27] [8]- Media: Painting - Art Talk
- 2007-09-26 - 2007-12-09
Surrealism is a cultural movement that was first started in French literature around the 1920s. The movement soon spread among art and idealogy and continues to influence how we see and think about things...More »
Yusuke Asai "Roots Hide and Seek"
[9] [7]- Media: Drawing - Other - Installation
- 2007-08-17 - 2007-12-25
Artist Yusuke Asai was born in 1981, and graduated from Yabe High School Art & Ceramic Course in 1999. He resides in Yokohama and has been actively creating works. Asai is known for his "Masking Plants"...More »
Yasumasa Morimura "Bi-Class, Be Quiet"
[84] [25]- Media: Photography - Film - Art Talk
- 2007-07-17 - 2007-09-17
Yasumasa Morimura works in wide range of media such as photography, performance, film, and theater. He is well known for his self portrait series in which he inserts himself into Vincent van Gogh's self...More »
Second Collection of 2007
[1] [2]- Media: Painting - Photography - Prints
- 2007-07-11 - 2007-12-09
Yokohama Museum Collection is a series of exhibition being held three times a year. The second exhibition is being held under these categories below. - Modern Painting & Sculpture - Animals in...More »
"Sceneries of Water - From Monet and Daikan to the Present Day" Exhibition
[28] [7]- Media: Painting - Photography - Video installation
- 2007-04-21 - 2007-07-01
Sometimes we are relaxed by a calm scene of a water pond with floating water lilies, and sometimes we behold a roaring waterfall in awe. Sceneries of water never leave us without some feeling. This exhibition...More »
Kriska Exhibition
[0] [0]- Media: Art Talk
- 2007-04-07 - 2007-04-22
Place: Yokohama Art Museum Art Gallery-1 Artist's Talk: April 7th (Sat), 14:00-16:00 Kriska with curator Huang DuMore »
"Alternative Is Over: If You Want It!" Meeting Symposium
[0] [0]- Media: Art Talk
- 2007-04-03 - 2007-04-03
“Art Network Asia: For Constructing the Human Relationship in the World” supported by The Toyota Foundation, started last November and continues until October 2008 as a project that works to develop and...More »
“The Possibilities of Artists in Residency" Symposium
[0] [0]- Media: Art Talk
- 2007-03-17 - 2007-03-17
From March to May 2007, artists from Beijing, Shanghai, Taipei, and Seoul are doing residencies in Yokohama, creating and exhibiting art. In conjunction to the residency program, the Asian Symposium "Possibilities...More »
Kazuo Harada "ΣΙΔΕΡΟ ΗΧΟΣ - the Sound of Iron"
[0] [0]- Media: Sculpture
- 2007-03-04 - 2007-03-18
Yokohama Art Museum presents an exhibition for children, "ΣΙΔΕΡΟ ΗΧΟΣ - the Sound of Iron" by musical sculptor, Kazuo Harada. "ΣΙΔΕΡΟ" means "iron" and "ΗΧΟΣ" means "sound" in Greek. Since 1987, Harada...More »
Usui Kojima "Print Collection - Mountains, Literature, and Art"
[5] [1]- Media: Prints - Art Talk
- 2007-01-22 - 2007-04-04
Usui Kojima (1873-1948) grew up in Yokohama. After graduating from Y High school in Yokohama, he began working at Yokohama Shokin Bank while simultaneously working actively as a researcher and collector...More »
"Idol!" Exhibition
[95] [17]- Media: Painting - Photography - Film
- 2006-10-07 - 2007-01-08
What kind of roles do idols play and what dreams and thoughts do we project onto them? This exhibitions answers those question through a variety of media - painting, photography, film, dance, and games...More »
Japan x Gaten Exhibition
[29] [10]- Media: Painting - Installation
- 2006-07-15 - 2006-09-20
This exhibition explores the sense of aesthetics that can be seen all through Japanese paintings, from traditional styles to contemporary nihonga. Six artists express what they feel about 'Japanese paintings',...More »
Yokohama France Month 2006 "A Perfume Museum"
[0] [1]- Media: Video installation - Art Talk - Performance Art
- 2006-06-16 - 2006-06-25
As a part of "Yokohama France Month 2006", Art Lab Ova will be holding an exhibition of live installation and film at the Yokohama Museum of Art. -Yohohama France Month 2006 http://www.welcome.city.yokohama.jp/france/ From...More »
Isamu Noguchi "Scuptures that Connect You with the World"
[51] [21]- Media: Sculpture
- 2006-04-15 - 2006-06-26
This exhibition presents an overview of the career of the legendary artist, Isamu Noguchi [1904-1988]. It is divided into four categories: "Faces", "Myths", "For the Community", and "Sun". Along with sculptures,...More »
First Collection of 2006
[2] [0]- Media: Painting - Photography
- 2006-04-07 - 2006-07-01
Yokohama Art Museum's collection consists of everything from Western and Japanese paintings to photography and contemporary art. Names include Japanese artists such as Taikan Yokoyama, Kanzan Shimomura,...More »
Kiyoshi Hasegawa - The Secret of his Works
[11] [4]- Media: Drawing - Prints
- 2006-01-15 - 2006-03-26
Kiyoshi Hasegawa was born in Yokohama in 1891. A master of etchings techniques, his works feature landscapes, plants and flowers, and still lifes. In 2005, the Yokohama Museum Of Art received a collection...More »
Rachel Rosalen
[12] [2]- Media: Video installation
- 2005-10-01 - 2005-10-30
This is the first solo exhibition in Japan of Rachel Rosalen, a remarkable emerging artist from Brazil. In recent years, Brazilian art has cultivated many unique talents, gathering keen interests from...More »
Lee Ufan - The Art of Margins
[31] [16]- Media: Painting - Drawing - Sculpture
- 2005-09-17 - 2005-12-23
36 recent paintings and sculptures by Lee Ufan. His last exhibition in Japan was twelve years ago. Lee Ufan artfully blends South Korea, Japan, and European cultures in his works while maintaining a careful...More »
The Best Selection of the Yokohama Museum of Art Collection
[0] [0]- Media: Painting
- 2005-07-29 - 2005-08-31
From more than 9500 works in the Yokohama Museum collection, only the most popular works were picked for this exhibition. Also, for the 15th anniversary of the museum in 2004 (July-Nov.), the Yokohama...More »
Masterpieces from the Louvre Museum: 19th Century French paintings - from Neoclassicism to Romanticism
[12] [11]- Media: Painting - Drawing
- 2005-04-09 - 2005-07-18
The Louvre Museum holds 200 years of history and its collection is of the highest quality among the worldwide museums. We will display 73 pieces from the collection, focusing on how Modern Art came to...More »
Mirrorical Returns: Marcel Duchamp and the 20th Century Art
[2] [8]- Media: Painting - Sculpture - Other
- 2005-01-05 - 2005-03-21
This exhibition will display 75 of Marcel Duchamp's works which had a heavy influence on 20th century art. The exhibition also includes 78 works by 34 artists from the end of the century up to now, to...More »
Modern Landscape 1870-1945
[0] [1]- Media: Photography - Painting
- 2004-10-09 - 2004-12-12
The whole variety of the expressions of "landscapes" by paintings and photographs in Europe, Japan, and East Asia, from 1870 to 1945, which is from the period of Inpressionism to the end of WWII.More »
Permanent Collection the 2nd period
[0] [0]- Media: Photography - Painting - Drawing
- 2004-07-11 - 2004-11-14
Japanese painter Kokei Kobayashi and Artists of Nihon Bijutsuin. Otto Dix and his contemporaries. Japanese Contemporary Paintings. Pop arts and prints. American Photographs from 1900 to 1970.More »
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- Drawing (43)
- Calligraphy (2)
- Photography (95)
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- Other (9)
3D
- Architecture (4)
- Sculpture (56)
- Installation (39)
- Furniture (8)
- Fashion (12)
- Product (14)
- Crafts (27)
- Ceramics (22)
- Other (8)
Screen
- Film (18)
- Video installation (14)
- Digital (0)
- Other (1)
Misc.
- Media Arts (3)
- Art Party (44)
- Art Talk (27)
- Performance Art (7)
- Art Competition (1)
Area:
Ginza, Shimbashi(59) Ueno, Yanaka(25) Kiyosumi, Odaiba(21) Kyobashi, Nihonbashi & Kudanshita(66) Omotesando, Aoyama(38) Shinjuku(49) Shibuya, Setagaya(39) Roppongi, Akasaka(46) Nakameguro, Ebisu(30) Musashino, Tama(30) Yokohama, Kanagawa(22) Kanto: others(47)
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