The University Art Museum - Tokyo University of the Arts - Past Events
Below is a list of all past events for The University Art Museum - Tokyo University of the Arts. Current and upcoming events, as well as other details, are available on the venue's page.
The Poster and FUNFAN Exhibition for the G8 Hokkaido Toyako Summit
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[1]- Media: Graphics - Other
- 2008-07-17 - 2008-08-03
We will hold a poster display and a Marugame Uchiwa FUNFAN display, in conjunction with the Summit of G8 Nations in Toyako, Hokkaido, with the themes of "the Toyako Summit" and "the environment". Through (...)
"Contemplating Crafts: Feeling the Materials" Exhibition
[0] [0]- Media: Crafts
- 2008-04-29 - 2008-05-18
There are currently eight research laboratories devoted to engraving, hammering, casting, lacquerware, ceramics, dyeing and weaving, woodwork and glassware, allowing instructors in each department to make (...)
"BAUHAUS experience, dessau" Exhibition
[0] [53]- Media: Architecture
- 2008-04-26 - 2008-07-21
Bauhaus began in Weimar in Germany as a school for design in 1919. Centered on Weimar, Dessau and Berlin, Bauhaus was forced to close down in 1933 with the rise of the Nazi regime. However, even 75 years (...)
Geidai Collection Exhibition
[0] [3]- Media: Painting - Prints - Sculpture - Crafts
- 2008-04-10 - 2008-07-21
The Universtiy Art Museum will present the "Geidai Collection" exhibition in order to introduce the art collection of the Tokyo University of the Arts. The collection, whose formation began with the establishment (...)
"Vivid Materials" Exhibition
[0] [0]- Media: Other - Art Party
- 2008-03-28 - 2008-04-09
This exhibition was initially planned to coincide with philosopher Antonio Negri's visit to Japan. The title of the exhibition is "Vivid Material," featuring five young artists. In keeping with Negri's (...)
"56th Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music Graduation Exhibition"
[0] [3]- Media: Painting - Sculpture - Video installation
- 2008-02-21 - 2008-02-26
Locations: -Undergraduate: Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum -Graduate: University Art Museum & Chinretsukan Gallery, Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music -Department of Inter Media (...)
"Japan-Korea-China International Exhibition of Ceramic Art"
[0] [0]- Media: Ceramics - Art Talk
- 2008-01-23 - 2008-01-28
Celebrating the 120th anniversary of Tokyo National University of Fine Arts & Music and the year to promote cultural exchange between Japan, Korea, and China, the university has organized various events (...)
"International Design Exhibition - Japan, Britain, Korea"
[0] [2]- Media: Furniture - Product
- 2008-01-10 - 2008-01-20
This design exhibition has been organized by three schools in Japan, Britain, and Korea in order to promote international exchange of design activities. This is the second exhibition taking the theme (...)
Yoshihiro Masuko "Residencial Scenes"
[0] [0]- Media: Painting - Drawing - Architecture
- 2007-12-10 - 2007-12-23
Gallery Talk: December 15th (Sat) 15:00-
Tokyo National University of Fine Arts & Music Doctoral Course Open Critique Exhibition
[0] [0]- Media: Painting - Sculpture
- 2007-12-04 - 2007-12-16
This is the final critique session for the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts & Music fine arts doctoral course that is open to the public. This is a significant event for the students who are (...)
"Sculpture of Story" Exhibition
[0] [0]- Media: Sculpture
- 2007-11-16 - 2007-12-02
The Sculpture Department of Tokyo National University of Fine Arts & Music has curated various exhibitions at Chinretsukan gallery, through which they raise fruitful questions about contemporary sculpture (...)
Tenshin Okakura "Progress in Art Education"
[0] [3]- Media: Painting - Sculpture - Crafts - Art Talk
- 2007-10-04 - 2007-11-18
This exhibition and lecture series focuses on the life of Tenshin Okakura, one of the founders of the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music. The lecture series will be conducted in Japanese (...)
Creative Tea Ceremony "Go-Shikikai" Exhibition
[0] [0]- Media: Other - Sculpture - Installation - Other
- 2007-10-04 - 2007-10-28
This exhibition commemorates the 120th anniversary of Tokyo National University of Fine Arts & Music, and is part of the "Geidai-Sakai" event. Blue, red, yellow, white, and black are the theme colors (...)
Ichiken Exhibition
[0] [0]- Media: Painting
- 2007-09-20 - 2007-09-27
This series of exhibitions started in 2001 as a part of a project organized through the Nihonga program at National University of Fine Arts and Music. This is the sixth exhibition, featuring works by students (...)
"Testimony of Self-Portrait" Exhibition
[0] [6]- Media: Painting
- 2007-08-04 - 2007-09-17
The collection of self-portrait works owned by the University Art Museum at the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music has been growing over the years. It contained 190 pieces in the Meiji period, (...)
Drawing Exhibition
[0] [1]- Media: Drawing
- 2007-07-22 - 2007-07-31
Professors and students of the department of Nihonga at Tokyo National University of Fine Arts & Music bring in each of their drawings for this exhibition, revealing their various ideas about art. (...)
"The Mural Art of Kotohira-gu Shrine" Exhibition
[0] [7]- Media: Painting
- 2007-07-07 - 2007-09-09
This exhibition introduces cultural properties from Kotohira-gu, otherwise known as Kompira-san in Kanagawa prefecture. About 130 screen paintings have been installed in the museum space, recreating the (...)
Hiroshige Utagawa "All about 100 Famous Views of Edo'"
[0] [3]- Media: Prints
- 2007-07-07 - 2007-09-09
"100 Famous Views of Edo" (1856-1858) is Hiroshige Utagawa's well known series of print masterpieces, consisting of a total 120 pieces including 118 pieces by Hiroshige Utagawa, and one by Hiroshige II. (...)
"Design for Railroad - Past, Current, & Future" Exhibition
[0] [3]- Media: Graphics - Other - Architecture - Other
- 2007-07-03 - 2007-07-17
Needless to say, design is interconnected with society at large and it is a form of creativity that aims to help people lead a culturally fruitful life. With that in mind, the Department of Design at the (...)
"Underneath the Surface III - Tokyo - Taikyu" Exhibition
[0] [0]- Media: Painting
- 2007-06-23 - 2007-06-29
Location: Chinretsukan Gallery, Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music.
"The Photograph: What You See & What You Don't" Exhibition
[0] [2]- Media: Photography - Film
- 2007-05-29 - 2007-06-17
Photography is being practiced in pretty much in every field of art, making it important to keep asking what the future of photography is. This exhibition aims to read into the unchanging core of artistic (...)
"Artists' Oil Color - Yuichi" Exhibition
[0] [0]- Media: Painting - Art Talk
- 2007-05-08 - 2007-05-20
For more details of related events, please see the university's homepage.
"Vers Paris - 100 Years of Dreams by Western Artists" Exhibition
[0] [0]- Media: Painting
- 2007-04-19 - 2007-06-10
Celebrating the 120th anniversary of the Tokyo University of Fine Arts and Music, this exhibition looks back on the history and the future of "Western Painting" in Japanese culture. Kiyoteru Kuroda, (...)
"Keren - Colors Be" Exhibition
[0] [0]- Media: Crafts
- 2007-04-19 - 2007-05-03
The Department of Urushi-Art at the Tokyo University of Fine Arts and Music is now 120 years old. It conducts research on natural lacquer and generic varnishes. This exhibition introduces works made (...)
"Selected Masterpieces to Welcome our Freshmen" Exhibition
[0] [2]- Media: Painting - Sculpture - Crafts
- 2007-04-10 - 2007-06-10
Welcoming new students to the Tokyo University of Fine Arts and Music, this exhibition features significant works from the collection. Hoping to offer a thorough overview of the museum collection for the (...)
55th Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music Graduation Exhibition
[0] [1]- Media: Painting - Sculpture
- 2007-02-21 - 2007-02-26
Tetsuya Noda Exhibition
[0] [1]- Media: Prints
- 2007-01-11 - 2007-01-28
Tetsuya Noda, one of Japan's leading contemporary print artists, has gained a worldwide reputation for his "Diary" series, where fragments of thoughts from his daily life are expressed through a combination (...)
Izuru Hanyu "The Poetics of Surface and Space"
[0] [1]- Media: Painting
- 2007-01-11 - 2007-01-28
Izuru Hanyu has been teaching at the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music's school of oil painting (from which he graduated) for 34 years, while simultaneously showing his work at various major (...)
"Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music Glass Sculpture Laboratory"
[0] [0]- Media: Sculpture
- 2006-11-28 - 2006-12-10
It has been two years since the establishment of the glass sculpturing class at Tokyo University. To celebrate the retirement of one of its first professors, Takashi Hayashi, works by the students of the (...)
"The Wonder Box" Exhibition
[0] [1]- Media: Prints - Other
- 2006-11-04 - 2006-12-17
All of the national universities in Japan have an abundance of reference materials from various fields. These rare materials are used for academic research, and are not very well known amongst the public. (...)
Kazo Saito Exhibition
[0] [0]- Media: Painting - Fashion - Other
- 2006-11-04 - 2006-12-17
This retrospective will display a selection of 120 works by Kazo Saito (1887-1955). Saito was a musical composer, theatrical designer, and stage director, who is also well known for introducing German (...)
Mitsuhiko Horiguchi Exhibition
[0] [0]- Media: Sculpture - Art Talk
- 2006-11-02 - 2006-11-19
Sixty pieces of metalwork by Mitsuhiko Horiguchi that he created while teaching at Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music will be on display to celebrate his retirement. Gallery talk: November (...)
"Tradition and Design" Exhibition
[0] [0]- Media: Illustration
- 2006-10-19 - 2006-10-29
The Art Faculty of the University Art Museum at Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music has an exchange program with the University College for the Creative Arts in the U.K. and Chung-ang University (...)
"Good Design Award 1957-2006" Exhibition
[0] [0]- Media: Product
- 2006-10-03 - 2006-10-13
The Good Design Award supports the development of design in Japanese lifestyle, industries and society. This exhibition presents 100 winners of the Good Design Award from over half a century.
"Japan & Korea Urushi Arts" Exhibition
[0] [0]- Media: Crafts - Art Talk
- 2006-09-28 - 2006-10-15
Japan and South Korea have had relations for a long period of time, and countless masterpieces have been born out of the interaction between these two countries. In both countries, the art of laquerware (...)
30th Anniversary NHK Sunday Museum
[0] [3]- Media: Drawing
- 2006-09-09 - 2006-10-15
NHK's "Sunday Museum" is a pioneering arts program with almost 1500 episodes being aired since its inception in 1976. Each episode features various guests who offer provocative commentary, leading the (...)
Louvre Museum Exhibition "Ancient Greek Arts - Legacy of the Gods"
[0] [7]- Media: Painting - Sculpture
- 2006-06-17 - 2006-08-20
Consisting of over 3,500,000 pieces, the Louvre Museum has the largest collection of artwork and historical artifacts in the world. This exhibition focuses on Ancient Greek masterpieces from one of their (...)
Ernst Barlach Retrospective
[0] [3]- Media: Drawing - Sculpture
- 2006-04-12 - 2006-05-28
Ernst Barlach (1870-1938) is a German sculptor, printmaker and playwright representing twentieth century German art. Barlach sought to depict people who endured hardship of life such as "poverty," "war" (...)
Art from Taisho-Early Showa Period
[0] [4]- Media: Painting - Prints - Crafts
- 2006-04-12 - 2006-05-28
Relatively unknown artwork from the Taisho and early Showa period were selected from the museum collection for this exhibition. This period of time emphasized the importance of 'self' and 'independence'. (...)
54th Tokyo Geidai All Dpt. Graduation Show
[0] [0]- Media: Graphics - Painting - Photography - Sculpture - Crafts
- 2006-02-22 - 2006-02-26
Skinodelic "Face, Surface, Interface"
[0] [6]- Media: Sculpture
- 2006-01-06 - 2006-01-22
Since 1997, the sculpture department of the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music has organized biannual exhibitions that question today's sculpture scene. "Skinodelic" is the fifth exhibition (...)
Junzo Yoshimura Exhibition
[0] [13]- Media: Architecture
- 2005-11-10 - 2005-12-25
This exhibition introduces the world of architect Junzo Yoshimura. His housing designs are inspired by a deep love for human beings and insights on everyday life. Yoshimura says that the happiest moment (...)
Dyeing Art Exhibition
[0] [0]- Media: Crafts
- 2005-11-03 - 2005-11-20
Tokuo Tezuka Retirement Exhibition
[0] [0]- Media: Sculpture
- 2005-10-06 - 2005-10-23
Yasuji Horikoshi Memorial Exhibition
[0] [0]- Media: Painting
- 2005-10-06 - 2005-10-23
Treasures from Taito City
[0] [0]- Media: Drawing - Sculpture - Crafts
- 2005-09-27 - 2005-10-23
"History and Culture Through the Properties of Temples and Shrines". There are about 340 temples and 44 shrines in Taito ward. Preserved in the temples and shrines are cultural assets such as sculptures, (...)
Rosa - The Demonstrative Color
[0] [9]- Media: Painting - Photography - Installation
- 2005-09-01 - 2005-09-25
An exhibition about the nature of the color "rose". Colors play an important role in our daily life. The way a certain color is used or understood depends on the culture in which it lies. Here is an exhibition (...)
The 500 Year Old Treasures From The World of Botanical Art
[0] [1]- Media: Illustration - Painting - Drawing
- 2005-06-11 - 2005-06-18
The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) was established in 1804 in Great Britain to support those who loved horticulture worldwide. In celebration of its 200th anniversary, selected works of botanical art (...)
Shibata Zeshin: Draft Sketches for the Meiji Palace Ceiling and Sketchbooks
[0] [2]- Media: Painting - Drawing - Digital
- 2005-06-11 - 2005-08-07
Zeshin Shibata (1807-1891) is considered to be one of the masters of Japanese art. He was active during the early Meiji era. In this exhibition, along with drawings and sketches, digitally-recreated spectacular (...)
Dada in Japan
[0] [5]- Media: Painting - Prints
- 2005-06-01 - 2005-06-18
This exhibition introduces the Mavo era, which flourished within the avant-garde art movement in Japan. Mavo, established by Tomoyoshi Murayama in 1923 after his returning from a 9-month stay in Berlin, (...)
University Museum Collection Exhibition: Material Connections - Masterpieces and their Previous Incarnations
[0] [3]- Media: Painting - Drawing
- 2005-04-08 - 2005-05-29
The University Museum has collected material relating to the arts since its inception. While information regarding this material has been regularly released on paper media, it was also steadily accumulated (...)
National Treasures of Itsukushima Shrine
[0] [1]- Media: Calligraphy - Crafts - Other
- 2005-03-25 - 2005-05-08
Itsukushima Shrine, inaugurated by the Hei-shi in the Heian Era (late 8th to late 12th centuries), and declared a World Heritage Site in 1996, suffered devastating damage when it was hit by a hurricane (...)
Tadayoshi Nakamura - Towards the Corrosive Gaze -
[0] [1]- Media: Prints
- 2005-01-27 - 2005-02-13
This is an exhibition commemorating the retirement of Tadayoshi Nakabayashi, Professor at Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music. Having taught print making at the faculty of fine arts for 40 (...)
Sverre Fehn: architect
[0] [1]- Media: Drawing - Architecture
- 2004-12-12 - 2005-01-20
This exhibition focuses on 18 of Sverre Fehn 's works, both realised buildings and projects. Each work is presented with a model and panels consisting of drawings, images, and quotes by Fehn himself. The (...)
HANGA: Waves of East - West Cultural Interchange
[0] [1]- Media: Other
- 2004-11-13 - 2005-01-16
As a form of reproductive art, Hanga(block print) was an important agent in east-west cultural exchange. Even during Isolation, Japan continued to import printed books and artwork through Dejima. These (...)
16th Century Prints in Germany and the Netherlands
[0] [0]- Media: Other
- 2004-11-13 - 2005-01-16
This exhibition will cover printed art in Germany and the Netherlands during the reign of Emperor Maximilian I. Running through the 15th and 16th century, this was a period in which printed art flourished (...)
Exhibit of Musical Instruments planned by Professor Tsuge Gen'ichi: 'Sound, Form, Material - on Improved Musical Instruments East and West'
[0] [0]- Media: Other
- 2004-10-21 - 2004-11-03
To 'improve' literally means to make something better by changing its flaws or defects. Performers and instrument makers have always made improvements in musical instruments in the course of history. All (...)
National Treasures of Kohfukuji
[0] [0]- Media: Painting - Crafts - Sculpture
- 2004-09-18 - 2004-11-03
Kohfukuji Temple will celebrate the 1300th anniversary of its founding in 2010. The 1300th anniversary of the transfer of the capital to Heijokyo will also be celebrated. This special exhibition is planned (...)
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