National Museum Of Western Art, Tokyo - Past Events
Below is a list of all past events for National Museum Of Western Art, Tokyo. Current and upcoming events, as well as other details, are available on the venue's page.
Hubert Robert "Les jardins du Temps"
[75] 
[10]- Media: Painting - Drawing - Prints - Furniture
- 2012-03-06 - 2012-05-20
In 18th century Europe, enthralled by the discoveries at the sites of Pompeii and Herculaneum, Hubert Robert (1733-1808) was a French landscape painter who became known later by the nickname Robert des...More »
Giovanni Battista Piranesi "The Prisons"
[32] [9]- Media: Prints
- 2012-03-06 - 2012-05-20
The Prisons [Carceri d'invenzione] print series was made by the major 18th century Italian print artist, Giovanni Battista Piranesi. These imaginary prisons were created with his impressive and powerful...More »
William Blake Exhibition
[27] [5]- Media: Prints
- 2011-10-22 - 2012-01-29
William Blake (1757–1827), renowned as a major modern British poet and painter, also created a large number of copperplate prints. Inspired by unique forces, Blake's prints construct a magical, symbolic...More »
"Goya: Lights and Shadows – Masterpieces of the Museo del Prado" Exhibition
[79] [11]- Media: Painting
- 2011-10-22 - 2012-01-29
A pioneer of modern Spanish painting, Francisco de Goya (1746-1828) is renowned for his sharp, critical gaze that sought to depict a variety of social events and situations during one of Europe's most...More »
"The Body Beautiful in Ancient Greece from the British Museum" Exhibition
[28] [4]- Media: Painting - Sculpture
- 2011-07-05 - 2011-09-25
The human form is one of the major and enduring themes in Western art. Based on their belief that the gods and humans share the same form, the ancient Greeks began the first in-depth study of this artistic...More »
"Rembrandt: The Quest for Chiaroscuro" Exhibition
[155] [14]- Media: Painting
- 2011-03-12 - 2011-06-12
Few artists of any period were as renowned for the use of light and shadow as Dutch master Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669). His seemingly limitless variations of bold and subtle shadings cast him as a ‘magician...More »
"Outsiders" Exhibition
[14] [0]- Media: Prints
- 2010-12-07 - 2011-02-13
This small exhibition showcases a selection of prints from the museum collection that focus on the notion of the outsider in Western society, comprising mainly works from the 17th century.More »
"Albrecht Dürer Prints and Drawings: Religion/Portraits/Nature" Exhibition
[26] [7]- Media: Drawing - Prints
- 2010-10-26 - 2011-01-16
Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528) noted in his Das Lehrbuch der Malerei, an art theory book for young people who wanted to be painters, that the most important things in art are “religion, portraits and nature.”...More »
"Light and Darkness in 19th Century French Prints: Meryon, Bresdin, Bracquemond, Redon" Exhibition
[24] [3]- Media: Prints
- 2010-09-18 - 2010-11-28
As the popularity of lithographs, primarily produced by Romantic painters, waned in France during the first half of the 19th century, gradually the outlook for the production of prints as art works darkened....More »
"Masterpieces from the Museum of Capodimonte in Naples, from Renaissance to Baroque" Exhibition
[27] [3]- Media: Painting - Art Talk
- 2010-06-26 - 2010-09-26
As indicated by its name, which means top of the hill, the Museo di Capodimonte actually is on the top of a hill in Naples. It is renowned as one of the finest museums in Italy. The museum's collections...More »
"Honoré Daumier: Political Lithographs from La Caricature" Exhibition
[6] [2]- Media: Prints
- 2010-06-26 - 2010-09-05
Honoré Daumier (1808-1879) was a major French satirical print artist who produced approximately 4,000 lithographs and 1,000 woodcuts over the course of his career. This exhibition introduces roughly 40...More »
Frank Brangwyn Exhibition
[31] [3]- Media: Painting
- 2010-02-23 - 2010-05-30
The Matsukata Collection was the cornerstone of the collection of the National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo. Matsukata Kojiro, first president of the Kawasaki Shipyards (present-day Kawasaki Heavy Industries),...More »
Hashi "Rome: Future Deja Vu"
[4] [0]- Media: Photography
- 2009-09-19 - 2009-12-13
”Men did not love Rome because she was great. She was great because they had loved her.” This famous statement by the British author G. K. Chesterton sums up the fact that, of all the cities in the world,...More »
"The Heritage of the Ancient Roman Empire" Exhibition
[10] [2]- Media: Painting - Sculpture
- 2009-09-19 - 2009-12-13
The ancient Roman Empire, an empire whose relative longevity and breadth stands as a major accomplishment in the history of mankind. This exhibition traces the Roman Empire from its inception to its glorious...More »
"Iconomorphosis: Selected Graphics from the NMWA Collection" Exhibition
[7] [2]- Media: Drawing - Prints - Art Talk
- 2009-07-07 - 2009-08-16
This year the NMWA marks 50 years since its opening. The museum has been involved in a variety of research and exhibition activities during this half-century, while, all the moreso, continuing the important...More »
"Le Corbusier and the National Museum of Western Art" Exhibition
[94] [20]- Media: Drawing - Architecture - Art Talk
- 2009-06-04 - 2009-08-30
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the opening of the National Museum of Western Art in Ueno Park, Tokyo, in 1959 (Shôwa 34) as an institution for the housing and public display of the Matsukata Collection,...More »
"Collection of Louvre Museum - 17th Century European Paintings" Exhibition
[46] [10]- Media: Painting
- 2009-02-28 - 2009-06-14
Exhibitions of works from the collections of the Louvre have frequently been held in Japan. Usually, when an exhibition of a large museum’s collection is held, it is divided into period and country. The...More »
Wilhelm Hammershoi "The Poetry of Silence"
[64] [14]- Media: Painting
- 2008-09-30 - 2008-12-07
Wilhelm Hammershoi (1864-1916) was one of Denmark’s major painters, renowned in his own lifetime throughout Europe. Hammershoi’s works were strongly influenced by 17th century Dutch painting, and they...More »
"Corot: Souvenirs et Variations" Exhibition
[29] [9]- Media: Painting - Prints
- 2008-06-14 - 2008-08-31
The 19th century French painter Camille Corot (1796-1875) created numerous lyric landscape and figural paintings, and today his oeuvre continues to fascinate artists and art aficionados throughout the...More »
"La Venere di Urbino: The Lineage of the Goddess of Beauty from Antiquity to the Renaissance" Exhibition
[51] [13]- Media: Painting
- 2008-03-04 - 2008-05-18
This exhibition displays various works on the theme of the goddess Venus, dating from antiquity through the Renaissance and early Baroque eras. The exhibition, with its selection of approximately 70 paintings,...More »
"Edvard Munch - The Decorative Projects" Exhibition
[117] [36]- Media: Painting - Drawing - Prints
- 2007-10-06 - 2008-01-06
Edvard Munch (1863-1944) is well known for his series titled "The Frieze of Life", in which he explored themes of love, death, anxiety, and despair. Among other themes that he dealt with, the "decorative"...More »
Prayers of the Middle Age, Romanesque Art Photography Exhibition
[7] [2]- Media: Photography
- 2007-06-12 - 2007-08-26
"Art from Parma, Italy, Another Capital" Exhibition
[30] [4]- Media: Painting - Drawing
- 2007-05-29 - 2007-08-26
This exhibition introduces the art of the 16th and 17th centuries from Parma, located in Northern Italy. This period covers a wide range of art historical eras that flourished in Parma, from the Renaissance,...More »
Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium Exhibition
[27] [9]- Media: Painting
- 2006-09-12 - 2006-12-10
This exhibition presents approximately 70 oil paintings from the collection of the Royal Museums of Fine Arts in Brussels. Their collections consists of approximately 20,000 works, including paintings,...More »
Fun with Collection 2006
[5] [0]- Media: Illustration - Photography - Sculpture - Video installation
- 2006-06-04 - 2006-08-31
This exhibition, which takes "glasses" as its theme, began in 2005 after two years of planning. During Part 1, which was entitled "The variety of glasses: tell us about your way of looking at them" a number...More »
Auguste Rodin and Eugène Carrière Exhibition
[31] [12]- Media: Painting
- 2006-03-07 - 2006-06-04
This exhibition of Auguste Rodin (1840-1917), known as the father of modern sculpture, and Eugène Carrière (1849-1906), known as the painter who taught Matisse and Derain, uses the interchange between...More »
"Prints from the Italian Renaissance" Exhibition
[8] [2]- Media: Prints
- 2006-03-06 - 2007-05-06
The Renaissance period is one of the highlights of Western art history, with many well-known paintings, sculptures, works of architecture and drawings coming from that time. Some may not be aware that...More »
Chiaroscuro
[3] [1]- Media: Prints
- 2005-10-08 - 2005-12-11
Multi-colored woodblock prints in the Renaissance and Baroque. In the beginning of the 16th Century, when printing technologies were expanding quickly, a new technique of woodblock printing was invented...More »
Dresden: Mirror of the World - The State Art Collections
[20] [9]- Media: Painting - Product - Crafts
- 2005-06-28 - 2005-09-19
Collections from the Dresden Royal Art Museum are on display. In the 17th and 18th century, Dresden became the stage of a cultural exchange that connected the east world and the European world when the...More »
Georges de La Tour: World of Light and Shadow
[7] [7]- Media: Painting
- 2005-03-08 - 2005-05-29
In 2003, the NMWA purchased “St. Thomas” by Georges de La Tour (1593-1652). To introduce this new acquisition to the general public, the NMWA presents “Georges de La Tour: World of Light and Shadow”,...More »
Max Klinger: "Eve and the Future", "A Life", "A Love"
[1] [3]- Media: Prints
- 2005-03-08 - 2005-05-29
Max Klinger (1857-1920) was a multi-faceted artist in turn-of-the-century Germany. Though he also worked on paintings and sculptures, it was his printmaking in particular which elevated him to fame. ...More »
Dutch Mannerist Prints
[1] [1]- Media: Painting
- 2004-09-10 - 2004-12-12
The word "maniérisme" is thought to have originated from the word "maniera" ("manner" in Italian). Based on renaissance expression, works in the maniérisme style are known for their emphasis on intricate...More »
Henri Matisse: Process/Variation
[0] [2]- Media: Painting
- 2004-09-10 - 2004-12-12
Henri Matisse (1869-1954) is recognized as one of the revolutionary painters of the 20th century who opened up new potential in painterly expression. The beauty of colors and the decorativeness of his...More »
2D
- Graphics (19)
- Illustration (30)
- Painting (151)
- Drawing (33)
- Calligraphy (1)
- Photography (83)
- Prints (27)
- Other (6)
3D
- Architecture (3)
- Sculpture (44)
- Installation (33)
- Furniture (5)
- Fashion (10)
- Product (13)
- Crafts (24)
- Ceramics (20)
- Other (7)
Screen
- Film (17)
- Video installation (11)
- Digital (1)
- Other (1)
Misc.
- Media Arts (1)
- Art Party (35)
- Art Talk (24)
- Performance Art (3)
- Art Competition (1)
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Ginza, Shimbashi(50) Ueno, Yanaka(25) Kiyosumi, Odaiba(20) Kyobashi, Nihonbashi & Kudanshita(46) Omotesando, Aoyama(35) Shinjuku(45) Shibuya, Setagaya(35) Roppongi, Akasaka(42) Nakameguro, Ebisu(31) Musashino, Tama(30) Yokohama, Kanagawa(21) Kanto: others(46)
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