Museum of Modern Art, Hayama - Past Events
Below is a list of all past events for Museum of Modern Art, Hayama. Current and upcoming events, as well as other details, are available on the venue's page.
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Tomoyoshi Murayama "Get All of Me Seething"
First retrospective of Tomoyoshi Murayama (1901-1977), whose avant-garde activities influenced Japanese modern art in the 1920-30s. After coming back from Berlin in 1923, Murayama joined the group "Mavo"....More »
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Ben Shahn "Cross Media Artist/Photographs, Paintings and Graphic Art"
Retrospective of Ben Shahn (1898-1969), an American artist who was active in New York. With the cooperation of the Fogg Museum, one of the museums at Harvard University, approximately 100 photographic...More »
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"Gyokudo Kawai's Japanese Landscapes" Exhibition
Features the work of Japanese modern nihonga artist Gyokudo Kawai and the landscapes he left behind.More »
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5th "Developments in Contemporary Music 1951-2011" Lecture
Lecture on "new horizons" in media art and music by musician and media theory researcher Nobuyasu Sakonda.More »
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"Part 3: Evolution of Contemporary Music 1951-2011" Lecture
3rd installment in a five-part series of talks on the evolution and development of contemporary music – "What is Sound Performance?" by sound artist Akio Suzuki. More »
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"60th Anniversary Exhibition: The Best Collection - Contemporary Art"
This exhibition showcases some 90 works by 40 artists that trace the development of Japanese contemporary art from the 1950s onwards. There will also be a special exhibition of sculptures by Abraham David...More »
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Laszlo Moholy-Nagy "In Motion"
This is the first one-man exhibition in Japan introducing the entirety of the Hungarian-born artist Laszlo Moholy-Nagy (1895-1946), who is known as a Constructivist and a teacher at the Bauhaus. His wide-ranging...More »
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"A Fateful Journey: Africa in the Works of El Anatsui" Exhibition
This is the first solo exhibition in Japan of the leading contemporary African sculptor El Anatsui (b. 1944), who has rapidly been attracting attention in recent years internationally. Born in Ghana, he...More »
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"Primary Field 2" Exhibition
On display are paintings by 7 artists who pay tribute to the genre's established traditions while stepping away from history in order to explore new territory. These works arouse a sense of wonder and...More »
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"Harue Koga: A Retrospective" Exhibition
Harue Koga (1895-1933) was active as a Western-style painter from the late Taisho period to the early Showa period. This exhibition traces his career, which lasted only twenty years or so before he succumbed...More »
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"The World of Hamada Chimei - Elegy and Humor in Prints and Sculptures" Exhibition
A retrospective of works by Chimei Hamada (b. 1917), who is active not only as a print artist but also as a sculptor. On display are approximately 160 prints and 60 sculptures from the Elegy of the Recruit...More »
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Yury Norshtein + Francheska Yarbusova "Tale of Tales"
Yury Norshtein (b. 1941) is one of Russia's representative animation artists. Most of his work is produced in collaboration with and art directed by his wife, Francheska Yarbusova (b. 1942). The title...More »
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Yukina Sakai "In the Light, Hayama"
Solo dance performance held in conjunction with the Hidetoshi Nagasawa exhibition by Yukina Sakai, a young emerging female dancer.More »
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Hidetoshi Nagasawa "Dove Tende Aurora"
Hidetoshi Nagasawa is a leading sculptor who works in Italy. After graduating from University, Nagasawa cycled across the continent to Europe, finally reaching Milan where he decided to live. Playing...More »
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"Shirakaba -Pilots of Modern Art in Japan" Exhibition
In the early 20th century, Japan saw the emergence of numerous individuals that yearned for European art and became the driving force for new movements. The young men who published the magazine Shirakaba...More »
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"French Master of Ukiyoe Henri Riviere" Exhibition
Henri Riviere (1864-1951) is a painter and print artist who was strongly influenced by Japonism that became popular in the French art world towards the end of the 19th century. Fascinated by ukiyoe prints...More »
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"Photographs and Paintings in Modern Japanese Art" Exhibition
Photography, which was invented in the 19th century, has had a wide-ranging influence on visual culture. This exhibition examines aspects of its impact in Japan. The establishment and development of modern...More »
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Fuku Shoji Exhibition
This is a retrospective exhibition of nihonga painter Fuku Shoji (1910-2002), commemorating the 100th anniversary of her birth. Shoji was born in Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture. After graduating from the...More »
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"Self and Other: Portraits from Asia and Europe" Exhibition
Exhibition of "portraits" in their broadest sense, with Asian and European encounters as background. The relationships between images of the Self and those of Others are investigated through paintings,...More »
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Kazuo Yuhara Exhibition
Kazuo Yuhara (1930- ) continues to produce cutting edge works in Japan and overseas. His abstract sculptures have an overpowering momentum in scale and are the result of his sharp sensitivity and bold...More »
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Fuku Akino Exhibition
Fuku Akino (1908-2001) used vibrant colors to portray with vigor the landscape of India and the people living there. Commemorating the 100th anniversary of her birth, the exhibition follows the footstep...More »
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"Matisse et Bonnard" Exhibition
Introducing Henri Matisse (1869-1954) and Pierre Bonnard (1867-1947), two master painters of the 20th century, through their friendship which bloomed in their pursuit of sparkling colors and creation under...More »
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"A Profusion of Paintings from the Collection" Exhibition
Selected works from the large collection of the Museum of Modern Art, Hayama, the Museum of Modern Art, Kamakura, and Kamakura Annex will be exhibited simultaneously. Around 500 to 600 works will be on...More »
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"Utopia: Japanese Modern Painting and Art Magazines 1889-1915" Exhibition
This exhibition focuses on art magazines that evolved in Japan in the late 19th century and artworks from this period. Around 180 paintings, nihonga, magazines and prints are on display.More »
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"Primary Field: Art Today - Discussion with Seven 'Places'" Exhibition
Showcasing works made since 1990 until today, "Primary Field" is an attempt to closely examine Japanese contemporary art in this transitional period. Works seen in this exhibition explore various ideas....More »
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Ilya Kabakov "World Encyclopedia"
This exhibition features works by Ilya Kabakov, who currently lives in New York and exhibits internationally. Kabakov was born in the former Soviet Union in 1933, 'unofficially' exploring his artistic...More »
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Toyo Ito "The New 'Real' in Architecture"
Always starting from ideas relating to the human body and nature, Ito creates architecture fusing new technologies with his own. His recent works invite us to experience a sense of the extraordinary. Today,...More »
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Yuzo Saeki + Hanjiro Sano "L'esprit de Paris"
Painter Yuzo Saeki (1898-1928) and Hanjiro Sano (1900-1987) were both born and grew up in Osaka. Saeki is known for his sometimes aggressive and sometimes lyrical brush strokes depicting downtown Paris....More »
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"Aspects of Modern Art in Japan" Exhibition
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Hoshun Yamaguchi "Mixure of Traditional and Modern Styles"
80 selected masterpieces by the contemporary Japanese painting master Hoshun Yamaguchi, including oil paintings from his early years and representative works from various periods in his career. There...More »
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"Gift from Artists: Recent Acquisitions" Exhibition
Recently acquired works will be on display to show the diverse development of art in the post-war period, emphasizing the fact that the museum collection has been nurtured through the understanding and...More »
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20th Century Master Alberto Giacometti with Isaku Yanaihara
Hosted with the Albert and Annette Giacometti Foundation in Paris, this exhibition explores the interaction between Albert Giacometti and his model/record keeper, Japanese philosopher Isaku Yanaihara....More »
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Yasse Tabuchi "The Beginning of Shapes, Overflowing Light"
Since 1951, Paris-based Yasse Tabuchi (1921-) has continued to create colorful, erotic oil paintings. Deeply interested in the common root between Asian and occidental cultures, he has won high acclaim...More »
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Paula Modersohn-Becker: A Short, Intensive Festival
This will be the first exhibition in Japan of German painter, Paula Modersohn-Becker (1876-1907) whose brief career illuminated the late 19th and early 20th century Germany. This exhibition retraces her...More »
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Nishi Masaaki "Forms of the Sky, the Earth, and Memory"
The dog houses deprived of their long dead occupants are stacked one over another. Large crucibles molded out in contrasting shades of iron and bronze lay side by side. A mobile phone in a bird cage stacked...More »
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Gaudia: Evasvankmajerjan Exhibition
There exists today in Japan, a vogue of Russian and eastern European animation films. From the Republic of Czech, the geographical center of Europe, Jan Švankmajer (1934- ) is an outstanding example of...More »
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Horst Antes and Kachinas
The German contemporary artist Horst Antes is known for his unique corporal expression, the "head and feet man", a figure hauntingly familiar of the past but also of the future. From cubism to primitive...More »
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Japanese Modern Art by Tamako Kataoka
To celebrate Tamako Kataoka`s 100th birthday on Jan, 2005, her works will be exhibited to review the history of Japanese modern art and also to explore the artist’s true value.More »
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Hans Arp
Hans Arp (1886-1966) is known as one of the most innovative artists of 20th century art. A sculptor, painter, and poet, he was one of the founders of the Dada movement in 1916. Opposing mechanical civilization...More »
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Museums for a New Millennium: Concepts Projects Buildings
This exhibition contemplates the state of contemporary museum architecture and its relation to society through 25 architectures and projects by leading international architects such as Ando Tadao, Daniel...More »
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Nature and Life
"Nature and Life" is the title of the essay by Roka Tokutomi, in which he writes about people's daily life with different seasons. In this exhibition, about 190 works by more than 100 artists are shown...More »





