Posted:Dec 26, 2023

2023-2024: Museums and Galleries Open Over the New Year

Selection of art museums and galleries open from December 29, 2023, to January 3, 2024.

“Yasuko Toyoshima Exhibition” at the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo Photo by Tokyo Art Beat

Many venues are closed during the New Year holidays, but here is a selection of museums and galleries in the Tokyo and Kanto area that will be open from December 28 through January 4. We recommended following exhibitions and favorite venues through the web version login or the TAB app. The app will notify you of the opening and closing of exhibitions via push notifications.

*Opening hours may be shortened during the holidays. Please make sure to check the official websites before your visit.

Open on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day

Our Ecology: Toward a Planetary Living

Venue: Mori Art Museum
Schedule: October 18 - March 31, 2024
*Reservations prioritized
*Discount with MuPon

Keith Haring “Art to the Streets”

Venue: Mori Arts Center Gallery
Schedule: December 9 - February 25, 2024

Modern Times in Paris 1925: Art and Design in the Machine-age

Venue: Pola Museum of Art
Schedule: December 16 - May 19, 2024

Closed on New Year’s Day only

Olafur Eliasson “A Harmonious Cycle of Interconnected Nows”

Venue: Azabudai Hills Gallery
Schedule: November 24 - March 31, 2024
Closed: January 1

Cerith Wyn Evans “L>espace)(...”

Venue: Espace Louis Vuitton Tokyo
Schedule: July 20 - January 8, 2024
Closed: January 1

Opposite the Sun Is Where the Blue Sky Lies: Works from the Hara Museum and the Hara Rokuro Collections

Venue: Hara Museum ARC
Schedule: March 24 - January 8, 2024
Closed: January 1
*Discount with MuPon

Yukino Yamanaka “Pose”

Venue: Diesel Art Gallery
Schedule: December 2 - January 16, 2024
Closed: January 1

Maho Takahashi “Muyu Mufu (No Sorrow, No Wind”

Venue: Ginza Tsutaya Books
Schedule: December 16 - January 5, 2024
Closed: January 1

Closed on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day

Monet: Scenes From a Series of Paintings

Venue: Ueno Royal Museum
Schedule: October 20 - January 28, 2024
Closed: December 31 and January 1

Open from January 2

Happy Ryu Year: Welcome to the Year of the Dragon! A Celebration of the Dragon in Paintings and Crafts

Venue: Seikado Bunko Art Museum
Schedule: January 2 - February 3, 2024

Yasuko Toyoshima Exhibition

Venue: Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo
Schedule: December 9 - March 10, 2024
Closed: December 28 - January 1
*Discount with MuPon

The Beloved Gods and Buddhas of Northeastern Japan

Venue: Tokyo Station Gallery
Dates: December 2 - February 12, 2024
Closed: December 29 - January 1

Yugo Asami

Yugo Asami

Born in Chiba in 1999. Intern at the Editorial Department of Tokyo Art Beat from 2021 to 2023. Graduate student at Tokyo Institute of Technology (Asa Ito Lab). Currently based in Paris.