Van Gogh & Japan

Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum

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Vincent van Gogh

Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) was profoundly interested in Japan. From his Paris period to his early days in Arles, he collected ukiyo-e prints and writings on Japanese culture. Conversely, Japanese artists and intellectuals became enamored of Van Gogh after his death and made pilgrimages to his grave in Auvers-sur-Oise in France. This exhibition explores the mutual fascination between Van Gogh and Japan, presenting enlightening new perspectives through the display of roughly 40 of Van Gogh’s oil paintings and sketches, accompanied 50 or some works by Japanese ukiyo-e artists and Van Gogh’s contemporaries, as well as various historical materials.

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Evening Lecture
Event Dates: Nov. 3 (Fri), Dec. 1 (Fri) 18:30-19:00 (doors open 18:10)
Venue: Auditorium Lobby Floor, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum
Capacity: 225 (no booking required)
Admission: Free (exhibition admission ticket required)
*Event in Japanese.

Schedule

Oct 24 (Tue) 2017-Jan 8 (Mon) 2018

Opening Hours Information

Hours	9:30-17:30 Closes at 20:00 on Fridays.
Closed	Closed on every 1st and 3rd Monday. Closed during the New Year holidays. Special exhibitions closed on Mondays. (Open on a public holiday Monday but closed on the following day.)
Notice	Closing at 20:00 on Fridays, Nov. 1 (Wed), Nov. 2 (Thu) and Nov. 4 (Sat). Closed on Mondays, Dec. 31 (Sun), Jan. 1 (Mon). Open on Jan. 8 (Mon).

Fee

Website

https://www.tobikan.jp/en/exhibition/2017_goghandjapan.html

Venue

Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum

Location

8-36 Ueno Park, Taito-ku, Tokyo 110-8712

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Access

7 minute walk from the Park exit of JR Ueno Station, 10 minute walk from the Ikenohata exit of Keisei Ueno Station on the Keisei Main line, 10 minute walk from exit 7 at Ueno Station on the Ginza and Hibiya lines.

Phone

03-3823-6921

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