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Current events
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Kunihiro Asada Exhibition
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Permanent Collection Exhibition
[Image: Nanban Byobu (detail) 17th c.]More »
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"Bumpodo Art School" Exhibition
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"Flew Night Market"
August 6th (Fri), 7th (Sat), 27th (Fri), 28th (Sat), September 3rd (Fri), 4th (Sat) 17:00-21:00 Exhibition and sale of fine art, crafts and 3D works by artists working in a range of genres. More »
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"Masterpieces from the Pola Museum of Art: Impressionists and the Ecole de Paris" Exhibition
On display at this exhibition are 74 French Impressionist masterpieces and works by artists from the Ecole de Paris from the collection of the Pola Museum of Art in Sengokuhara, Hakone. The first part...More »
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"Rashinban Selection: 6 Artist Exhibition"
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14th Shinsei Exhibition
[Image: "Signs of Summer" 108×105cm]More »
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3rd Ningyo-cho Autumn Exhibition
Works by students and instructors from the departments of nihonga painting, oil painting and puppet making.More »
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Kazuhiro Hori Exhibition
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Keiko Sakamoto "Honolulu's Chinatown"
On display are bold compositions made by pasting readymade and hand-painted fabrics onto canvas that recreate the distinctively stodgy atmosphere of Honolulu's Chinatown.More »
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Keiko Tozaki Exhibition
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Keisuke Yamamoto Exhibition
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Maria Kishiki Exhibition
[Image: Maria Kishiki, "Rise" (2004) mineral pigment on kumohada paper]More »
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Masaki Yukawa Exhibition
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Miyabi Kyodo "Namuamidabutsu Game"
Retrospective exhibition by Miyabi Kyodo, an artist who delved into the depths of obscenity for the sake of art.More »
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Mizuho Uchida Exhibition
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Permanent Collection Exhibition
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Sae Yamagishi Exhibition
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Terukazu Asano "From Contemporary Landscapes..."
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Yusuke Asai "Plant and Banquet"
Yusuke Asai was born in 1981. Since completing his study of ceramics in 2001, Asai has continued to draw in various locations that range from galleries to museums and public spaces. His delicate but free-spirited...More »
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"16th Kyokubi Exhibition"
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"44th So Exhibition"
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"Afterimage of Summer Colors" Exhibition
[Image: Keisuke Yamaguchi, "Heart of a Flower" pigment, resin on canvas and wooden panel]More »
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"Considering Edo Painting" Exhibition
The Yamatane Museum of Art is familiar to many as a museum specializing in modern and contemporary Nihonga works, but it is less well known that the museum is also home to numerous examples of Edo period...More »
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"Exhibition for Children"
This exhibition aimed at children features works with sky motifs. In Exhibition Hall 3.More »
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"Hideo Hagiwara Memorial Room 2010 Summer" Exhibition
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"How Art Is Made: Analyzing the Collection" Exhibition
This exhibition showcases oil paintings, nihonga paintings, prints, photographs, sculptures and other works that shed light on the elementary creative processes related to each of these genres and media....More »
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"Kawasaki through Paintings" Exhibition
This exhibition features paintings that depict Edo era villages that used to be in the present Kawasaki city area, as well as other works that offer viewers a glimpse at Kawasaki's past. Talk events...More »
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"Mass Desire" Exhibition
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"Millet Gallery Summer 2010 Permanent Collection Exhibition"
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"Mimakura Miracle" Exhibition
Exhibition for kids with quizzes, word games, hands-on activities and more.More »
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"Mineral Colors, Myriad Images: Nihonga from the Collection" Exhibition
"Mineral Colors, Myriad Images: Nihonga from the Collection" is the Pola Museum's first exhibition of Nihonga paintings. The Museum has until now concentrated on the presentation of European, mainly French,...More »
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"Nihonga and Crafts by Chu Asai" Exhibition
On display are ceramics and nihonga paintings by Chu Asai from the museum collection.More »
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Hiroshi Nakamura Exhibition
Hiroshi Nakamura (b. 1932) first gained attention for his "reportage paintings" that documented the political events and social conditions of his time. Since then he has produced paintings that depict...More »
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Masaro Omiya Exhibition
On display are 100 experimental and new works by Masaro Omiya, a leading figure of the postwar art scene in the Tohoku area.More »
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Sakujiro Okubo Exhibition
Small exhibition of oil paintings by Sakujiro Okubo, a Western-style painter who visited Boso. In Exhibition Hall 1.More »
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Tamami Oishi Exhibition
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This Week at The Artcomplex Center of Tokyo
ACT1 "Animal World" Exhibition ACT3 "Shadow Box" Exhibition ACT4 Yusuke Sugisaki Exhibition ACT5 Tetsuo Iida "Ambivalent Images Ⅱ"More »
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This Week at Yokohama Civic Gallery, Azamino
September 1st (Wed)- 1F Exhibition halls "The Forest Village" Exhibition September 4th (Sat)- 2F Exhibition Hall B "Gallery M ceramic class exhibition"More »
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Toshio Arimoto "A Celestial Music"
On display at this exhibition are graceful fresco-like paintings produced by Toshio Arimoto from the mid 1970s to 1985. Arimoto's works are influenced equally by Western frescoes and Japanese Buddhist...More »
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Yoshiro Takeuchi Exhibition
This is Yoshiro Takeuchi's first solo exhibition in Tokyo, featuring new works that explore how viewers obtain a sense of satisfaction from having arrived at a final, definitive "answer" in the form of...More »
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This Week at Yokohama Civic Art Gallery
Oil paintings, watercolor, prints, crafts and calligraphy.More »
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Keiko Shimizu Exhibition
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"2010 JAWLAS Japan Wildlife Art Association Exhibition"
Paintings of wild animals including mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish and insects by member of the Wildlife Art Association.More »
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"Children and Play 2" Exhibition
Illustration exhibition on the theme of children and play.More »
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"Kingyo Exhibition Part 3"
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Bunta Inoue "Bunta Inoue in Wonderland"
Bunta Inoue is a multi-talented artist who works in both 2D and 3D formats, designing characters and producing traditional fusuma-e sliding door paintings. This exhibition features new drawings that depict...More »
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Kanami Masujima Exhibition
Acrylic paintings of plants and flowers in soft, gentle colors that depict the world of a young girl.More »
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Tingatinga Exhibition
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Wataru Sugawara Exhibition
Fantasies and swarms of evil spirits.More »
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Eiichi Watanabe "Juvenile Kingdom"
Eiichi Watanabe won top honors at the first printmaking Grand Prix exhibition organized by Galerie Nichido in 1970, and is a leading practitioner of the burin technique. This solo show features 20 oil...More »
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Ippei Hirasawa Exhibition
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Jun Kubota Exhibition
Second solo show of new surf-themed works by design graduate of Tokyo University of the Arts who used to work in an ad agency.More »
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Kazue Yoshikawa Exhibition
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Koji Noyori "00:00 (time)"
Koji Noyori's works feature tricky compositions and a playful mind. His paintings often depict unreal places by mixing oil paint and sand. On display are around 20 new works that portray trains running...More »
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Reishi Kusaka "Khora"
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Yayoi Deki "Pineapple"
Yayoi Deki's first solo show at Yamamoto Gendai in 3 years.More »
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"Let's Go to the Museum! How to Enjoy Modern Art by Dick Bruna" Exhibition
This exhibition is a fun opportunity for the entire family to enjoy works from the museum collection based on Dick Bruna's popular picture book "Miffy Goes to the Museum." Original pencil drawings and...More »
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"Permanent Collection Ⅱ 2010 Summer" Exhibition
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"Shizuoka Prefecture Art Festival"
Art festival that seeks to generate more interest in art and promote the development of culture in Shizuoka.More »
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Coppi "Urban Intersections"
Paintings by Coppi that depict the frantic pace of modern life and casual everyday scenes from a unique perspective. Also on display are works from the collection by Kazuharu Ishikawa.More »
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Hamadaraka Exhibition
New works by Hamadaraka, an artist duo consisting of Eru and Emu. [Image: Hamadaraka, "Kurarurunekoma" (2010) washi paper, acrylic gouache, ink on washi paper, 841×594mm]More »
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Mellow Ashida "Mellow Tone"
Marking a break from last year's "Planetica" series, this exhibition of new work by Mellow Ashida features portraits of human figures that seem to have surged out of the inside of a body.More »
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Mire Kim "Immunity Altar"
This Tokyo show features a series of 10 large works by young up-and-coming artist that were previously unveiled in Kyoto, as well as several new works.More »
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"Realism: Individual Styles" Exhibition
Group exhibition of photorealistic paintings by 4 artists. [画像: Tomohiro Yamanashi "Washbasin (incomplete)" 36×30cm Oil Painting]More »
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Man Ray "Unconcerned But Not Indifferent"
"Unconcerned But Not Indifferent" presents more than 400 works from the collection of the Man Ray Trust. Although individual items have occasionally been loaned for major exhibitions, the full scope of...More »
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"Sendai Iwan" Exhibition
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Hikari Fujishiro "Nuke Ai"
Solo show by up-and-coming painter Hikari Fujishiro featuring new works that express a fleeting, transient worldview.More »
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"Fellow Art Gallery Vol. 1: Studio Cooca"
Paintings and sculptures by members of Studio Cooca, an art-related welfare facility in Hiratsuka City. Venue: 2F Lounge, Art Forum Azamino [Image: Noriko Kawamura]More »
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"Shinagawa Art Association 2010" Exhibition
Works by 60 artists living and working in Shinagawa Ward.More »
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Karl Hyde “What’s going on in your Head when you’re Dancing?”
In addition to his musical pursuits, Karl Hyde has also been devoting himself to making paintings that have been exhibited at various art events. Recently, he also held an art program called Art Jam together...More »
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Masaki Yukawa Exhibition
Solo show by Masaki Yuakwa, who won the VOCA award in 1998. On display are various works that explore the "schema of painting" and consider whether "an approach that treats non-existent things as existent...More »
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"The Japan Art Show" Exhibition
Group exhibition by young artists working in various media.More »
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Yoshimi Takanashi Exhibition
First solo show by Yoshimi Takanashi at this gallery featuring human figures, still lifes and flowers using clearly delineated compositions and well-defined contours depicted with a gentle touch. More »
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"-scape" Exhibition
Nanzuka Underground is pleased to present ''-scape'', a group exhibition featuring the work of Kozo Kishimoto, Hiroki Tsukuda and Hiroko Yamaji. This exhibition gathers 3 young Japanese artists who each...More »
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"-scape" Exhibition
Group exhibition featuring the work of Kozo Kishimoto, Hiroki Tsukuda and Hiroko Yamaji, 3 young Japanese artists each with his or her own personal approach to abstraction and landscape representation. Kishimoto...More »
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Hidekazu Tanaka "Reconstructing Creation"
As the title of this exhibition suggests, Hidekazu Tanaka extracts specific portions of his past work and enlarges, shrinks, inverts, rotates or multiplies them in order to reconstruct them into new canvases....More »
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Junta Egawa "Memoire Martienne"
eitoeiko is pleased to announce the exhibition "Memoire Martienne" by Junta Egawa. Egawa's work is based on the memories that exist deeply in his mind. This series of abstract paintings represents evidence...More »
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Kota Kumagai "Mountain Goat Promoted to a Snail"
On display are paintings by Kota Kumagai that portray figures who are by turns indifferent and listless, optimistic and naive.More »
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Reika Nakayama "Labyrinth and Fruitage"
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Yu Hara "Rain Barrel"
This is Yu Hara's third solo show at this gallery and his first in 3 years, focusing mainly on his most recent oil paintings displayed on the first floor as well as the newly-built second storey space....More »
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Yukiko Nishiyama "Portraits"
Yukiko Nishiyama graduated with a Master's in Fine Art from the Kyoto City University of Arts. She combines pictorial motifs with traditional textile craft techniques to create a new form of visual expression...More »
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"Innocence - Art towards Life" Exhibition
There are people who, despite of not having a proper art education, create a totally original visual art by following their inner impulsions - people with intellectual disabilities, or who suffer with...More »
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Hiroyuki Matsuura "Super Acrylic Skin - Sweet Addiction"
Tokyo Gallery + BTAP (Tokyo) is holding a solo exhibition by Hiroyuki Matsuura entitled "Super Acrylic Skin - Sweet Addiction" starting September 1 (Wed). Hiroyuki Matsuura was born in Tokyo in 1964....More »
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Ingrid Weber "Farbmittel"
Born in Obermaubach/ Eifel, Germany in 1961, Ingrid Weber now resides in Dusseldorf. She has been creating monochrome paintings constructed with a single colored pigment, or a limited number of different...More »
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Kaoruko Shima "Morrigan"
Solo show by Kaoruko Shima, focusing on video works as well as new collages and paintings.More »
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"From the Past to the Future" Exhibition
The Nezu Museum’s collection largely centers on a core of tea ceremony utensils, Buddhist art works, and ancient Chinese bronzes collected by Nezu Kaichirō Sr. (1860-1940). In subsequent years various...More »
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"In Search of the Pure Land: Buddhist Art from the Okura Collection" Exhibition
This exhibition focuses on a selection of works from the Okura collection that address the image of the "pure land" found in Buddhist teachings, including "Portrait of 16 Arhats" (an important cultural...More »
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"Masterpieces from the Museum of Capodimonte in Naples, from Renaissance to Baroque" Exhibition
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 »
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"New Directions #2: Trans-plex" Exhibition
A showcase for the discovery and development of young artists' talents, New Directions is a curatorial project co-organized by the Kyoto University of Art and Design and Tokyo Wonder Site. The missions...More »
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"Painters from Tokyo, Kyoto and Osaka" Exhibition
This exhibition showcases the different contrasting styles of painters from Tokyo, Kyoto and Osaka during the Edo period, a time when each city possessed its own distinctive vernacular style that was being...More »
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Isson Tanaka Exhibition
Isson Tanaka (1908-77) was born in Tochigi prefecture and lived in Chiba for over 20 years. He painted nihonga works that depicted the tropical plants and birds of Amami-Oshima. This large-scale retrospective...More »
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Taro Okamoto "99 Years: Bravo, Taro!"
Taro Okamoto celebrated his 99th birthday on February 26th this year, and 2011 marks the centenary of his birth. During his lifetime, Okamoto created a space entirely his own in his works, inspired by...More »
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Toru Kuwakubo "Stories about the Sea, Stories about Painters"
Built around the first public showing of some new large-format works, this exhibition also provides a retrospective on Kuwakubo's work to date, including representative paintings and drawings. Gallery...More »
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Hiro Hirakawa Exhibition
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Yoko Ando "Portraits: Quiet Light"
Yoko Ando paints portraits that depict only the faces of her subjects, backlit or bathed in strong reflections, giving off a radiant halo. Painted on silk fabric, the pigments she uses seep deep into the...More »
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This Month at Design Festa Gallery
Paintings, illustrations, photography, graphics, fashion, crafts and more.More »
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Julian Langendorff + Isamu Gakiya "Two Person Show"
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Toru Ishii "Metropolitan Moment"
Toru Ishii's early work focused on motifs influenced by graffiti works associated with hip-hop culture. A study abroad stint at the Chelsea College of Art and Design in the UK, however, prompted Ishii...More »
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"From Ensor to Magritte: Belgian Painting between 1880 and 1940" Exhibition
This exhibition is the first comprehensive show of its kind, featuring well-known paintings by Belgian and Flemish Expressionist, Surrealist and Symbolist artists from the 19th and 20th century that draw...More »
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Michio Mado Exhibition
Michio Mado is a well-known poet and author of nursery rhymes who has strong ties to Kawasaki - he won the Kawasaki City Culture Prize in 1976 for his contributions in the field of poetry and children's...More »
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Akira Kataoka "Hyperdimensional Art and Hyoutan-Jima"
Akira Kataoka is perhaps best known as a puppet theater artist for "Hyokkori Hyoutan-Jima," which screened on NHK from 1964 to 1969. In addition to producing puppets since 1950 for the Kawasaki-based theater...More »
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"nca collection" Exhibition
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"Marc Chagall and the Russian Avant-garde from the Collection of the Centre Pompidou" Exhibition
- at The University Art Museum - Tokyo University of the Arts
- in the Ueno, Yanaka area
- Closes in 38 days
Marc Chagall was born into a Jewish family in Vitebsk (present-day Belarus) in 1887. Beginning in the early 20th century he cultivated a close relationship with the artistic avant-garde in Russia. This...More »
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"The Collection of The Kunstmuseum Winterthur: Masterpieces from the Collection" Exhibition
The small town of Winterthur in Switzerland has been known by art lovers as a cultured town where wealthy people have collected fine works of art. Its municipal art museum has gained a reputation for its...More »
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Chu Asai Exhibition
Modern paintings inspired by the Fontanesi and Barbizon schools by pioneering artist with a strong connection to Chiba. In Hall 2.More »
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The 10th Gunma Biennale for Young Artists 2010
The Gunma Biennale for Young Artists is a nationwide open-call exhibition aimed at young artists from the ages of 16-29. Out of the 1119 entries received this year, 53 works were selected. The Grand Prize...More »
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Henry Moore "Forms of Life"
- at Bridgestone Museum of Art
- in the Kyobashi, Nihonbashi & Kudanshita area
- Closes in 44 days
This exhibition introduces, in addition to six sculptures, forty works on paper, including pastel, watercolors, and lithographs. Preliminary drawings for his sculptures become rare from around 1950 as...More »
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"Petit Louvre" Exhibition
This exhibition traces 800 years of the Louvre's history, from its origins as a fortress to its conversion into a palace, and finally its transformation into the museum it is today. The exhibition space...More »
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"From Dream To Reality: The Iwasaki/Mitsubishi Collection" Exhibition
This second part in a series of exhibitions commemorating the opening of Mitsubishi Ichigokan Museum features architectural plans and blueprints by Josiah Conder created for Mitsubishi and the Iwasaki...More »
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"Permanent Collection Part Ⅱ" Exhibition
Permanent events
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Gallery Collection
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Honkan Japanese Gallery
Masterpieces of Japanese Art, spanning the Jomon era to the Edo period.More »
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Ibaraki Museum of Modern Art Permanent Exhibition
With works from the Ibaraki area as the nucleus, objects in the museum's permanent collection are shown systematically so that the history of modern and contemporary art can be easily understood. More »
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Ikeda Museum of 20th Century Art Permanent Exhibition
The museum collection consists of 1210 pieces centering upon 20th century works depicting the <human being>. 540 are works by Renoir, Bonnard, Picasso, Matisse, Leger, Chagall, Kokoschka, Milo,...More »
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Kuroda Memorial Hall Permanent Exhibit
Seiki Kuroda (1866-1924) left huge footprints in modern japanese art as a painter, pedagogue and art administrator. He helped revolutionize mid-Meiji period painting, and his influence reached far and...More »
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Modern Japanese Art from the Museum Collection
Using three floors of the main building, this permanent exhibition presents about 200 to 250 pieces selected from our museum's collection of about 9,200 works, including Japanese- and Western-style paintings,...More »
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NMWA Museum Collection
The NMWA was established in 1959 around the core Matsukata Collection as Japan's museum specializing in Western art. The Main Building displays pre-18th century paintings, including those by Ritzos, Van...More »
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Niki de Saint Phalle Permanent Exhibits
Niki de Saint Phalle, a French-American, was born in 1930. She kept challenging new materials, while pursuing a life-long theme of self-reflection and wish for freedom. The Niki Museum owns about 200...More »
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Non Surrealisme Exhibition
The permanent exhibition "Non Surrealisme" will be held during the first, second and third weeks of every month and introduce works by artists Vladimir Kush and Hiroshi Anzai. The last week of every month...More »
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Permanent Collection
Murauchi Art Museum holds western paintings with an emphasis on works by the Barbizon painters in the 19th century. Works of Impressionist painters and modern artists are also contained in the collection....More »
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Permanent Exhibition
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Picasso Pavilion
The Hakone Open-Air Museum’s Picasso Collection consists of a substantial number of Picasso’s ceramic creations, purchased from his eldest daughter Maya Picasso, as well as his paintings, prints, sculptures,...More »
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Tenshin Okakura Memorial Room Exhibition
Works by artists from Izura who were tutored by Tenshin Okakura will be on display. Exhibits will rotate six times a year.More »
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Toyokan Asian Gallery
Artworks and crafts from China, the Korean peninsula, Southeast Asia, India, the Middle East, and Egypt, organized by area and genre.More »
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Utsunomiya Museum of Art Collection
Utsunomiya Museum of Art collects post-20th century works of art and design. The permanent exhibition is rotated 3 to 4 times a year, and a thematic mini-exhibition is also held 1 to 2 times a year.More »
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Yokoyama Taikan Memorial Hall Permanent Exhibit
Works, studies, sketches, ceramics, kimonos, artworks by friends, letters, bamboo crafts, and other belongings of Yokoyama Taikan are on display. Exhibits will change every three months. Closed during...More »
Upcoming events
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"Shokoku Kijin Den" Exhibition
On display are 48 paintings dating from the Edo period by 10 master painters that illustrate the diversity of art from this era.More »
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"Wind-ow" Exhibition
This group exhibition showcases works by six artists inspired by the motif of the window - a feature that plays an especially important role in the case of MA2 Gallery, which is located in a space with...More »
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Barnett Newman "Dialogue between Man and Work"
Barnett Newman (1905-1970) is an important painter of the 20th century who stands along with Mark Rothko and Jackson Pollock as one of the representative artists of the Abstract Expressionist movement...More »
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Kazuhiko Ueda "Painting"
New works by Kazuhiko Ueda, a painter who experiments with new approaches to conventional elements and compositions, including color and brushstroke. Artist talk with special guest Shizuaki Yano: September...More »
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Kazuo Komuro Exhibition
Welcome live performance starting at 15:00 on the 5thMore »
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Yuji Kobayashi Exhibition
Performance (story, dance and music) organized by Yuji Kobayashi Naoka Kamimura (dance), Junichi Hirota (story), Toru Saito (double bass), Naoki Kita (violin), Yoshiaki Sato (accordion) September 7th...More »
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"Small World" Exhibition
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Ban Nagamine Exhibition
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Kazumi Arimoto Exhibition
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Machiko Nogami Exhibition
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Sayaka Okabe "First"
[Image: Sayaka Okabe "Landscape"(2008) Oil on Canvas 53.0×53.0cm]More »
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Shiro Kanosue Exhibition
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Takashi Katayama Exhibition
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Chieko Tomita Exhibition




