Best Exhibitions Starting in March 2023
Domenichino ”Rinaldo and Armida” c. 1617-1621 Oil, canvas 121×168cm Photo © RMN-Grand Palais (musée du Louvre) Martine Beck-Coppola Distributed by AMF-DNPartcom *All rights reserved
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Tokyo Art Beat presents a selection of the best exhibitions opening in March 2023. If you bookmark the exhibitions on the Tokyo Art Beat app, you will never miss the openings and closings!
- Painting Love in the Louvre Collections (The National Art Center, Tokyo)
- Masahisa Fukase 1961-1991 Retrospective (Tokyo Photographic Art Museum)
- The Original (21_21 Design Sight)
- Tofuku-ji: Monumental Zen Temple of Kyoto (Tokyo National Museum)
- Art Fair Tokyo 2023 (Tokyo International Forum)
- Secrets of Important Cultural Properties: An Exhibition Celebrating the 70th Anniversary of The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo (The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo)
- Heatherwick Studio: Building Soulfulness (Roppongi Hills Tokyo City View)
- Waiting for the Wind Tokyo Contemporary Art Award 2021-2023 Exhibition (Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo)
- La Bretagne, Source d’inspiration: Regards de Peintres Français et Japonais (National Museum Of Western Art, Tokyo)
Painting Love in the Louvre Collections (The National Art Center, Tokyo)
Masterpieces from the Louvre Museum are coming to the National Art Center, Tokyo. The exhibition features 74 selected paintings from the Louvre Museum’s vast collections, including famous pieces by Jean Honoré Fragonard and François Gérard. Don’t miss the opportunity to explore passionate expressions of love from the 16th century to the mid-19th century by Europe’s most preeminent painters. The exhibition will travel to the Kyoto City Kyocera Museum of Art in June.
Venue: The National Art Center, Tokyo
Schedule: March 1 - June 12
Masahisa Fukase 1961-1991 Retrospective (Tokyo Photographic Art Museum)
Masahisa Fukase is a contemporary of Nobuyoshi Araki and Daido Moriyama and is known for pioneering new expressions from the 1960s to the 1970s - the golden age of Japanese photography. The retrospective exhibition at the Tokyo Photographic Art Museum explores Fukase’s personality and unique expression, focusing on works from the museum’s collection, and includes works from his representative photo book, Ravens (1986).
Venue: Tokyo Photographic Art Museum
Schedule: March 3 - June 4
The Original (21_21 Design Sight)
This exhibition defines and introduces “original” as a design that profoundly impacts the world. It is a design with a fundamental appeal and influence that inspires many designers, whose essence will be passed on to future generations. On display are over 100 pieces of furniture, tableware, textiles, and toys selected by Takahiro Tsuchida, Naoto Fukasawa, and Kaoru Tashiro.
Venue: 21_21 Design Sight
Schedule: March 3 - June 25
Tofuku-ji: Monumental Zen Temple of Kyoto (Tokyo National Museum)
Tofuku-ji Temple is one of the most famous Zen temples in Kyoto. This exhibition marks the first time the temple’s treasures will be presented together in one place. The monumental Five Hundred Rakan, by the legendary painted Buddhist priest Myojo, will be exhibited for the first time since its restoration, along with Buddhist statues, paintings, and calligraphies. The exhibition is scheduled to travel to the Kyoto National Museum in October.
Venue: Tokyo National Museum
Schedule: March 7 - May 7
Art Fair Tokyo 2023 (Tokyo International Forum)
As the largest art fair in Japan and the oldest in Asia, Art Fair Tokyo continues to bring together commercial art galleries and art dealers across Japan and the world. The 17th edition features works from 144 galleries, including seven galleries from overseas.
Venue: Tokyo International Forum
Schedule: March 10 - March 12
Secrets of Important Cultural Properties: An Exhibition Celebrating the 70th Anniversary of The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo (The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo)
This year marks the 70th anniversary of the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo. To commemorate this occasion, the museum will hold a special exhibition of paintings, sculptures, and crafts going as far as the Meiji period, featuring only designated Important Cultural Properties. The exhibition also explores the history of masterpieces as “problematic works” that established new expressions. Don’t miss this unique opportunity to see Cultural Properties in one place and rediscover modern Japanese art.
Venue: The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
Schedule: March 17 - May 14
Heatherwick Studio: Building Soulfulness (Roppongi Hills Tokyo City View)
Established in 1994 in London, Heatherwick Studio has undertaken innovative projects in many cities, including New York, Singapore, Shanghai, and Hong Kong, evolving to become one of the most closely-watched design teams in the world. This exhibition is the first in Japan to showcase twenty-eight major projects of the studio. The exhibition will explore the world of architecture through six perspectives: “Coming Together;” “Connecting with Everyone;” “Experiencing Sculptural Space;” “Feeling Nature in Urban Space;” “Bringing Memories to the Future;” and “Playing and Using.”
Venue: Roppongi Hills Tokyo City View
Schedule: March 17 - June 4
Waiting for the Wind Tokyo Contemporary Art Award 2021-2023 Exhibition (Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo)
The Tokyo Contemporary Art Award (TCAA) is awarded by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government and Tokyo Arts and Space (TOKAS) to mid-career artists. This exhibition will feature the works of winners of the third TCAA, Shiga Lieko, and Takeuchi Kota. Shiga reinterprets a wave of restoration projects that began after the March 2011 earthquake through the primary human activity of walking. On the other hand, Takeuchi presents new work based on his historical research into balloon bombs.
Venue: Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo
Schedule: March 18 - June 18
La Bretagne, Source d’inspiration: Regards de Peintres Français et Japonais (National Museum Of Western Art, Tokyo)
Brittany, a beautiful region in the northwest corner of France, was loved and visited by painters from many countries from the late 19th to the 20th century. The exhibition explores artists’ admiration for the region and simultaneously focuses on Japanese painters who visited Brittany. This exhibition features approximately 160 works from the Matsukata Collection of the National Museum of Western Art and approximately 30 museums and private collections in Japan.
Venue: National Museum Of Western Art, Tokyo
Schedule: March 18 - June 11
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