Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art - Past Events
Below is a list of all past events for Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art. Current and upcoming events, as well as other details, are available on the venue's page.
Koiso Ryohei and Yoshihara Jiro: Dividing Ridge of the Hanshinkan Modernism
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[0]- Media: Painting
- 2018-03-24 - 2018-05-27
Koiso Ryohei (1903–1988) and Yoshihara Jiro (1905–1972) are the two representative artists from the Hanshinkan area (the area between Osaka and Kobe). They were based in geographically close places during...More »
Back to 1918 - Which People Say is Ages Ago
[0] [0]- Media: Painting - Sculpture
- 2018-03-17 - 2018-06-24
Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art travels back every 10 years, first to 2008, then to 1998, and so on, in an exploration of the work born in that particular year and the connections that exist between various...More »
Old Masters from the State Hermitage Museum
[0] [0]- Media: Painting
- 2017-10-03 - 2018-01-14
The State Hermitage Museum, started from the collection of Catherine the Great, is one of the world’s most well-known and greatest art museums. Borrowed from its huge painting collection, this exhibition...More »
Channel 8 Inoue Ryo
[0] [0]- Media: Illustration - Animation
- 2017-08-26 - 2017-09-24
This series of exhibitions serves as an introduction to remarkable contemporary artists, this time (the 8th occasion) featuring Inoue Ryo (1983– ). Visitors can enjoy his humorous musical-style video installation. [Related...More »
Form in Art - Perceiving with the Hand: Aoki Chie
[0] [0]- Media: Sculpture
- 2017-07-08 - 2017-10-15
Through a series of exhibitions that started in 1989, Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art have questioned the conventional way of appreciating art through vision. This time, visitors will enjoy an opportunity...More »
New Acquisitions
[0] [0]- Media: Painting - Prints
- 2017-07-08 - 2017-10-15
New pieces acquired during the last year will be on display. These small “leaves” added to the “large tree” of the collection at Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art which is made up of over 9,000 artworks,...More »
The Bhutan Exhibition – A Hint to Happiness
[0] [0]- Media: Crafts
- 2017-07-01 - 2017-09-03
This exhibition is made up of three parts: popularity of the Bhutani royal family, Buddhism in Bhutan, and lifestyles in Bhutan. Approximately 130 items including precious artworks and cultural resources...More »
Fantastic Art in Belgium
[0] [1]- Media: Painting
- 2017-05-20 - 2017-07-09
Hieronymus Bosch, an early Netherlandish painter, is famous for his fantastic paintings that feature many strange creatures. The attitude of his art has been passed down for centuries, leading to unique...More »
Out of Real
[0] [2]- Media: Painting - Photography - Sculpture
- 2017-04-01 - 2017-06-25
Artists put new life into their works based on their awareness that they live in the real world. While sensitively capturing issues on social products created by humanity such as science, religion and...More »
Susumu Shingu’s Spaceship
[0] [1]- Media: Drawing - Installation - Video and Film
- 2017-03-18 - 2017-05-07
Displaying Susumu Shingu’s kinetic sculptures that work with the natural energy of wind and water in his largest ever showcase. Fifteen pieces are on show in this converted “spaceship” alongside mockups,...More »
Adolf Wölfli
[0] [1]- Media: Painting - Drawing
- 2017-01-11 - 2017-02-26
Among art brut (outsider art) artists that gather world attention, Adolf Wölfli (1864-1930) is by far the most well-known. This is the first full-fledged retrospective exhibition of his held in Japan,...More »
Hanaya Kambee: A Photographer and His Age
[0] [0]- Media: Photography
- 2016-11-19 - 2017-03-19
Hanaya Kambee (1903-1991) was a photographer active in Ashiya City, Hyogo Prefecture beginning in the pre-war era. His vintage prints made before the war, as well as other works, will be displayed with...More »
Sculptures Gathering
[0] [1]- Media: Sculpture
- 2016-11-19 - 2017-03-19
Sculptures make a prominent part of our collections. This exhibition focuses on sculptures and 3D artwork created by masters of modern art, contemporary artists, and more. In addition, 2D artworks created...More »
Daido Moriyama Photo Exhibition: “Shangri-La - The Increasing Pieces”
[0] [1]- Media: Photography
- 2016-08-27 - 2016-09-25
From his debut in professional photography in 1964 up to the present day, leading Japanese photographer Daido Moriyama has been seeking out, discovering and confronting the ins and outs of various cities...More »
Leonard Foujita “Art Bridging the East and the West”
[0] [0]- Media: Painting
- 2016-07-16 - 2016-09-22
On display are a selection of 120 works by the late painter and printmaker Tsuguharu “Leonard” Foujita, an artist who became known for his unconventional fusion of Japanese techniques and Western styles. [Related...More »
Art Forms – Touching and Perceiving Works of Art
[0] [0]- Media: Painting
- 2016-07-02 - 2016-11-06
This is an annual exhibition of touchable works, started with the hope of offering people with visual impairments opportunities to enjoy art, as well as questioning the conventional way of enjoying art...More »
New Acquisitions
[0] [1]- Media: Illustration - Painting - Drawing - Photography - Prints - Architecture - Sculpture - Product - Crafts - Ceramics
- 2016-07-02 - 2016-11-06
This is the first display of new pieces acquired during the last year (fiscal year 2015). The museum has gained a wide variety of works, from masterpieces of modern art to unconventional expressions by...More »
Time Difference 時差展 VOL.2 NEW YORK – SEATTLE – TOKYO – KOBE
[0] [0]- Media: Talks - Performance Art
- 2016-06-01 - 2016-06-05
Art Beasties is a group of young Japanese artists living in New York, Seattle, Tokyo, and Kobe who have come together in Kobe to hold exhibitions and events. This is the first exhibition in Japan for the...More »
1945±5：The Works that Survived through the Turbulen Reconstruction Era
[0] [1]- Media: Painting
- 2016-05-21 - 2016-07-03
This is an exhibition showcasing artworks (mainly oil paintings, but also sketches, Japanese-style paintings and sculptures) created between 1940 and 1950. In Japan, the first half of the 1940s was the...More »
Tessai Tomioka Retrospective
[0] [1]- Media: Painting
- 2016-03-12 - 2016-05-08
This exhibition is held in commemoration of the 180th anniversary of the birth of Tessai Tomioka (1836-1924). With fluid brushwork and rich colors, Tomioka’s work leaves remarkable impressions: sketches...More »
Giorgio Morandi Exhibition
[0] [2]- Media: Painting
- 2015-12-08 - 2016-02-14
This is a solo exhibition of Giorgio Morandi (1890-1964), a representative Italian painter of the 20th century, and is the first to be held for 17 years in Japan. The solitary master repeatedly painted...More »
Hanga on Parade
[0] [1]- Media: Graphics
- 2015-11-21 - 2016-03-06
Highlights from the museum’s collection of some 4,500 prints, with a focus on the work of Yasunori Taninaka, his contemporaries, and Japanese printmakers working in the postwar era. More »
Taninaka Yasunori - Selected Masterpieces of Prints from the Collection
[0] [1]- Media: Graphics
- 2015-11-21 - 2016-03-06
In the era of anxiety and confusion around the 1930s, an unusual woodblock artist Taninaka Yasunori (1897-1946) carved out his unique vision on woodblocks while living a life of extreme poverty in Tokyo....More »
Takashi Kunitani “Deep Projection”
[0] [1]- Media: Installation
- 2015-10-29 - 2015-11-29
This series of exhibitions serves as an introduction to remarkable artists, this time featuring Takashi Kunitani (1974- ). He displays sculptures made of processed neon tubes and glass lighting, using...More »
Paul Klee “This is Just Between Ourselves”
[0] [0]- Media: Painting
- 2015-09-19 - 2015-11-23
At this retrospective exhibition, visitors can come close to the “secrets” of Paul Klee (1879-1940), a Swiss painter. Over 110 artworks will be on display, including 40 rated as “special class” by the...More »
Kobe Biennale 2015 - Manga*Anime*Games from Japan
[0] [2]- Media: Graphics - Illustration
- 2015-09-19 - 2015-11-23
This exhibition provides an overall vision of manga, anime and games from Japan, which expanded the frontier of various forms of expression, crossing over the boundaries of media, an accomplishment of...More »
Versus, New Acquisitions versus Previous Collections at Hart
[0] [0]- Media: Painting - Sculpture - Installation
- 2015-07-18 - 2015-11-08
Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art has continued to expand their collection since 1970, when the museum’s precursor Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Modern Art was first opened. They have now collected almost...More »
Aiko Tezuka “Form in Art - Touch and Sense the Piece”
[0] [0]- Media: Installation - Crafts
- 2015-07-18 - 2015-11-08
This is an annual exhibition of “touchable” works, started with the hope of welcoming people with visual impairments to the museum. This year focusing on Aiko Tezuka (1976- ), an artist who produces works...More »
Katsura Funakoshi “The Sphinx Within Myself”
[0] [0]- Media: Sculpture
- 2015-06-27 - 2015-08-30
A solo exhibition for the major Japanese sculptor Katsura Funakoshi (born in Morioka, Iwate Prefecture in 1951). [Related Event] Commemorative Lecture by Katsura Funakoshi Date: Jun. 26 (Sat) 14:00–15:30 Audience:...More »
Yoshitaka Amano - The World Beyond Your Imagination
[0] [0]- Media: Graphics
- 2015-06-27 - 2015-08-30
Presenting works spanning the career of the popular character designer Yoshitaka Amano. More »
Fumiko Hori Retrospective: Unending Journey
[0] [0]- Media: Painting
- 2015-04-18 - 2015-06-07
An exhibition featuring Hori Fumiko (born in 1918, Tokyo), who has continued to dedicating herself to creative activities in the field of Japanese painting, in the pursuit of something new. Hori’s works...More »
In My Room/On the Road
[0] [0]- Media: Painting - Sculpture - Installation
- 2015-03-21 - 2015-07-05
Using eight permanent exhibition rooms, artworks selected with the key phrases of “In My Room” and “On the Road” will be on display. Although both are essential terms when considering the modernity of...More »
Takehiko Inoue Interprets Gaudi’s Universe
[0] [0]- Media: Drawing - Architecture
- 2015-03-21 - 2015-05-24
In addition to an introduction to Gaudi’s great accomplishments through valuable documents and items, this exhibition features special works by the popular manga artist Takehiko Inoue, describing Gaudi’s...More »
Takarazuka University of Art and Design Graduation Exhibition
[0] [0]- 2015-02-27 - 2015-03-01
A graduates show from the Takarazuka University of Art and Design. [Related Event] Public Stage Performance Date: Feb.11 (Wed) From 18:00 Location: Piccolo Theatre, Amagasaki Youth Creative Theater...More »
Kobe Design University Graduation Exhibition - Chaos 2015 -
[0] [0]- 2015-02-06 - 2015-02-08
This exhibition features design works from over 400 undergraduate and graduate students in the visual art, fashion, production and environmental/architectural design concentrations at Kobe Design University....More »
Ferdinand Hodler “Towards Rhythmic Images”
[0] [0]- Media: Painting - Talks
- 2015-01-24 - 2015-04-05
2014 marks the 150th anniversary of the establishment of the Treaty of Amity and Trade between Japan and Switzerland. Under full cooperation of the Embassy of Switzerland and Kunstmuseum Bern, this retrospective...More »
Visual Deception Ⅱ - Into the Future
[0] [0]- Media: Painting - Talks
- 2014-10-15 - 2014-12-28
Prepare to be deceived. Bunkamura is celebrating its 25th anniversary with this visual trick exhibition, a sequel to the one held in 2009 in Tokyo, Nagoya, and Hyogo prefectures. Head-scratching visual...More »
“Noritake Kinashi x 20 Years - Inspiration - The Curiosity of the Moment”
[0] [0]- Media: Painting - Sculpture - Video and Film
- 2014-10-08 - 2014-11-09
Noritake Kinashi freely paints what he wishes. Crossing a variety of tastes from bold colors and forms to intricate subtleties, his work always enthuses a feeling of freshness and freedom that energizes...More »
Takarazuka Revue 100th Anniversary Exhibition
[0] [0]- Media: Photography - Installation - Fashion - Talks
- 2014-08-05 - 2014-09-28
Since its first performance on April 1, 1914, the Takarazuka Revue has been presenting people with dreams and excitement as a form of national entertainment. As part of the group’s 100th anniversary commemorative...More »
Form in Art: Yuichi Yokoyama Exhibition “This is That, Touch It.”
[0] [1]- Media: Painting - Sculpture - Installation - Talks
- 2014-07-19 - 2014-11-09
This is an annual exhibition of “touchable” works, started with the hope of welcoming people with visual impairments to the Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art. This year’s focus is on Yuichi Yokoyama (born...More »
Toward Modernity: Images of Self & Other in East Asian Art Competitions
[0] [1]- Media: Painting - Sculpture - Talks
- 2014-06-14 - 2014-07-21
This exhibition focuses on government-sponsored art competitions held in Tokyo, Seoul, Taipei, and Changchun— cities under the control of Japan during the first half of the 20th century. About 130 pieces...More »
“The Dream of French Paintings - From Impressionism to École de Paris-”
[0] [0]- Media: Painting - Talks
- 2014-04-12 - 2014-06-01
This exhibition showcases 71 pieces from a private modern French painting collection. It features beautiful landscapes by Impressionists such as Monet, Cézanne and Sisley; lovingly painted portraits of...More »
Noah’s Ark— Works Based on Collection
[0] [3]- Media: Painting - Sculpture - Talks
- 2014-03-22 - 2014-07-06
Focusing on the human desire to collect things, this exhibition picks up expressions related to this desire. The tendency to collect things from all over the world can be found even in ancient myths....More »
Fruits of Passion: La Collection du Centre Pompidou
[0] [3]- Media: Photography - Painting - Sculpture - Installation - Video and Film
- 2014-01-18 - 2014-03-23
Musée National d’Art Moderne (MNAM), housed in Centre Pompidou in Paris, is one of the most important bases of modern and contemporary art in the world. Focusing on the new collections added to MNAM during...More »
Art and Literature in Japan 1926–1936
[0] [2]- Media: Painting
- 2013-11-02 - 2013-12-29
The first decade of the Showa period starting in 1926 was a culturally productive time when several important artistic trends were born. This exhibition is centered around painting and literature in this...More »
Kansetsu Hashimoto Retrospective
[0] [0]- Media: Painting
- 2013-09-14 - 2013-10-20
An exhibition to commemorate the 130th anniversary of the birth of Hashimoto Kansetsu (1883-1945). On display will be works spanning his career, including those based on historical events in China, Shin-Nanga...More »
Collections II “Form in Art”
[0] [0]- Media: Sculpture - Ceramics
- 2013-07-06 - 2013-11-10
Part of the 24th annual exhibition, “Form in Art” held at the Museum, this group exhibition by 3 artists explores the concepts of birth, existence and form through a variety of media. [Image: Shinji...More »
La Vie De Marie Antoinette
[0] [0]- Media: Painting - Sculpture - Fashion - Product - Talks
- 2013-07-06 - 2013-09-01
This exhibition that takes a look at the life of the legendary Marie Antoinette, who we know best as an elegant and flamboyant queen, but also as a troubled mother and wife, and a strong-willed woman...More »
Great French Paintings from the Clark
[0] [3]- Media: Painting
- 2013-06-08 - 2013-09-01
This exhibition showcases masterpieces of 19th century French painting from the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, which boasts one of the largest collections of Impressionist paintings in the...More »
Colors of Life Portraying Plants
[0] [0]- Media: Painting - Drawing
- 2013-03-09 - 2013-06-23
An exhibition on the artistic expression of plants. Dappled sunlight filtering through foliage. The sound of rustling leaves in the wind. By capturing various aspects of plants, these artists invite the...More »
Tadanori Yokoo "Be Adventurous!"
[0] [3]- Media: Painting - Prints - Talks
- 2008-06-27 - 2008-08-24
The museum will introduce the art of multi-talented artist Tadanori Yokoo (b.1936 in Nishiwaki, Hyogo) on the theme of "adventure". The exhibition will be composed in parts; one section will be a group...More »
"What is Nanga? An Aspect of Modern Japanese-Style Painting" Exhibition
[0] [0]- Media: Painting - Talks
- 2008-04-22 - 2008-06-08
The exhibition celebrates the 120th anniversary since the artists Kagaku Murakami and Shonan Mizukoshi were born. Nanga is a type of painting that was established during 18th century Japan. Since then,...More »
"Exploration! Discovery! Art Museum!" Exhibition
[0] [0]- Media: Painting - Photography - Prints - Sculpture - Talks
- 2008-03-22 - 2008-06-29
There are many mysteries in the museum's collection. One of the fun things about art is finding such mysteries and this exhibition has been designed to allow visitors to encounter many of the enigmatic...More »
Koson Enokura Exhibition
[0] [0]- Media: Graphics
- 2008-02-27 - 2008-03-02
*Exhibiting at 3F galleryMore »
2008 Art College Kobe Graduation/Examination Exhibition Art Works
[0] [0]- Media: Graphics - Product
- 2008-02-22 - 2008-02-24
The exhibition features works by the 1st and 2nd year students majoring in Graphic Design, Interior Design, Fashion, Manga and Animation. *Exhibiting at gallery and atelierMore »
Chaos 2008 Kobe Design University Graduation Exhibition
[0] [0]- Media: Painting - Sculpture - Product - Video and Film - Performance Art
- 2008-02-15 - 2008-02-17
The exhibition features design works from undergraduate and graduate students in the visual art, fashion, production and environmental/architectural design concentrations at Kobe Design University. *Exhibiting...More »
Munch Exhibition
[0] [5]- Media: Painting - Drawing
- 2008-01-19 - 2008-03-30
The Norwegian artist Edvard Munch (1863-1944) is well known in Japan for his symbolic representations of modern humanity’s isolation and decadence. This exhibition offers the chance to view around 110...More »
Architecture Seminar: "Art and Architecture"
[0] [2]- Media: Architecture - Talks
- 2007-12-15 - 2007-12-15
Lectures by Tsutomu Shigemaru, Katsuhiro Miyamoto and Tadao Ando *For more information please visit the URL below.More »
Takayasu Itoh "From Painting to Environment"
[0] [1]- Media: Sculpture
- 2007-12-01 - 2008-03-09
Takayasu Ito (1935-1985) was a sculptor from Akashi city. After graduating from Tokyo National University of Fine Arts & Music, he became a remarkable artist who painted with plaster and plastics,...More »
"A Profusion of Blooming Flowers" Exhibition
[0] [0]- Media: Painting - Sculpture - Installation - Talks
- 2007-10-31 - 2007-11-04
This exhibition features paintings, sculptures and installations by 146 upcoming and internationally-known artists. *Exhibiting at The Gallery Wing 3F Gallery Art Talk: November 3rd (Sat) 15:00-16:30 *For...More »
Tatsuo Kawaguchi "The Invisible and The Visible"
[0] [1]- Media: Sculpture - Installation - Talks
- 2007-10-27 - 2007-12-16
Tatsuo Kawaguchi (1940-) was born in Kobe and became one of the most internationally-known Japanese artists. He pursues the relations between the "visible" and "invisible" and stimulates the viewer's imagination....More »
"Encountering the Masterpieces" Exhibition
[0] [0]- Media: Painting
- 2007-07-28 - 2007-10-08
The exhibition is in conjunction with the renovation of Kawamura Memorial Museum of Art located in Sakura city, Chiba prefecture. Displayed items include works by 17th century Dutch painter Rembrandt,...More »
"The Shapes of Art -Creating with Hands" Exhibition
[0] [0]- Media: Sculpture
- 2007-07-07 - 2007-11-18
Since 1989, the museum has held this exhibition series to understand sculpture through various senses. For this exhibition, there will be works by Yukinori Yamamura on display. [Image: "Kiosk ya Chai"...More »
"Introduction to the New Acquisitions" Exhibition
[0] [0]- Media: Painting
- 2007-07-07 - 2007-11-18
The exhibition features the latest acquisitions of Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art. Works include contemporary Japanese painters such as Saburosuke Okada and Kagaku Murakami, to innovative artist Yasumasa...More »
"The Dream that Never Ends; Final Works by Modern Japanese Artists" Exhibition
[0] [0]- 2007-05-29 - 2007-07-08
What do artists, right before their death, look at and express through their art? This may be a question of interest not only to art enthusiasts but to people in general. The exhibition will have 90...More »
Rodin "The Secret of his Creations, a New World of White and Black"
[0] [0]- Media: Sculpture
- 2007-04-03 - 2007-05-13
The exhibition will have 190 works by Auguste Rodin (1849-1917), selected from the Musee Rodin in Paris. The original plaster molds that Rodin used in making his bronze and marble sculptures will be present....More »
"Sculpture after Rodin" Exhibition
[0] [0]- Media: Sculpture
- 2007-03-17 - 2007-06-24
To celebrate the 5th anniversary of the museum, there will be various sculptural works on display including those from Japan and abroad. The exhibition will examine how Rodin influenced sculptural expressions...More »
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Kyoto Higashiyama-ku(1) Kyoto Sakyo-ku(0) Kyoto Kamigyo-ku(1) Kyoto Nakagyo-ku(3) Kyoto Shimogyo-ku(0) Kyoto Kita-ku(0) Kyoto (other)(0) Osaka Kita-ku(2) Osaka Chuo-ku(2) Osaka Nishi-ku(1) Osaka Minato-ku(0) Osaka Tennoji-ku(0) Expo ’70 Park(0) Osaka (other)(5) Kobe(4) Himeji(0) Hyogo (other)(1) Nara(1) Shiga(0) Mie(0) Wakayama(0)
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