Nara Prefectural Museum of Art - Past Events
Below is a list of all past events for Nara Prefectural Museum of Art. Current and upcoming events, as well as other details, are available on the venue's page.
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Realist Art In Japan
- Media: Painting - Photography - Sculpture - Crafts - Video and Film - Media Arts
- 2017-11-23 - 2018-01-14
Eighty works of super-realistic lifelike art including photorealistic paintings from the Meiji era, exquisitely crafted ceramics and sculptures, and high-resolution video using the latest digital technology....More »
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The Beauty of the Prayer
The multifaceted culture and history of Nara City has had a huge influence on Japan’s emotional climate and on the arts. From traditional nihonga paintings featuring religious motifs to new interpretations...More »
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Kenkichi Tomimoto and His “Ubusuna”
An exhibition showcasing the pottery of leading ceramicist Kenkichi Tomimoto (1886-1963), made under his lifelong theme “Ubusuna” which pays respect to his native land. [Related Events] Nara Mandolin...More »
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Seiji Fujishiro “Light in Fairy Tales”
Presenting the fantastical vivid shadowgraph works of Seiji Fujishiro that are based on folk tales, alongside earlier monochrome works and Fujishiro’s latest oil and watercolor paintings.More »
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Shohaku and Shoen: The Brilliance of Japanese Art, From Bijinga and Samurai Paintings to Swords and Modern Masterpieces
Showcasing portraits of subjects including samurai and beautiful women by the Sengoku-era artist Shohaku Soga and the modern Nihonga painter Shoen Uemura, along with katana sword masterpieces. [Related...More »
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Ukiyo-e Prints and the Great World of Art – Nishiki-e 250th Anniversary Exhibition
Nishiki-e is a type of Ukiyo-e woodblock printing that applies multiple colored printing blocks to the same work to produce prints of beautiful colors and rich textures. This exhibition marking the 250th...More »
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A Profusion of Flowers – The Brilliance of Chinese Realism
Once every five years, China holds a national art exhibition presenting around 600 works chosen from tens of thousands submitted from across the country. After a display at the National Art Museum of China...More »
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Ikko Tanaka “Track of Beauty”
Ikko Tanaka, a Nara native, was acclaimed as a master of contemporary graphic design the world over. His creativity was rooted in a familiarity with and refined a sense of Japanese traditional arts including...More »
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In Praise of Nara— Contemporary Art and the Beauty of Nara Loved by Okakura and Fenollosa
Rediscover Nara’s cultural heritage with Nihonga paintings, sculptures, and artistic crafts by artists including Hogai Kano and Taikan Yokoyama inspired by the history and culture of the city. These works...More »
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Kenkichi Tomimoto— Beautiful Multicolored Ceramics with Gold and Silver
An exhibition of painted ceramics by Kenkichi Tomimoto, an artist from Nara Prefecture. [Related Events] Lecture “Kenkichi Tomimoto and Kutani Ware” (in Japanese) Speaker: Shinichi Nakaya (Kutaniyaki...More »
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Feeling and Words Handed Down from Past Generations to the Future
An exhibition of paintings, treasures, archaeology, and text relating to the “Kojiki,” the oldest extant chronicle in Japan, dating from the early 8th century. The Kojiki is a collection of myths and one...More »
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Beauty on the Edge - Contemporary Art Nara - Magic of Materials and Wisdom
This is the second period of the International Contemporary Art Exhibition Nara 2014. Introducing the latest expressions by Nara artists with an international presence: Takashi Kikuchi (3D), Kota Kinutani...More »
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Masters of American Contemporary Art - From the Collection of CCGA Graphic Art Center
As the first part in a series of exhibitions introducing international contemporary art the Nara Prefectural Museum of Art presents an exhibition dedicated to the innovations of American contemporary prints...More »
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“100 Years of Contemporary Modern Art”
Celebrating 40 years of the Nara Prefectural Museum of Art with an exhibition reflecting on a century of art history. The museum was first founded in 1973 with the donation of the craft collection of nihonga...More »
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Satoshi Yabuuchi “Yamato Power”
Exhibition of work by Satoshi Yabuuchi, famous for his charming wood carvings and his famous mascot, Sento-kun, commissioned by Nara City to commemorate the 1300th anniversary of the city. Yabuuchi’s works...More »
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Shohaku Soga and Works of Medieval and Modern Art
To commemorate 40 years since the museum’s inauguration, Nara Prefectural Museum of Art is displaying masterworks from its collections in summer 2013 and at the beginning of 2014. This exhibition with...More »
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Treasures of Shosoin and Modern Crafts in Nara
An exhibition of Meiji-era replicas of items held in the famous Shosoin Repository at Todaiji Temple in Nara. The museum holds a very popular exhibition of treasures from Shosoin, a UNESCO heritage site,...More »
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"People's prayer: Shimizu Bunko's Buddhist and Shintoist Prints " Exhibition
This exhibition features Buddhist and Shintoist prints, widely published all over Japan during the Edo era, that depict richly ordinary people's religious beliefs. Introducing the works from Shimizu Bunko,...More »
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"Great Ukiyoe Masters - Common Pleasures, Uncommon Prints - Japanese Woodblock Prints from the Minneapolis Institute of Arts" Exhibition
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts is one of the leading comprehensive museums in the U.S. with a very fine collection of Japanese art. They hold more than 3000 Ukiyo-e mainly from the collection of Richard...More »
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"Adventures in Painting: Enjoying Abstract Art" Exhibition
Abstract expressionism developed both in Europe and the US simultaneously around the 1950s. Its innovative methods of expression influenced artists greatly at that time. This exhibition features paintings...More »
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"Chagall: A Song in Praise of Love and Nature" Exhibition
The bountiful colors and fantasy-filled works that Chagall produced have been accepted all over the world. His subject matter varies from lovers, flowers, animals, circus and the bible, which all express...More »
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Kihei Sasajima "The Old Capital and Buddhist Statues Rendered in Monotones"
Kihei Sasajima's works mostly constitute landscapes of Aska and Buddhist sculptures. During his career, Sasajima was injured heavily and changed his printmaking process from woodblock printing to frottage...More »
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"The Beauty of Ornaments -Shadows From the Dynasty Age-" Exhibition
During the Heian period (between 9th - 12th century), a specific style of costumes for court nobles were formed. The colorful costumes, that were commonly layered on a single body were inspired from costumes...More »
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"Edo Period: The Power of Kamigata Paintings" Exhibition
The exhibition will feature Edo period paintings from various painter schools in Kyoto and Osaka. More »