The Museum of Modern Art, Wakayama - Past Events
Below is a list of all past events for The Museum of Modern Art, Wakayama. Current and upcoming events, as well as other details, are available on the venue's page.
Watercolorist: Tojiro Oshita Exhibition
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- 2018-02-10 - 2018-03-25
Introducing the achievements of famous Japanese watercolor painter Tojiro Oshita, who played an active and pioneering role during the Meiji Period when watercolor paintings first flourished. [Related...More »
2018 Winter Spring Collection Exhibition
[0] [0]- Media: Painting - Sculpture
- 2018-01-04 - 2018-04-15
The idea of ‘origin’ is explored in this exhibition, with works that feature themes such as spring, morning, birth, and budding plants.More »
Yasuo Kuniyoshi and Eitaro Ishigaki: Two Artists in America
[0] [0]- Media: Painting - Drawing
- 2017-10-07 - 2017-12-24
Yasuo Kuniyoshi and Eitaro Ishigaki both emigrated to pre-war America and lived there during the strife-filled WWII era. Kuniyoshi skillfully incorporated messages into his paintings with abstract motifs...More »
“Nanga”
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- 2017-09-20 - 2017-12-17
Exhibiting the collection at The Museum of Modern Art, Wakayama and The Museum of Modern Art, Shiga in order to introduce a wide breath of work from the Nanga school (Southern Painting school) during the...More »
Collection Exhibition 2017 August
[0] [0]- Media: Painting - Nihonga - Sculpture
- 2017-09-20 - 2017-12-17
A collection exhibition focusing on artists with ties to Wakayama Prefecture and contemporary art. On display are also artworks selected from the collection at The Museum of Modern Art, Shiga, exhibited...More »
Summer Exhibiton 7: What Do You Like?
[0] [0]- Media: Painting - Photography - Sculpture
- 2017-07-08 - 2017-09-18
Adults usually tell kids not to be picky, but at art museums it’s important to know what you like. The seventh annual summer vacation exhibition for kids and adults to enjoy together dishes up artworks...More »
Hisao Suzuki “The Speed of Sculpture”
[0] [1]- Media: Sculpture - Party
- 2017-06-14 - 2017-09-10
With the cooperation of Tokyo’s Musashino Art University Museum & Library, which hosted “Hisao Suzuki: The Speed of Sculpture” from October 17 through November 12, 2016, The Museum of Modern Art, Wakayama...More »
Telling Stories
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- 2017-05-30 - 2017-09-10
For its summer collection exhibition The Museum of Modern Art, Wakayama presents “Special Feature: Telling Stories.” All of these works have their own stories of creation. What happened to inspire them?...More »
The Evolution of Contemporary Prints
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- 2017-04-08 - 2017-06-25
This exhibition looks back on the development of contemporary printmaking in Japan from the 1950s through the 1970s, an era when Japanese prints drew attention on the international scene as a new genre...More »
Shigeru Izumi “How to Make a Handsome Painting”
[0] [1]- Media: Painting
- 2017-01-27 - 2017-03-26
Shigeru Izumi (1922-1995), who formed the avant-garde art group Democratic Artists Association with Ei-Q in 1951, was almost entirely self-taught as an etching and lithograph artist after graduating from...More »
Collection Exhibition 2017 Spring
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- 2017-01-27 - 2017-05-07
For those of us who live within some kind of society such as school, family, work, or a particular community, there are various interactions and relationships, and consequently different human dramas that...More »
Paintings Go Motion! - Seitaro Kitayama and Artists in Taisho Era -
[0] [0]- Media: Illustration - Painting
- 2016-11-19 - 2017-01-15
In the years stretching from the late Meiji era (1868-1912) into the early Taisho era (1912-1926), interest in European art grew in Japan. This interest extended across many movements from the previous...More »
Unique Painters of the Taisho Era
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- 2016-11-19 - 2017-01-15
A rare glimpse at paintings of the Taisho era, through the work of Banka Nonagase, Kyokichi Tanaka, Yumeji Takehisa from the museum’s collection and other privately held collections.More »
Rose Colored Mirrors
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- 2016-09-13 - 2016-11-03
Print works produced from the Meiji era to the present day allow viewers to fully appreciate the art of copperplate etchings. [Related Events] Curators Guided Tour Date: Sept.24 (Sat) and Oct.22...More »
Summer Exhibition: Records and Recollection
[0] [0]- Media: Painting - Drawing - Photography - Product
- 2016-07-02 - 2016-09-19
A summer exhibition for all the family, this exhibition on the theme of “Records and Recollection” introduces works packed with emotion that seek to preserve the memories of travels, events, ceremonies...More »
The World of Drawings
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- 2016-06-07 - 2016-09-04
Displaying drawings from the museum’s collection, including watercolors and pastels. [Related Events] Kids Museum Club Date: Jun.11 (Sat) From 14:00 Exhibition Talk Date: Jun.19 (Sun), Jul.18...More »
Koshiro Onchi “Lyricism and Modernism”
[0] [1]- Media: Graphics - Painting - Drawing
- 2016-04-29 - 2016-06-12
An extensive retrospective of the work of Koshiro Onchi (1891-1955), a great modern printmaker and pioneer of abstract prints. In addition to his well-admired prints, oil paintings, sketches, photographs...More »
Mimeograph Studios – Between Printing and Art
[0] [0]- Media: Prints
- 2016-03-29 - 2016-05-29
Mimeographing, a simple copying technology, is being forgotten as a printing technique as copying machines have become ubiquitous. This exhibition reintroduces the beauty of mimeography to future generations...More »
Keiji Usami Exhibition
[0] [1]- Media: Painting
- 2016-03-01 - 2016-03-17
Leading Japanese painter Keiji Usami (1940-2012) made his debut in 1963 at the legendary Minami Gallery, a gallery in Tokyo that was a pioneer of modern art. This exhibition reexamines the work of Keiji...More »
About Light
[0] [2]- Media: Painting - Video and Film
- 2015-12-23 - 2016-03-13
A variety of works considering light.More »
Collection Exhibition 2015/2016 Winter
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- 2015-12-23 - 2016-03-13
A collection exhibition focusing on artists with ties to Wakayama Prefecture and contemporary art. There is a special corner dedicated to the Wakayama-born animation director and magazine editor Seitaro...More »
110 Years Since the Birth of Masanari Murai
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- 2015-12-18 - 2016-02-14
An exhibition displaying a lifetime of works by painter Masanari Murai (1905-1999).More »
Collection Exhibition 2015: Autumn
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- 2015-09-19 - 2015-12-06
To introduce a wide variety of art, each season the museum presents a different set of works from its collection. Its autumn 2015 exhibition has two themes: “American Immigration: Its History and Artists,”...More »
Japanese-style Paintings from the Collection of The Museum of Modern Art, Wakayama
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- 2015-09-11 - 2015-11-03
With a wealth of history and culture, Wakayama has produced many great artists in both Japanese-style Nihonga painting and contemporary genres. Furthermore, the scenic landscapes of the prefecture have...More »
Summer Art Museum 5: Murmurs, Stories, Tales
[0] [0]- Media: Photography - Painting - Prints
- 2015-07-14 - 2015-08-30
This summer vacation exhibition for all ages creates new tales by freely imagining the stories works of art contain. Taking inspiration from the “murmurs” that come to our lips when we encounter the artworks,...More »
Collection Exhibition 2015: Summer
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- 2015-06-10 - 2015-09-10
To introduce a wide variety of art, each season the museum presents a different set of works from its collection. This Summer exhibition focuses on Japanese contemporary art and artists with ties to Wakayama...More »
Iterations of Beauty
[0] [0]- 2015-06-10 - 2015-09-10
Many works of art are created through repeated patterns. What is born out of this repetition? What is repeated in these works? Focusing on the important artistic practices of iteration, this exhibition...More »
Ryumon Yasuda and Haruhiko Yasuda
[0] [0]- Media: Painting - Drawing - Sculpture
- 2015-05-26 - 2015-07-05
Exhibiting the works of the leading contemporary Japanese sculptor Haruhiko Yasuda (b. 1930) and his father, Ryumon Yasuda (1891–1965). Discover their father-and-son journey of art. [Related Event] Curator’s...More »
Meiji Prints - On the Threshold of Print and Art
[0] [0]- Media: Prints
- 2015-03-17 - 2015-05-24
An exhibition introducing the vivid art prints of the Meiji Period (1868-1912) which reflect Japan’s modernization at the turn of the century. These woodblock prints were part commercial art, part photographic...More »
Really Realistic Reality
[0] [1]- Media: Photography - Painting - Installation
- 2015-03-14 - 2015-05-10
An interpretation of “reality” by a new generation of artists whose activities are focused on the Kansai area. [Related Event] Artists Talk By the 5 participating artists: Aya Ito, Yohei Okubo, Ichiro...More »
Tsukuhae - Life Etched Into Prints by Youth
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- 2015-01-17 - 2015-03-01
An exhibition based on the theme “Tsukuhae,” a title taken from a book of prints and poetry compiled by former art students Kyokichi Tanaka, Shizuo Fujimori, and Koshiro Onchi. [Related Events] There...More »
Collection / Donation
[0] [0]- Media: Photography - Painting - Prints
- 2014-12-16 - 2015-02-22
An exhibition introducing the private collections of Ichiro Tamai, Hira Shinrin, and Herb and Dorothy Vogel. [Related Events] Floor Lecture Date: Dec.23 (Tues / hol), Jan.4 (Sun), and Feb.11 (Wed...More »
Art Tourism - A Journey from Wakayama
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- 2014-11-01 - 2014-12-07
Paintings of Wakayama created with the two approaches “Tourism with Art ” and “Tourism of Art” form the core of this exhibition. Approximately 150 works from the Museum of Modern Art, Wakayama collection...More »
Collection Exhibition 2014: Autumn
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- 2014-09-13 - 2014-12-07
To introduce a wide variety of art, each season the museum presents a different set of works from its collection. Its autumn 2014 exhibition has three themes: “The Panreal Art Association,” “A Selection...More »
50 Years Since Banka Nonagase
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- 2014-09-13 - 2014-12-07
Japanese painter Banka Nonagase (1889-1964) was born in Wakayama Prefecture and influenced by many nihonga (Japanese-style painting) artists. This show presents around 50 Nonagase paintings along with...More »
Summer Exhibition: Be Alive!
[0] [0]- Media: Painting - Sculpture - Talks
- 2014-07-12 - 2014-09-23
Though living things can be seen in a zoo or an aquarium, an art museum does not usually display living things. However there is a definite sense of life in artwork. This exhibition considers what it is...More »
Kampu Ohmata: 120 Years On
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- 2014-06-03 - 2014-09-04
Wakayama-born painter Kampu Ohmata is remembered for his Japanese-style paintings from the Taisho to the early Showa period. Best known for painting 10,000 leaves, many of his works were lost during war...More »
In Search of Form— Kakuzo Tatehana and Postwar Sculpture
[0] [4]- Media: Sculpture
- 2014-04-22 - 2014-07-06
Influenced by his Wakayama-born father, who was also a sculptor, Kakuzo Tatehana (1919–2006) received a Special Prize at the Bunten Exhibition sponsored by the Ministry of Education while still a student...More »
“The Realm in Monochrome”
[0] [4]- Media: Painting - Talks
- 2014-03-01 - 2014-05-25
Aristotle once said that all colors are born between black and white, and while this is not scientifically correct yet in the way that color exists between dark and light perhaps he was not wrong. The...More »
“Collection Exhibition 2014”
[0] [1]- Media: Painting - Sculpture
- 2014-03-01 - 2014-05-25
Drawing on its collection of work exceeding 10,000 pieces, this exhibition collates a selection of 70 art works over three parts: Artists from Wakayama and Modern Art, Sculptures from Contemporaries and...More »
“Thinking on HANGA: An Assignment on Print Making in the Year 101”
[0] [1]- Media: Prints - Talks
- 2014-02-18 - 2014-03-30
HANGA, the print making in Japan was given a position as an artistic work in the Modern on the principles of self-drawn, self-carved and self-printed. Yet on the other hand, it stimulated people’s creativity...More »
“Material and Art”
[0] [3]- Media: Painting - Sculpture - Talks
- 2013-12-21 - 2014-02-11
In the majority of cases art work consists of its materials, sculpture is formed from wood, stone, metal etc., a painting is formed of pigment and canvas for example, raw materials are taken and processed...More »
“Collection Exhibition 2013/14 - Winter”
[0] [1]- Media: Painting - Prints
- 2013-12-17 - 2013-12-23
The Museum of Modern Art, Wakayama examines a wide array of artistic expressions across 4 different categories “Wakayama Artists and Contemporary Modern Art”, “Merging Abstraction” “People and Fashion”...More »
Fumiaki Fukita + Hideo Horii + Kunito Nagaoka “The Drama of Humanity and the Universe”
[0] [1]- Media: Prints - Talks
- 2013-12-17 - 2014-02-23
Opening up 3 highly unique worlds, as born from the print making of 3 unique artists, reflecting on the relation between people and the environment which surrounds us, with specially selected works from...More »
Exhibition to Commemorate the 120th Anniversary of Eitaro Ishigaki’s Birth
[0] [1]- Media: Painting - Talks
- 2013-09-03 - 2013-10-20
Exhibition of works by Eitaro Ishigaki (1893-1958). Ishigaki quit school at the age of 15 to seek a new life and income in America, later entering the prestigious The Art Students League of New York. Ishigaki...More »
Summer Vacation at the Art Museum 3: “Art Time”
[0] [2]- Media: Painting - Photography - Sculpture - Installation - Video and Film
- 2013-07-06 - 2013-08-25
In art, anything is possible. This exhibition invites visitors to explore how art escapes the dictates of time, and definitions of the present, past and future. [Artist Talk: Tokihiro Sato] Date...More »
Collection Exhibition 2013 Summer
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- 2013-06-08 - 2013-09-01
The Museum hopes to revitalise viewers’ enthusiasm for art in this exhibition of around 100 works taken from the Museum’s collection on the theme of summer, a season of vitality and abundance. [Image:...More »
Ei-Q “Works on Paper”
[0] [1]- Media: Painting - Drawing
- 2013-06-08 - 2013-09-01
Exhibition of Japanese artist Ei-Q or Hideo Sugita (1911-1961) with a focus on his photography and prints. A western-style painter, Ei-Q was also known for his experimentation from the 1930’s with photograms...More »
"Collaboration/Response/Sympathy" Exhibition
[0] [0]- Media: Painting - Prints - Sculpture - Talks
- 2008-06-03 - 2008-07-13
This exhibition features works born out of collaborations between multiple artists, as well as work begotten by inspiration from others. It will introduce this world of creative powers intermingling and...More »
"Lyrical Styles" Exhibition
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- 2008-04-19 - 2008-05-25
Lyricism is a method in which one expresses their inner emotions through art. Abstract art is one form of this expression. This exhibition features works by artists Koshiro Onchi (1891-1955) and Masanari...More »
"Collection 2008 Spring" Exhibition
[0] [1]- Media: Painting - Sculpture
- 2008-04-15 - 2008-06-29
[Image: Eitaro Ishigaki "Bonus March"]More »
"Art Encyclopedia: Colors Part ll" Exhibition
[0] [3]- Media: Painting - Sculpture - Talks
- 2008-03-04 - 2008-04-06
This exhibition is the 6th of the series "Art Encyclopedia" that introduces the museum collection through different themes. This exhibition's theme is color, which is an important element of art. Museum...More »
"Art Encyclopedia: Colors Part I" Exhibition
[0] [0]- Media: Painting - Sculpture - Talks
- 2007-12-22 - 2008-02-24
This exhibition is the 6th of the series "Art Encyclopedia" that introduces works from the museum collection focusing on different themes. This year's theme is color, which is an important element of art. *Exhibiting...More »
"In the Forest" Exhibition
[0] [1]- Media: Painting - Photography - Sculpture - Talks
- 2007-10-20 - 2007-12-09
In the forest, the chain of life and birth revolve below and above ground. This never-ending cycle tells us the mysteries of life and the structures of the universe. Wakayama prefecture is a place where...More »
"Collection 2007 Fall" Exhibition
[0] [0]- Media: Painting - Sculpture
- 2007-10-02 - 2007-12-02
"Allure of Watercolor Paintings" Exhibition
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- 2007-09-11 - 2007-10-08
Watercolor paintings have a unique clearness and weightlessness. The medium has been incorporated in education, and is a common art expression for everyone. The exhibition focuses the museum's watercolor...More »
"Collection 2007 Summer" Exhibition
[0] [0]- Media: Painting - Sculpture
- 2007-07-24 - 2007-09-24
Yukio Fujimoto "Relations: Fujimoto and"
[0] [3]- Media: Installation
- 2007-07-14 - 2007-09-24
Yukio Fujimoto is an artist who questions the meaning of listening and looking by using musical box-like devices. During the exhibition period, exhibitions will be held simultaneously in Osaka and Kobe...More »
Tomoko Sugiyama + Yukio Fujimoto "Relations: Happy Conceptual"
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- 2007-07-14 - 2007-09-02
Yukio Fujimoto is an artist who questions the meaning of listening and looking by using musical box-like devices. During the exhibition period, exhibitions will be held simultaneously in Osaka and Kobe...More »
"Everyday Art" Exhibition
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- 2007-06-09 - 2007-07-16
To an artist, art is an essential part of daily life. Within the day's framework, there is time alloted for making and thus art is produced. The exhibition features works that reflect the beauty seen in...More »
Yumeji Takehisa "Drawing is Living"
[0] [0]- Media: Painting - Drawing - Talks
- 2007-04-21 - 2007-05-27
The exhibition presents approximately 350 of Yumeji Takehisa's works from his youth until death in five sections: "1. The Beginning from Small Illustrations," "2. The Yumeji Art Book and Exhibition, the...More »
"Taisho Decadence 'Yumeji School' + 'Teruwo Banka'" Exhibition
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- 2007-04-17 - 2007-05-27
In conjunction with Yumeji Takehisa's "Drawing is Living" exhibition, the exhibition will display work by artists who had avid interaction with Yumeji. 1. From the late Meiji period to early Taisho period,...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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