The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto - Past Events
Below is a list of all past events for The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto. Current and upcoming events, as well as other details, are available on the venue's page.
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"Renoir + Renoir" Exhibition
Renoir + Renoir are the Impressionist master Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841–1919) and his second son and renowned French film director Jean Renoir (1894–1979). While working with the differing media of paint (...)
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Art Rules Kyoto 2008
"Art Rules" is an ongoing performance/installation project featuring Chicks on Speed, a multinational art/music/fashion group that is also well-known as an electroclash band, and artist Douglas Gordon. Focusing (...)
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Fuku Akino Exhibition
Fuku Akino (1908–2001) was born in Shizuoka Prefecture. At twenty-one, she moved to Kyoto, where she studied under Suishō Nishiyama, a nihonga (Japanese-style painting) artist, and submitted works to (...)
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"Curatorial Studies 01 Clothes\Fashion" Exhibition
The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto has regularly held specially-themed small-scale exhibitions within its Collection Gallery, showcasing the research results of their curators. Beginning in April (...)
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"Modern German Posters 1890–1933" Exhibition
Even before World War II, fin-de-siècle art magazines such as PAN and Jugend, as well as the graphic design work of Bauhaus were already well-known in Japan. In spite of their wide recognition, however, (...)
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Art Talk "In Case of Doubt: Artistic Strategies between Art Institutions and Urban Space"
Secession, built by Joseph Maria Olbrich as the headquarters of the Vienna Secession at the end of the nineteenth century, has not only become a prominent landmark of Vienna but also a venue hosting the (...)
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Art Talk Series "Luxury And Revelation, Focusing on West in the 19th Century"
*For more information please visit the URL below.
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Hokuto Tamamura Exhibition
Tamamura Hokuto (Zennosuke, 1893-1951), who was active as an avant-garde nihonga (Japanese-style painting) artist in the Taisho (1912-1926) and Showa (1926-1989) periods, was born in Kyoto. After having (...)
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Lecture "Think About Documenta 12"
With Ruth Noack. The talk will be conducted in German and translated into Japanese. *at 1F Lecture Hall *For more information, visit the URL below.
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Art Lecture "Sekka Kamisaka and Modern Craft Design"
In the beginning of the 20th century, Japan's encounter with Art Nouveau influenced the domestic craft and design scene. The lecture focuses on Sekka Kamisaka and Kyoto's design world as well as design (...)
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Masuo Ikeda Exhibition
Masuo Ikeda (1934-1997), one of the most important color copperplate printmakers, started his career by participating in the 1st International Biennial Exhibition of Prints in Tokyo (1957). After he received (...)
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Art Talk Series "An Essence of Luxury"
Art Talk: "Iki (chic) and Arrogance" November 10th (Sat) 14:00-16:00 *at 1F Lecture Hall Art Talk: January 19th (Sat) 14:00-16:00 *at 1F Lecture Hall *For more information, visit the URL below. (...)
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Workshop by Kayo Yokota "Child + Art + Adult = New Communication: Looking at Art -From a Picture to the Picture"
Saying "Let's make art!" does not always encourage a conversation between a parent and child. A successful conversation requires an environment where a child can tell what s/he sees and the parent knows (...)
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Collection Tour with TheatreZooiii
This event is a gallery tour with TheatreZooiii who supports puppet plays. The group suggests ways to enjoy art rather than critiquing it. By making a story, thinking of a title and using our imagination, (...)
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Kyoto Okazaki Exhibition 2007
The works of two sculptors, Kazuaki Hashimoto and Emi Terasawa, will be on display in the outdoor space to the south of the front entrance from October 12th to the 21st. On the final day, the artists (...)
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Carlo Zauli Exhibition
This is the first retrospective since Carlo Zauli (1926-2002) passed away, and it will be held with the cooperation of the Italian city of Faenza as an international exchange exhibition. Zauli, who has (...)
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Hiroko Ichihara + Shinichi Yanai "Play Room."
The "Playroom" taking place at the lobby is a place where children and adults can play with the most recent works by Hiroko Ichihara and Shinichi Yanai. *Exhibiting at 1F Lobby [Image: Hiroko Ichihara (...)
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Paul Strand "Animals in Photography"
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"European and American Crafts" Exhibition
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Moon Seung-Keun + Tadashi Yagi "Works on Paper and Sculptures 1973-83"
This posthumous exhibition features two artists with ties to Kyoto, Moon Seung-Keun (1947-1982) and Yagi Tadashi (1956-1983), who were greatly acclaimed for their talents yet passed away in the early 1980s (...)
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Hiroshi Asada "Retrospective"
Hiroshi Asada (1931-1997), whose father (Asada Benji) and older brother (Asada Takashi) are both renowned nihonga (Japanese-style paintings) artists, made repeated presentations of his works to the Shinseisaku (...)
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Sibyl Heijnen "Look!"
This is an exhibition of the latest work by Sibyl Heijnen (b. 1961), who is based in Holland and active throughout Europe. Her work explores the possibilities of fiber art as sculpture. In 1992, Heijen (...)
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"Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes and Theatrical Design" Exhibition
In Paris, 1909, the Russian impresario Sergei Diaghilev founded the Ballets Russes, whose reputation as a revolution in twentieth-century theatrical design continues to this day. The Ballets Russes brought (...)
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Heihachiro Fukuda Exhibition
Heihachiro Fukuda was born in Oita city, came to Kyoto to become a painter, and studied at Kyoto City University of the Arts. After graduating, he remained in Kyoto to pursue an art career. The retrospective (...)




