Van Gogh & Japan

Van Gogh & Japan

The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto

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Though he was active in the 19th century, the artist Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890) remains tremendously popular throughout the world. Having become engrossed in Japanese culture after encountering ukiyo-e prints and literature about the country in Paris during the height of the Japonism boom, Van Gogh saw Japan as a source of creativity and a kind of Utopia. At the same time, in the 1920s, Japanese artists and intellectuals developed an admiration for Van Gogh and began to make pilgrimages to his grave in the French town of Auvers-sur-Oise. Organized in conjunction with the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, this exhibition not only includes a selection of the artist’s oil paintings and sketches from the collection of this world-famous museum, but also ukiyo-e prints and documents related to Japanese artists’ visits to the Auvers area, highlighting Van Gogh’s many charms through an intersection of dreams.

[Related Events]

Symposium (Japanese only)
Date: Jan.20 (Sat) From 14:00-15:30
Participants: 100 (First come first served)
Admission: Free (Exhibition ticket required)

Anniversary Talk Show (Japanese only)
Date: Feb.4 (Sun) From 14:00-15:30
Participants: 100 (First come first served)
Admission: Free (Exhibition ticket required)

Gallery Talk (Japanese only)
Date: Jan.27 (Sat) and Feb.17 (Sat) From 18:00-19:00 each day
Participants: 20 (First come first served)
Admission: Free (Exhibition ticket required)

Family Hour! Gogh Museum Morning
Date: Feb.12 (Mon) From 8:30am
Participants: Junior High School Students and Under, and guardians
Please refer to the official site for further details.

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• Painting

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