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"Renoir + Renoir" Exhibition
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[0]- at The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto
- Media: Painting - Film
- Ends Today
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 (...)
"Excursion into the Beauty of Kyoto" Exhibition
[1] [0]- at The Museum of Kyoto
- Media: Painting - Art Talk
- Ends Today
What is the beauty of Kyoto? It is not easy to find the proper words for this. However, paintings are capable of bringing some aspects to light. Kyoto is blessed with many artworks that painters created (...)
Art Lecture "Tokyo Photography Chronicle: Post War to the Present"
[2] [0]- at The Third Gallery Aya
- Media: Art Talk
- Today only!
Reservation required. Limited to 25 persons. *For more information, please contact the venue.
"Spirit of Handwork: Quilt" Exhibition
[1] [0]- at Eki Gallery Kyoto
- Media: Crafts
- Ends Today
The exhibition features quilt works from both the east and west by eight Japanese quilt artists. Gallery Talk: 11:00- June 28th (Sat) and 30th (Mon) Shizuko Kuroha July 2nd (Wed) and 8th (Tue) Emiko (...)
"The Tale of the Genji Nishiki-ori" Exhibition
[3] [2]- at Jotenkaku Art Museum
- Media: Crafts
- Ends Today
On March 3rd, 2008, the textile version of the Tale of the Genji was completed. The artists, Itaro Yamaguchi initiated the project in 1970 to leave a work of art for the later generations. For 37 years, (...)
"Ako, As Portrayed in the 80's" Exhibition
[0] [0]- at Ako City Tabuchi Museum of Art
- Media: Painting - Prints
- Ends Today
54th All Kansai Arts Exhibition
[0] [0]- at Osaka Municipal Museum of Art
- Media: Painting - Calligraphy - Prints - Sculpture - Crafts - Ceramics - Art Competition
- Ends Today
This exhibition has been taking place since 1941 and every year gathers work mainly from the Kansai region, but also as far as Shikoku and Hokuriku, selecting around 1000 pieces for entry from the more (...)
”Horyuji National Treasures" Exhibition
[1] [0]- at Nara National Museum
- Media: Sculpture - Other - Art Talk
- Ends Today
World Heritage Site Horyuji's Kondo (Gold Hall), in Ikarugacho, Nara, is known as the world's oldest existing wooden structure. Inside the hall, the statues represent the inheritance of the Asuka era, (...)
Yoko Sakakibara "From the Garden"
[2] [0]- at Art Space Niji
- Media: Photography
- Starts tomorrow
"Archery - The Arms Heritage of Ito" Exhibition
[0] [0]- at Hikone Castle Museum
- Media: Other
- Closes in 2 days
The foremost technique that warriors had to study was archery. This exhibition will introduce many bows and tools handed down by the daimyo lord Ito.
"The Era of Nanban Trade" Exhibition
[0] [0]- at Osaka Castle Museum
- Media: Painting - Other
- Closes in 2 days
This exhibition will focus on the Nanban trade that occurred between the middle of the sixteenth century and the beginning of the seventeenth, introducing the folding screens depicting the exchange between (...)
"Hideyoshi's Castles" Exhibition
[0] [0]- at Osaka Castle Museum
- Media: Other
- Closes in 2 days
How many of Hideyoshi's castles do you know? From the point of view of the propagation of engineering techniques, Hideyoshi, tyrant of the masses, and his enthusiasm for large-scale construction projects, (...)
"08TDC" Exhibition
[4] [1]- at DDD Gallery
- Media: Prints - Art Party - Art Competition
- Closes in 2 days
TDC is a summit gathering of the year's most cutting-edge typographic work, organized by the Tokyo Type Director's Club. This year, there were a total of 3140 entries, of which 2283 were from within Japan (...)
Hiroko Ueba "Kolorit: Color Tones Principles"
[1] [0]- at Gallery at the Hyatt
- Media: Painting
- Starts in 4 days
*Exhibiting at HYATT II
Shinko Tsujimoto "Dear Mr. Blue Sky Punch: I Have Moved"
[3] [0]- at Getsumin Gallery
- Media: Photography - Art Party
- Closes in 5 days
Opening Party: July 13th (Sat) 17:00- [Image: (C) Getsumin, YTOY]
"Apartment Blocks" Exhibition
[3] [1]- at Calo Bookshop & Cafe
- Media: Photography - Art Talk
- Closes in 5 days
Continuing from "Factory Sprouting" and "Junction", in parallel with the publication of the photography book "Study of Apartment Blocks", the gallery will host the first ever "Apartment Blocks" exhibition (...)
"Chinese Art: Ancient Mirrors and Modern Paintings" Exhibition
[0] [0]- at Kuboso Memorial Museum of Arts, Izumi
- Media: Painting - Crafts
- Closes in 6 days
Drawing from the museum's permanent collection of Chinese art, this exhibition features 30 pieces of ancient bronze mirrors dating from the civil war period to the Han dynasty, and 30 pieces of modern (...)
Summer Manyo Nihonga Exhibition
[0] [0]- at Nara Prefectural Complex of Manyo Culture
- Media: Painting - Art Talk
- Closes in 6 days
15 works depicting the Manyoshu poems from representative painters of the contemporary art world will be drawn from the museum's Nihonga collection. Gallery Talk: May 31st (Sat) 11:00- & 14:00-
"The Art of Faith: Buddhist Paintings and Decorative Arts" Exhibition
[0] [0]- at Hosomi Museum
- Media: Painting - Sculpture - Crafts
- Closes in 6 days
This exhibition will feature Makie lacquer, Shippou cloisonne and other ceramics works from the Buddhist art forming the core of the museum's collection.
"Heisei Year One" Exhibition
[0] [0]- at Kyoto International Manga Museum
- Media: Illustration
- Closes in 6 days
This exhibition will focus on the year 1989. This was a year in which one felt the social changes that happened alongside the changing of the era name to Heisei, and with the death of Osamu Tezuka, the (...)
Miyozo Kado "Painting Japan's Field Landscapes"
[0] [0]- at Nara Prefectural Complex of Manyo Culture
- Media: Painting - Drawing - Art Talk
- Closes in 6 days
Born in 1912 (Meiji 45) and 96 years old this year, Miyozo Kado even now continues to exhibit every autumn in the Nitten, making him truly the elder statesman of painting. He gained attention in his youth (...)
Shiori Kawamoto "Mimiwosumasu"
[4] [0]- at Shin-bi by Kyoto Seika University
- Media: Photography
- Closes in 6 days
[Image: Courtesy of the artist and Yukari Art Contemporary]
"Warmth of Life in Nature Paintings" Exhibition
[1] [0]- at Shouhaku Art Museum
- Media: Painting
- Closes in 6 days
Shoko and Atsushi Uemura painted the beauty in nature of flowers and birds. At times severe, at times friendly, nature shows a range of faces, and through an interaction with her these painters grew to (...)
Kunihide Ikeda "Cosomology"
[4] [0]- at Gallery 10:06
- Media: Photography
- Closes in 6 days
"The World of Katsushiro Hara" Exhibition
[0] [0]- at Tanabe City Museum of Art
- Media: Painting
- Closes in 6 days
The exhibition features Hara's works from the collection, reflecting on his lifetime achievements in painting. Although the majority of his known works are from when he returned to Japan after studying (...)
Tetsuro Sukimoto "Seventy Years Later: Reproduction of Ajanta and Sigiriya Cave Paintings"
[0] [0]- at Kyoto National Museum
- Media: Painting
- Closes in 6 days
The painter Sugimoto Tetsuro (1899-1985) copied the cave paintings in the Ajanta and Sigiriya caves from 1937 to 1938, the first foreigner to undertake this large task. After returning to Japan, he held (...)
Kinji Kawabata Exhibition
[1] [0]- at Kobe Artists Museum
- Media: Painting - Art Talk
- Closes in 6 days
Gallery Tour: April 13th, 27th, May 11th, 25th, June 8th, 22nd, July 6th, 20th All 14:00- [Image: "A Scenery at Ichinotani" (1960)]
Fuku Akino "The Creative Path"
[0] [0]- at Higashi Osaka Citizens Art Center
- Media: Painting - Art Talk
- Closes in 6 days
Lecture: July 20th (Sun) 13:30-15:00
"Chikatsu-Asuka and the Asian Immigrants: The Ichisuka Tumuli Revival" Exhibition
[2] [0]- at Osaka Prefectural Chikatsu-Asuka Museum
- Media: Other
- Closes in 6 days
Stretching all around the Chikatsu-Asuka Museum for 1.5km there are recognized to be some 260 graves in 23 groupings. These were built in the late burial mounds period (around the sixth century) and are (...)
"People's prayer: Shimizu Bunko's Buddhist and Shintoist Prints " Exhibition
[0] [0]- at Nara Prefectural Museum of Art
- Media: Prints
- Closes in 6 days
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, (...)
"Art of Cloisonne Works" Exhibition
[0] [0]- at Namikawa Cloisonne Museum of Kyoto
- Media: Ceramics
- Closes in 6 days
Makomo "Tomato"
[0] [0]- at Osoblanco
- Media: Illustration
- Closes in 8 days
"Telegraph Pole" Exhibition
[0] [0]- at Gallery Yamashita
- Media: Illustration
- Starts in 8 days
The gallery will hold a five artist group illustrations exhibition by Seian University students. The theme and motif of "telegraph pole" will be expressed in the works. *Exhibiting at the 2F
"Art Osaka 2008 After Fair" Exhibition
[0] [0]- at Oto Gallery
- Media: Painting - Drawing - Sculpture - Other
- Starts in 9 days
This exhibition features Oto Gallery artists from the Art Osaka 2008 art fair. The works include oil paintings, ink pen, puppets and 3D pieces. [Image: Ayako Nagao "Snow White Syndrome 1" 277mmx94mm (...)
Jean Rault "Portraits Nus/Naked Portraits"
[4] [0]- at The Third Gallery Aya
- Media: Photography
- Closes in 10 days
Following Jean Rault's 2003 exhibition, "Madame L," this show features Rault's portrait works. As the exhibition title suggests, his pictures are not "nude," the norm of beauty in art history, but rather (...)
"Works on Paper in Summer" Exhibition
[0] [0]- at fabre8710
- Media: Drawing
- Closes in 12 days
[Image: Sayaka Yamashita]
Keiko Kanbayashi "Playing with Glass, the Glass Forest"
[1] [0]- at Gallery at the Hyatt
- Media: Product - Crafts
- Closes in 13 days
*Exhibiting at HYATT I
Amedeo Modigliani Exhibition
[1] [0]- at Himeji City Museum of Art
- Media: Painting
- Closes in 13 days
This exhibition is a retrospective of Amedeo Modigliani, representative School of Paris painter and contemporary of Leonard Foujita, gathering famous works from every area of the world. It will shine a (...)
"Kanji Maeta et Paris" Exhibition
[0] [0]- at Shinsaibashi Exhibition Room for Osaka City Modern Museum (Tentative Name)
- Media: Painting - Other - Art Talk
- Closes in 13 days
Kanji Maeta (1896-1930) was closely associated with Osaka-born Yuzo Saeki and left a lasting mark on early Showa period painting. Born in Tottori, Maeta studied in Paris for two and a half years after (...)
Kacper Dolatowski "Microcosmos"
[1] [0]- at Photo Gallery ississ
- Media: Photography
- Closes in 13 days
The exhibition features photographs from travels in Indonesia, Bali, the Mediterranean, Turkey, etc. [Image: In Turkey]
Akiyuki Kinoshita Exhibition
[0] [0]- at Gallery at the Hyatt
- Media: Painting - Performance Art
- Starts in 18 days
*Exhibiting at HYATT II Opening Party: August 8th (Fri) 19:00-21:00
"The Library 2008" Exhibition
[0] [0]- at Gallery Haneusagi
- Media: Other
- Starts in 19 days
This is the 15th edition of the "Library" exhibition, which sees 200 participants each time, making it the largest open-call artist book (work in the form of a book that allows audience to "read" it) exhibition (...)
"Japanese Western Oil Paintings" Exhibtion
[0] [0]- at Kita Modern Art Museum
- Media: Painting
- Closes in 20 days
For this special exhibition the museum has drawn works from its collection, especially post-war Japanese Western-style painters. It will showcase how they created by learning from Western art and then (...)
Tsukasa Iwasaki "Suffering in the Name of Justice and Ambition"
[0] [0]- at Borderless Art Museum NO-MA
- Media: Painting
- Closes in 20 days
[Image: Tsukasa Iwasaki]
"Crafts That Color Life" Exhibition
[1] [0]- at The Museum Yamatobunkakan
- Media: Crafts - Ceramics
- Closes in 27 days
This exhibition will display works of cutlery, ornamental and stationery goods, crafts that combine both practicality and the aesthetic, that lend some color and beauty to living. [Image: "Negoro Lacquered (...)
"The Works of Miyoko Matsutani" Exhibition
[0] [0]- at Shibunkaku Museum
- Media: Illustration - Other - Art Talk
- Closes in 27 days
The exhibition features works by author Miyoko Matsutani and the illustrated books she has created. One of the core themes of her work is the war, and has released many books on that topic. Talk: July (...)
Yuzo Saeki "A Vivid Life: 80 Years After"
[0] [0]- at Mie Prefectural Art Museum
- Media: Painting - Art Talk
- Closes in 27 days
Saeki Yuzo (1898-1928) died in Paris. Notwithstanding his all too early death, even now his works can appeal to us. Conscious of death getting near, his works were finished with an amazing speed that filled (...)
"Age of Crafts: Becoming an Adult Through 'Science for Children'" Exhibition
[1] [0]- at INAX Gallery
- Media: Product - Art Talk
- Closes in 32 days
"Science for Children" was first published in 1925 (Taisho 14), and continues to be one of Japan's best and longest running magazines. It has contributed to nurturing future scientists, serving as an early (...)
"Everyday Talk, Kitchen's Everyday Articles" Exhibition
[0] [0]- at Nara Prefectural Museum of Folklore
- Media: Furniture - Crafts
- Closes in 34 days
Yasuyuki Namikawa "Court Artist"
[0] [0]- at Kiyomizu Sannenzaka Museum
- Media: Ceramics
- Closes in 34 days
In Namikawa's works, red, green and blue rise out of the black and dark navy backgrounds, bordered by frames decorated in beautiful gold and silver lines. His flower and bird designs have an illusionary (...)
Tadanori Yokoo "Be Adventurous!"
[9] [2]- at Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art
- Media: Painting - Prints - Art Talk
- Closes in 34 days
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 (...)
Tadayoshi Naganuma Exhibition
[0] [0]- at Art Space Niji
- Media: Sculpture
- Starts in 36 days
The exhibition features moving sculptures made from aluminum and other metals. The weight of the materials themselves cause energy to move. Each work contains a mechanical characteristic that ignite mystery (...)
"Korean Crafts and Koryo Celadon Porcelain" Exhibition
[1] [0]- at Koryo Museum of Art
- Media: Crafts - Ceramics
- Closes in 41 days
Koryo celadon porcelain has been fascinating people for more than 1000 years. Its character is expressed in its clarity, restraint and inlaid white and red clay patterns. This exhibition features skillfully (...)
"Historical Figures on the Stage" Exhibition
[0] [0]- at Kamigata Ukiyoe Museum - Museum of Osaka Prints
- Media: Prints
- Closes in 41 days
This exhibition will focus on the prints of actors portraying historical figures, and will showcase how actual events and battles were put onto the Kabuki stage.
"What is Raku?" Exhibition
[0] [0]- at Raku Museum
- Media: Ceramics
- Closes in 41 days
"Three Keystones: Power of the Permanent Collection" Exhibition
[0] [0]- at Ashiya City Museum of Art & History
- Media: Painting - Photography - Art Talk
- Closes in 41 days
Since Ashiya City Museum of Art & History opened in 1993, this is its second permanent collection exhibition. The museum has been acquiring artworks under three groupings: Narashige Koide and the artists (...)
"Yoshitatsu Yanagihara's Art Part 2" Exhibition
[0] [0]- at Mie Prefectural Art Museum
- Media: Sculpture
- Closes in 41 days
This exhibition will introduce Yoshitatsu Yanagihara's sculptures. *Exhibiting at the Yoshitatsu Yanagihara Memorial Gallery Hall
Kakuzo Takehata Exhibition
[0] [0]- at Mie Prefectural Art Museum
- Media: Sculpture
- Closes in 41 days
Kakuzo Takehata (1919-2006) was a pioneer of Japanese abstract sculpture. Active since the later 1940s, during the 1960s he worked with cement and plastics, and from the end of the '70s with plywood, until (...)
"Masterpieces from the Permanent Collection II: Chromatic Symphony-Mixing and Arranging Colors"
[0] [0]- at Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art
- Media: Painting
- Closes in 41 days
While enjoying the tones and reverberations of color among the different works from the collection by selected artists in various mediums, visitors can explore the meanings and intentions of color. The (...)
Chiharu Shiota "Breath of the Spirit"
[4] [1]- at The National Museum of Art, Osaka
- Media: Installation - Art Talk
- Closes in 56 days
This exhibition features the installations of Chiharu Shiota (born 1972, Osaka, resides in Berlin), works which make use of shoes, windows and beds. *Exhibiting at B2 Lecture: August 31st (Sun) 18:30- Reservation (...)
Koji Inagaki Exhibition
[0] [0]- at Contemporary Art Museum Ise
- Media: Painting
- Closes in 56 days
*Exhibiting at 1F Exhibition Room
"Modigliani et le Primitivisme" Exhibition
[1] [0]- at The National Museum of Art, Osaka
- Media: Painting - Art Talk
- Closes in 56 days
Amedeo Modigliani (1884-1920), who was born in Italy, in the region of Tuscany, studied at art schools in Florence and Venice before leaving for Paris in 1906. His encounters with Primitivism, which incorporated (...)
"Collection 2" Exhibition
[0] [0]- at The National Museum of Art, Osaka
- Media: Photography
- Closes in 56 days
This exhibition will introduce the recently acquired work of two photographers, Ryuji Miyamoto and Miyako Ishiuchi (both born 1947).
"The Nomadic Decob” Exhibition
[2] [1]- at Gallery at the Hyatt
- Media: Product - Crafts - Art Competition
- Starts in 60 days
Handmade eco-friendly bags by many artists are exhibited and sold at this event. An award will also be given to the best designs. *Exhibiting at HYATT II
"Ceramics Technique and Materials" Exhibition
[0] [0]- at The Museum of Ceramic Art, Hyogo
- Media: Ceramics
- Closes in 64 days
Through the encounter of ceramics technique with material, those artists arriving at an expression of their individual art and those whose works open up new developments, this exhibition will look at the (...)
"Re-Discover! Five Ceramic Centers: Tanba, Tajima, Settsu, Harimono, Awaji" Exhibition
[0] [0]- at The Museum of Ceramic Art, Hyogo
- Media: Ceramics - Art Talk
- Closes in 64 days
Hyogo is a prefecture made up of the five old areas of Settsu, Harimono, Awaji, Tanba and Tajima, in each of which grew a distinct pottery center. This exhibition will coincide with the marking of three (...)
"Exploring Latin America: Early Archaeological and Anthropological Field Research" Exhibition
[0] [0]- at National Museum of Ethnology
- Media: Photography
- Closes in 64 days
This exhibition will introduce through photographs the late nineteenth and early twentieth century Latin America excavations of four European and American archaeologists and ethnologists. *Exhibiting (...)
Tadanori Yokoo "Interpreting 'Bururando' Through Manuscripts"
[0] [0]- at Okanoyama Museum of Art Nishiwaki
- Media: Painting - Other
- Closes in 69 days
Centering on the original manuscripts and corrected proofs for Tadanori Yokoo's first novel "Bururando", pictures recalling the book will also be displayed. The exhibition will enter into a dialogue with (...)
Insho Domoto "The Image of Prayer: Seeking Truth"
[0] [0]- at Insho-Domoto Museum of Fine Arts
- Media: Painting - Furniture - Ceramics - Other
- Closes in 69 days
This exhibition will focus on the Buddhist paintings that Insho Domoto made during his life. Domoto felt deeply connected to Buddhism and left behind many works befitting temple spaces, not least his Kannon (...)
Kunio Saito + Tasaburo Matsumura + Masayuki Yabuuchi "Animals"
[0] [0]- at Kunio Gallery
- Media: Illustration
- Closes in 71 days
This exhibition is a collaboration between Kunio Saito and Yatsugadake Picture Book Village's 3D designer Tasaburo Matsumura.
"Tessai's Sketches: Originals and Reproductions" Exhibition
[0] [0]- at Tessai Museum
- Media: Drawing
- Closes in 76 days
Joakim Mpuika Exhibition
[0] [0]- at Makonde Art Museum
- Media: Sculpture
- Closes in 105 days
Takefumi Inori "Suparesquewears: Blue Sky Punch"
[0] [0]- at Getsumin Gallery
- Media: Fashion - Art Party
- Starts in 371 days
Opening Party: July 27th (Sat) 19:00- Small Party: August 9th (Sat) *For more information, visit the URL below. [Image: (C) Getsumin, Supa Resque Wears]
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