Looking at the Tokyo listings, I see that there are a couple of exhibitions focusing on bygone civilizations — a not uncommon theme for exhibitions in Japan. The National Museum of Nature and Science is presenting "The Golden Capital of Sican," which looks at one of the South American societies that predated the Incas; while those entering the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum can encounter, once again, the manifold riddles of ancient Egypt.
Adding to this exposition of mysterious societies from far and wide, are two other shows that, while masquerading as twin displays of 19th and 20th century painting, shine a light on that most sphinx-like of cultural entities — Belgium!
"A Museum of Belgian Visionary Art" at the Bunkamura Museum of Art presents a range of Symbolists and Surrealists from the late 19th century onward, complemented by the Sompo Japan Museum of Art's "History of Modern Belgian Painting from the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium," a show devoted to Fauvist and Impressionist painters.