July 14-Sept. 3 Despite the decreasing number of Japanese wearing traditional clothing on a regular basis, the yukata (lightweight kimono) is still a popular garment for summer festival wear, especially among younger generations. The yukata was originally a casual garment to be worn after taking a ...
'Collection Exhibition: Akamatsu Rinsaku (1878-1953)'
July 6-Sept. 1 Rinsaku Akamatsu (1878-1953) was born in Okayama Prefecture and studied at the Tokyo School of Fine Arts where he majored in Western-style painting. He later worked as a junior high school art teacher as well as an illustrator at the Osaka Asahi ...
July 3- Sept. 17 In 1951, Ei-Q (1911-60), an artist, photographer and printmaker, established the Democratic Artists Association, an avant-garde group that focused on producing art based on artistic freedom. Based in three locations — Tokyo, Osaka and Miyazaki — the group originally comprised 10 ...
June 23-Sept. 24 On loan from the Yokohama Museum of Art, which is renowned for its extensive collection of international modern art, this selection of works explores works created in France, with a focus on surrealist masters. The title of the exhibition takes its name, "The ...
'The Collection of the National Museum of Ethnology: Shell Road'
June 23-Sept. 2 Shell work has been an important part of culture for various ethnic groups around the world, and dates back 70,000 to 100,000 years. Through the craft, shells, which were also used to make tools, gained a special artistic and decorative value. Looking at ...
June 9-July 1 Rock 'n' roll hasn't just made an impact on the world's musical culture, its spirit of rebellion has also had a profound effect on our visual culture. This exhibition at Museum "Eki" Kyoto focuses on Japanese creators that have been active in various ...
'Feature Exhibition: New Acquisitions'
June 12-July 16 Renovations of the Heisei Chishinkan wing at the Kyoto National Museum have meant that the public has not been able to see some of the venue's newer artistic works for the past seven years. The museum's latest exhibition hopes to remedy that. Pieces ...
June 1-July 16 The "how" is often just as important as the "what" when it comes to putting up an art installation. Pieces may be secured with clamps instead of nails, other items may need to be used. Five artists — Naoki Miyasaka, Kosuke Ikeda, Takuya ...
'That Initial Realist Spark: When You Were Young'
May 24-Nov. 18 This comprehensive exhibition of contemporary Japanese realist works focuses on Toshiro Aoki, who was greatly inspired by Johannes Vermeer's "View of Delft" (1660-1661); Osamu Obi, whose artistic style changed direction after depicting a Rembrandt portrait; and Kenichiro Ishiguro, who studied art in ...
'The Myriad Forms of Visual Art: 196 Works With 19 Themes'
May 26-July 1 Globalization has altered the framework in which art has been classified over many years. Region, genre and even era are becoming less relevant as advances in technology make it easier to experience other cultures. One of the results of such change is ...
May 17-June 3 Osaka native Jun Koshino is a graduate of the Graduate School of Kyoto City University of Arts, where he specialized in oil painting. In 1997, he held his first solo exhibition, "Spattering," at the Largerhaus store in Osaka. This is Koshino's 22nd solo ...
'Kotatsu Iwata: Coney Island Project'
May 11-June 2 Osaka-born painter Kotatsu Iwata moved to New York in 2004 after being influenced by the work of Roy Lichtenstein and Andy Warhol. His subjects, like his inspirations, often draw from anime characters, logos and magazines that he encounters in everyday life. The "Coney ...
