Chiba City Museum of Art - Past Events
Below is a list of all past events for Chiba City Museum of Art. Current and upcoming events, as well as other details, are available on the venue's page.
"All about Batik: Art of Tradition and Harmony" Exhibition
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[0]- Media: Fashion
- 2008-06-03 - 2008-07-21
Batik is a resist printing technique using wax, performed repeatedly to create exquisite and intricate designs, and has become familiar under the name of "Indonesian Sarasa" in Japan. Indonesia has long (...)
Masuo Ikeda "Unknown Full Picture"
[0] [0]- Media: Painting - Prints - Sculpture
- 2008-04-05 - 2008-05-18
Masuo Ikeda is a multitalented artist: painter, sculptor, Akutagawa prizewinning author, essayist, scriptwriter, film director, TV talent and much more. He was the first Japanese artist to hold a solo (...)
"Nishiki-e Newspaper by Yoshitoshi and Yoshiiku" Exhibition
[0] [0]- Media: Prints
- 2008-01-12 - 2008-03-02
"Tokyo Hibi Shinbun," established in 1874, and "Yubin Houchi Shinbun," established in 1875 are the famous Nishiki-e Shinbun, newspapers with color woodblock prints. Within their approximately 2000-work (...)
"Japanese Printmaking 1941-1950" Exhibition
[0] [0]- Media: Prints
- 2008-01-12 - 2008-03-02
This exhibition features Japanese prints created in the 1940s, starting from works created in 1941, the year when the Pacific War began. A wide range of cultural activities were prohibited during this (...)
"Looking for Stars - Surprising Connections between Art and the Cosmos" Exhibition
[0] [0]- Media: Painting - Other - Sculpture - Installation
- 2007-11-11 - 2008-01-06
Located near the Chiba City Museum of Art, the Chiba City Museum of Science opened inside the building complex "Qiball" on October 20th, 2007. A sphere with a 26 meter diameter is afloat in the building, (...)
"Remembering Artists Who Have Passed" Exhibition
[0] [0]- Media: Painting - Sculpture
- 2007-11-11 - 2008-01-06
This is a posthumous exhibition of artists' works from the museum collection. This is the second time the museum is holding this type of exhibition. Mainly featuring sculptures, this exhibition introduces (...)
"Art from the 1970s - Following the Exhibition of Moon Seung-Keun + Tadashi Yagi" Exhibition
[0] [0]- Media: Drawing - Sculpture
- 2007-09-23 - 2007-11-04
We more often come across exhibitions of contemporary art made in recent years than that of the 1970s. This exhibition is being held simultaneously with the special exhibition, "Works on Paper and Sculptures (...)
Moon Seung-Keun + Tadashi Yagi "Works on Paper and Sculptures 1973-83"
[0] [0]- Media: Drawing - Sculpture
- 2007-09-23 - 2007-11-04
This exhibition features two artists, Moon Seung-Keun (1947-1982) and Tadashi Yagi (1956-1983), whose works were highly acclaimed for their high quality during the transitional period of Japanese contemporary (...)
"City and Country in Modernity" Exhibition
[0] [0]- Media: Painting - Prints
- 2007-08-07 - 2007-09-17
At the beginning of the modern age in Europe, between the 18th to the 19th centuries, France and Britain faced enormous changes through their industrial and political revolutions. This exhibition highlights (...)
"Jakuchu and his Era" Exhibition
[0] [2]- Media: Painting
- 2007-08-07 - 2007-09-17
Jakuchu Ito (1716-1800) is a well-known artist from the mid Edo period in Kyoto. His unique style is greatly appreciated by a large number of people today. This exhibition introduces 8 works by him, as (...)
Marc Chagall Exhibition
[0] [0]- Media: Painting - Art Talk
- 2007-06-16 - 2007-07-29
A Russian Jew, Chagall lived through the dramatic time of two major wars and the Russian Revolution. Contrary to the hardships he experienced, his works are filled with love and dreams. Known for his fantastical (...)
Modern Japanese Painting Exhibition
[0] [0]- Media: Painting
- 2007-06-16 - 2007-07-29
Taken from the Toyomatsu Kusuhara's collection, which was donated to the museum in 2006, 13 modern and contemporary Japanese paintings are on display. In addition, 40 modern paintings from the museum collection (...)
Kiyonaga Torii "Birth of Edo Venus"
[0] [0]- Media: Painting - Prints - Art Talk
- 2007-04-28 - 2007-06-10
Kiyonaga Torii (1752-1815) is one of the representative Ukiyoe painters from the Tenmei era (1781-89) of the Edo period. The beautiful, tall women in his paintings came to be known as the "Venus of Tenmei", (...)
“Artists from the Countryside" Exhibition
[0] [0]- Media: Painting - Calligraphy - Ceramics
- 2007-04-01 - 2007-04-22
In this exhibition, artists from the Boso area are introduced with their works of calligraphy, ceramics, oil painting and much more.
”Path to the Golden Age of Ukiyoe" Exhibition
[0] [0]- Media: Painting
- 2007-04-01 - 2007-04-22
This is a preview exhibition organized out of the museum collection. Including works by Moronobu Hisikawa, Harunobu Suzuki, Shunsho Katsukawa, and many others, precious prints and paintings from the early (...)
38th Chiba Citizen Exhibition
[0] [0]- Media: Painting - Sculpture - Crafts
- 2007-03-03 - 2007-03-23
As a part of the 38th Chiba Citizen Art Festival, about 1000 pieces of nihonga painting, oil painting, sculpture, crafts, calligraphy, and graphic design by members of the Chiba Art Association and artists (...)
Gako Suzuki "Local Artist at the End of the Edo Period"
[0] [0]- Media: Painting
- 2007-01-20 - 2007-02-25
Gako Suzuki (1816-1870) was born in Shimofusa Kanahori Town, which is present day Kanahori Town near Funabori City. Nowadays, Suzuki is known as the father of Hakutei and Tsuru Ishii, but in his time, (...)
Yayoi Kusama + Shusaku Arakawa + Ushio Shinohara Exhibition
[0] [0]- Media: Painting - Sculpture
- 2006-12-11 - 2007-01-14
From the late 1950s to 1960s, many young Japanese artists crossed the sea to America. Not satisfied with the closed art scene in Japan, they searched for new opportunities in the center of contemporary (...)
"Sato Gallery 1955-1981 - Young and Passionate Days" Exhibition
[0] [0]- Media: Painting - Drawing - Art Talk
- 2006-12-11 - 2007-01-14
In 1991, Chiba City Museum of Art received 407 works from Yuta Sato. Sato ran Sato Gallery in Ginza from 1955-1981 and contributed to the development and spread of contemporary art in post-war Japan. Many (...)
Akira Yamaguchi "Slide Lecture and Talk Session"
[0] [0]- Media: Art Talk
- 2006-11-26 - 2006-11-26
Part One (13:00-14:30) Slideshow Lecture Akira Yamaguchi (Painter) Part Two (14:45-16:00) Talk Session "Connections between tradition and the contemporary age" Coordinators Akira Yamaguchi Shugo (...)
Yoshimichi Takei Performance and Talk Event "I Wish You Were Here 06"
[0] [0]- Media: Art Talk - Performance Art
- 2006-11-26 - 2006-11-26
Anybody can attend Capacity: unlimited Reservation not required Enquiries: Chiba Art Network Project Office Tel: 080-3493-8774 Fax: 043-290-2658
Gyokudo Uragami Exhibition
[0] [0]- Media: Painting
- 2006-11-03 - 2006-12-03
This is an in depth retrospective of one of Japan's greatest Nanga (Southern Chinese School) artists, Gyokudo Uragami. Representative works and more than 230 pieces of reference material will be on display (...)
Collection Exhibition Selected by Museum Volunteers
[0] [0]- Media: Painting
- 2006-10-17 - 2006-12-03
Chiba City Museum of Art has 32 volunteers working at the museum this year. They planned the entirety of this exhibition: selecting works, arranging the space, making posters and catalogs, and PR. Since (...)
Illness and Medicine in Ukiyoe
[0] [3]- Media: Painting - Prints - Art Talk
- 2006-09-02 - 2006-10-29
The exhibition will show a selection of ukiyoe and kawaraban accumulated by the library of Chiba University Faculty of Medicine concerning the subject of "health" of Edo era town folks. In the Edo period, (...)
"Beautiful British Books" Exhibition
[0] [2]- Media: Graphics - Illustration - Other
- 2006-07-22 - 2006-08-27
A new era began for Britain's printing technology when William Caxton (1422?-91) brought in the Gutenberg printing machine, resulting in several centuries of technological development and the creation (...)
Tsuizen Ukiyoe Exhibition
[0] [0]- Media: Painting - Art Talk
- 2006-07-22 - 2006-08-27
From the end of the Edo Period to the Meiji Period, whenever a kabuki actor died an ukiyoe painting of his likeliness was made as an announcement of his death. They were called "Shini-e", or "death paintings". (...)
Living with the Sea, Painting the Sea
[0] [0]- Media: Painting - Prints
- 2006-06-03 - 2006-07-17
Chiba is surrounded by the ocean on three sides. This exhibition will display 110 works from the museum collection that depict our relation with the ocean. There are four categories to this exhibition: (...)
7th Art Friends Exhibition
[0] [0]- Media: Illustration
- 2006-05-30 - 2006-06-04
Group Keyaki Exhibition
[0] [0]- Media: Painting
- 2006-05-23 - 2006-05-28
13th City of Chiba Doctor's Association Exhibition
[0] [0]- Media: Painting
- 2006-05-23 - 2006-05-28
Families Group Exhibition
[0] [0]- Media: Painting
- 2006-05-15 - 2006-05-21
32nd Yoga-Kai Oil Painting Exhibition
[0] [0]- Media: Painting
- 2006-05-15 - 2006-05-21
14th Ki-no-Kai Oil Painting Exhibition
[0] [0]- Media: Painting
- 2006-05-09 - 2006-05-14
Japanese Design after the War 1953-2005
[0] [3]- Media: Product
- 2006-04-01 - 2006-05-28
The changes of designs from 1950 to present time will be examined through 400 items such as cars, cameras, stop signs, and makeup packages designed by the graduates of Faculty of Engineering at Chiba University. (...)
Talking About the Real World: Contemporary Swiss Art
[0] [7]- Media: Painting - Installation - Video installation
- 2005-12-17 - 2006-02-26
The Chiba City Museum of Art, in close collaboration with Mamco, the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Geneva, introduces the vibrant Swiss contemporary art scene to the Japanese public. The exhibition (...)
Ukiyo-e paintings from the end of Edo to the Meiji Era
[0] [0]- Media: Prints
- 2005-09-03 - 2005-10-16
This exhibition follows the history of everyday life during the rapidly changing time of the end of Edo and the beginning of Meiji era, through 150 Ukiyo-e paintings from the Aoki collection.
Syaraku, Utamaro and The Golden Age of Ukiyo-e Paintings
[0] [0]- Media: Prints
- 2005-09-03 - 2005-10-16
The Tenmei-Kansei period (1781-1801) is said to have been the golden age of Ukiyo-e printing. The multi-process woodcut print was developed rapidly and a large number of masterpieces were created during (...)
Bratislava Biannual of Children Book Illustrations
[0] [0]- Media: Illustration - Painting - Drawing
- 2005-07-09 - 2005-08-28
Bratislava Biannual of Children Book Illustrations was started in 1967 in then Czechoslovakia and is now held biannually in Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia. On display are illustrations by the winners (...)
Artists and Chiba
[0] [0]- Media: Painting
- 2005-07-09 - 2005-08-28
This is an exhibition of works by artists living in Chiba, that paint Chiba as it is. The Chiba/Boso area is by the ocean, and is blessed with warm weather and plentiful greenery. The artists are: Hibiki (...)
History of Modern and Contemporary Art in Japan
[0] [0]- Media: Painting - Photography - Sculpture
- 2005-05-21 - 2005-07-03
In celebration of our 10th anniversary, 130 art works from our collection will be put on display.
The 36th Chiba Community Art Exhibition
[0] [0]- Media: Graphics - Painting - Sculpture
- 2005-03-05 - 2005-03-25
Bronze Prints by Yukio Fukazawa
[0] [0]- Media: Calligraphy - Prints - Other
- 2005-01-29 - 2005-02-27
This exhibition will be an overview of the bronze print artist Yukio Fukazawa, featuring 180 works. Spanning his entire career, the exhibition will also display his calligraphy and glass paintings. Yukio (...)
Takeo Endo Exhibition: The Postwar Era is Over
[0] [0]- Media: Painting - Drawing - Prints
- 2005-01-29 - 2005-02-27
This is a retrospective exhibition of the oeuvre of Takeo Endo (1914- ), featuring 200 major works. Known for his unique depictions of everyday life, Takeo Endo is an artist residing in Chiba Prefecture. (...)
Retrospective Exhibition of Kiyomizu Rokubey
[0] [0]- Media: Ceramics
- 2004-11-30 - 2005-01-23
This is the first large-scale exhibition of Kiyomizu pottery in two decades, featuring 200 items. Ever since founder Rokubey opened his Kyoto kiln in 1771, the pottery style of the Kiyomizu clan has (...)
The Allure of Monochrome Paintings
[0] [0]- Media: Painting
- 2004-09-07 - 2004-11-23
An exploration of the abstract world of monochrome paintings through the works of Japanese artists such as Tadaaki Kuwayama and Tomoharu Murakami.
Japanese Prints 1931-1940 Shikou Munakata
[0] [0]- Media: Other
- 2004-08-31 - 2004-10-03
This show is a retrospective of Japanese woodcut prints from '30s and '40s, including about 300 works by Shikou Munakata and his contemporaries.
2D
- Graphics (17)
- Illustration (34)
- Painting (170)
- Drawing (36)
- Calligraphy (13)
- Photography (93)
- Prints (31)
- Other (48)
3D
- Architecture (9)
- Sculpture (55)
- Installation (34)
- Furniture (4)
- Fashion (16)
- Product (30)
- Crafts (40)
- Ceramics (18)
- Other (62)
Screen
- Film (17)
- Video installation (17)
- Digital (7)
- Other (5)
Misc.
- Art Party (35)
- Art Talk (76)
- Performance Art (7)
- Art Competition (2)
In & Around:
Ginza, Shimbashi(57) Ueno(35) Kiyosumi, Odaiba(18) Nihonbashi, Kudanshita(52) Omotesando(41) Shinjuku(58) Shibuya(30) Roppongi(39) Nakameguro(34) Musashino, Tama(38) Yokohama, Kanagawa(24) Kanto: others(46)
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