Best Exhibitions Starting in June 2023
Kiyoaki Shinohara “Battle of Weihaiwei” 1895 large nishiki-e (wood engraving print) Collection of Machida City Museum of Graphic Arts
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Tokyo Art Beat presents a selection of the best exhibitions opening in June 2023. If you bookmark the exhibitions on the TAB website or TAB app, you will never miss the openings and closings.
- Abstraction: The Genesis and Evolution of Abstract Painting Cézanne, Fauvism, Cubism and on to Today (Artizon Museum)
- Woodblock Prints Exhibition of Paul Jacoulet (Ota Memorial Museum of Art)
- Okoku Konoshima - Lost in Sansui Painting (Sen-Oku Hakukokan Museum Tokyo)
- Gaudí and the Sagrada Família (The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo)
- Ancient Mexico - Maya, Aztec, and Teotihuacan (Tokyo National Museum)
- Motohashi Seiichi & Robert Doisneau —Chemins croisés (Narrative Passages) (Tokyo Photographic Art Museum)
- Finnish Glass Art - Sparkle and Color in Modern Design (Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum)
- Cai Guo-Qiang: Ramble in the Cosmos - From Primeval Fireball Onward (The National Art Center, Tokyo)
- Distance from the lncident - How News, War, Daily Life were Described (Machida City Museum of Graphic Arts)
- Atsuhiko Misawa “Animals / Multi-dimensions” (Chiba City Museum of Art)
- Home Sweet Home (The National Museum of Art, Osaka)
- Painting Love in the Louvre Collections (Kyoto City Kyocera Museum of Art)
Abstraction: The Genesis and Evolution of Abstract Painting Cézanne, Fauvism, Cubism and on to Today (Artizon Museum)
From the late nineteenth century until the beginning of World War I, France enjoyed a period of peace and prosperity known as the Belle Époque. Fauvism, Cubism, and other new art forms flourished in a vibrant, free atmosphere that stimulated artistic creativity, and in time these developments led to the birth of abstract painting. This exhibition will focus on the trends of abstract expression in France from pre-war to post-war. It will also explore the simultaneous emergence of abstract art in Japan through the works of the Jikken Kobo (Experimental Workshop), Gutai, and other movements.
Venue: Artizon Museum
Schedule: June 3 - August 20
Woodblock Prints Exhibition of Paul Jacoulet (Ota Memorial Museum of Art)
Born in Paris, Paul Jacoulet came to Japan at the age of three. He learned Japanese-style painting from Terukata Ikeda and Shoen Ikeda, the grandchildren, and disciples of Yoshitoshi Tsukioka, and created colorful woodblock prints of people living in the South Seas and Asia. The exhibition will feature a total of 162 works on display.
Venue: Ota Memorial Museum of Art
Schedule: June 3 - July 26
Okoku Konoshima - Lost in Sansui Painting (Sen-Oku Hakukokan Museum Tokyo)
In recent years, the Japanese painter Okoku Konoshima has been reevaluated as the epitome of Kyoto’s early modern art world. Although he is best known for his animal paintings, this exhibition will focus on the landscapes he continued to paint throughout his career. The exhibition will also feature Konoshima’s landscape sketches, paintings, and bonseki trays depicting various landscape scenes.
Venue: Sen-Oku Hakukokan Museum Tokyo
Schedule: June 3 - July 23
Gaudí and the Sagrada Família (The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo)
The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, presents an exhibition featuring Spanish architect and designer Antoni Gaudí. The exhibition will focus on the Sagrada Família, often called the “unfinished cathedral,” to reveal the origins of Gaudí’s architectural vision and creativity and the social significance of this monumental cathedral project. The exhibition is scheduled to travel to Sagawa Art Museum in Shiga Prefecture and the Nagoya City Art Museum in Aichi Prefecture.
Venue: The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
Schedule: June 13 - September 10
Ancient Mexico - Maya, Aztec, and Teotihuacan (Tokyo National Museum)
Mexico is home to 35 World Heritage sites, the most popular of which are the ruins of ancient cities. Focusing on the Maya, Aztecs, and Teotihuacan, this exhibition will explore the depth and appeal of Mexico’s ancient civilizations. Approximately 140 of Mexico’s most significant ancient treasures, including the Mayan “Red Queen,” will be displayed.
Venue: Tokyo National Museum
Schedule: June 16 - September 3
Motohashi Seiichi & Robert Doisneau —Chemins croisés (Narrative Passages) (Tokyo Photographic Art Museum)
Born in Tokyo in 1940, Seiichi Motohashi has documented changes in society and its inhabitants through his photographs and films for over 50 years. On the other hand, Robert Doisneau (1912-94) captured the joys of everyday life in Paris and the Parisian suburbs. Although both photographers were born in different times and places, they coincidentally portrayed the same subjects, such as coal mines, circuses, and markets. In today’s world of never-ending confrontation and conflict, this exhibition will provide an opportunity to reflect on the richness of life through the works of two photographers who, with kindness and a sense of humor, engaged with reality and society.
Venue: Tokyo Photographic Art Museum
Schedule: June 16 - September 24
Finnish Glass Art - Sparkle and Color in Modern Design (Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum)
Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum presents an exhibition featuring Finnish “art glass.” Art glass refers to the artistically oriented products produced in Finland after the country regained its independence from Russia in 1917 and sought to reestablish its national identity. This exhibition will trace the history of Finnish glass art from its emergence in the 1930s to its golden age in the 1950s through approximately 140 pieces by contemporary designers.
Venue: Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum
Schedule: June 24 - September 3
Cai Guo-Qiang: Ramble in the Cosmos - From Primeval Fireball Onward (The National Art Center, Tokyo)
The National Art Center, Tokyo, will host a solo exhibition of internationally renowned Chinese contemporary artist Cai Guo-Qiang, co-organized by Saint Laurent. Utilizing gunpowder as an artistic medium, Cai’s large-scale paintings, installations, and outdoor explosion projects convey a grand mythological and anthropological worldview. Taking Cai’s Primeval Fireball exhibition as a starting point, this exhibition will explore his artistic journey through themes of the cosmos and the unseen world.
Venue: The National Art Center, Tokyo
Schedule: June 29 - August 21
Distance from the lncident - How News, War, Daily Life were Described (Machida City Museum of Graphic Arts)
How have artists depicted news and war? This exhibition explores this question through the works of Francisco Goya, Chimei Hamada, Haruka Matsumoto, Yoshitoshi Tsukioka, Kiyochika Kobayashi, Umetaro Azechi, Kashio Baba, Shigeo Ishii, Kwak Duck Jun, Misa Tsuchiya, Yui Onodera, Seo Ji-O, and others. Particular focus is given to the young artist Haruka Matsumoto, who visits the news scenes and paints people involved in the events.
Venue: Machida City Museum of Graphic Arts
Schedule: June 3 - July 17
Atsuhiko Misawa “Animals / Multi-dimensions” (Chiba City Museum of Art)
Leading Japanese sculptor Atsuhiko Misawa is well-known for his Animals series, in which he carves animals out of camphor wood and paints them with oil. The exhibition will feature over 200 sculptures and paintings, ranging from early, unpublished works from the 1990s to the most recent creations.
Venue: Chiba City Museum of Art
Schedule: June 10 - September 10
Home Sweet Home (The National Museum of Art, Osaka)
Amid today’s “bitter” society, the National Museum of Art, Osaka, will host an exhibition featuring works on the theme of “home” by eight Japanese and international contemporary artists, including Andro Wekua and Kei Takemura. Through keywords of history, memory, identity, place, and family conditions and roles, this exhibition will explore the meaning of home, nation, and family and the changes and universality of regions and societies.
Venue: The National Museum of Art, Osaka
Schedule: June 24 - September 10
Painting Love in the Louvre Collections (Kyoto City Kyocera Museum of Art)
Following the National Art Center, Tokyo exhibition, masterpieces from the Louvre Museum are traveling to Kyoto. The exhibition will feature 74 selected paintings from the vast collection of the Louvre Museum, including famous works by Jean Honoré Fragonard and François Gérard. Don’t miss the opportunity to explore passionate expressions of love from the 16th to the mid-19th century by Europe’s most outstanding painters.
Venue: Kyoto City Kyocera Museum of Art
Schedule: June 27 - September 24
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