This Week's Must-See Exhibitions🔥 January 2nd–8th 2025
We've handpicked this week's most captivating exhibitions ✨ Be sure to check them out!
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[Kanagawa] "Colors — Unveiling the Secrets of Color: From Impressionism to Contemporary Art" 📍 POLA Museum of Art
This exhibition focuses on the role and influence of "color" as explored by artists from modern to contemporary times. Through paintings, sculptures, and installations, visitors can trace the history of color expression, from Impressionism and abstract art to contemporary works. It’s an opportunity to confront the "true colors" of reality and discover new dimensions of everyday life through the secrets of color.
Artists:
Hiroshi Sugimoto, Claude Monet, Georges Seurat, Robert Delaunay, Henri Matisse, Pierre Bonnard, Helen Frankenthaler, Morris Louis, Kenneth Noland, Donald Judd, Bridget Riley, Gerhard Richter, Bernard Frize, Wolfgang Tillmans, Guoliang Tan, Tatsuo Kawamata, Minobu Maeda, Natsuko Sakamoto, Ryo Yamaguchi, Mariko Ryuu, Mitsumasa Kadota, Kohei Yamada, Taro Yamamoto, Yayoi Kusama, and more.
Exhibition Period: Dec 14, 2024 (Sat) – May 18, 2025 (Sun)
Hours: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Closed: Open daily.
Venue:
POLA Museum of Art
1285 Kozukayama, Sengokuhara, Hakone, Ashigarashimo District, Kanagawa 250-0631
Admission:
General: ¥2,200 | University & high school students: ¥1,700 | Junior high students and younger: Free | Disability certificate holders and one companion: ¥1,100
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[Osaka] "Space In-Between: Shizuko Yoshikawa and Josef Müller-Brockmann" 📍 Osaka Nakanoshima Museum of Art
This grand retrospective highlights the careers of Japanese painter Shizuko Yoshikawa and Swiss designer Josef Müller-Brockmann. Their story began at the 1960 World Design Conference, where Yoshikawa, following her studies abroad, joined Müller-Brockmann’s studio. Their lifelong partnership blended constructive design with artistic expression, celebrating the 160th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Switzerland and Japan.
Artists:
Shizuko Yoshikawa, Josef Müller-Brockmann
Exhibition Period: Dec 21, 2024 (Sat) – Mar 2, 2025 (Sun)
Hours: 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Closed: Mondays, Dec 31, Jan 1, Jan 14, and Feb 25 (open Jan 13 and Feb 24).
Venue:
Osaka Nakanoshima Museum of Art
4-3-1 Nakanoshima, Kita-ku, Osaka 530-0005
Admission:
General: ¥1,700 | University & high school students: ¥1,100 | Junior high students and younger: Free
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[Tokyo] "T2 Collection: 'Collecting? Connecting?'" 📍 WHAT MUSEUM
The T2 Collection exhibition presents approximately 35 contemporary art pieces collected by Takahashi Takafumi. Active in the fields of big data and AI, Takahashi sees a shared spirit between artists and entrepreneurs. This conceptual art collection invites visitors to explore the connections between society and values, discovering meaning in art as individual pieces coalesce into a constellation of ideas.
Artists:
Darren Almond, Yojiro Imasaka, Koshi Egami, Teppei Kaneuji, Kengo Kito, Jian Heng Gu, Hayato Koga, Masato Kobayashi, Ryan Sullivan, Masao Shirakawa, Chika Suzuki, Hiroshi Takizawa, Alex Da Corte, Ayami Nagata, Kohei Nawa, Daiki Nishimura, Ryosuke Niwa, Sopheap Pich, Tomohiro Hirose, Nana Hirose & Kazuma Nagatani, Josh Brand, Bernard Frize, Candida Höfer, Neil Hodges, Masakazu Horiuchi, Barry McGee, Masahide Matsuda, Tomokazu Matsuyama, Tatsuo Miyajima, Yang Tzu, Reijiro Wada, and more.
Exhibition Period: Oct 4, 2024 (Fri) – Mar 16, 2025 (Sun)
Hours: 11:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Closed: Mondays (open if Monday is a holiday, closed the following day); closed during exhibition change periods and New Year holidays.
Venue:
WHAT MUSEUM
2-6-10 Higashi-Shinagawa, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 140-0002
Admission:
Online Tickets: General: ¥1,500 | University & vocational school students: ¥800 | High school students and younger: Free
Advance reservations required.
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