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National Museum of Western Art

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Art  |  Sep 17 2009

The core collection housed in this 1959 Le Corbusier-designed building, Japan’s only national ...

Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum

Major venue
Art  |  Jul 02 2012

Designed by Maekawa Kunio, this brick-faced art museum was largely constructed underground to ...

Impressionist Masterpieces from the Marmottan Monet Museum

Art
Sat Sep 19 - Sun Dec 13, 2015 Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum

Impressionist pioneer Claude Monet has to be one of the best-appreciated Western artists in ...

45th Anniversary: Sazae-san Exhibition

Art
Fri Sep 18 - Tue Sep 29, 2015 Matsuzakaya Ueno Main Building 6F

This special exhibition, which commemorates the 45th anniversary of the first broadcast of the ...

A History of the World in 100 Objects

Art
Sat Apr 18 - Sun Jun 28, 2015 Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum

We guess ruling over seven million pieces of human history really does help build a healthy ...

Hanami at the Museum 2015

Art , Around Town
Tue Mar 17 - Sun Apr 12, 2015 Tokyo National Museum

The National Museum in Ueno opens its beautiful garden for cherry blossom viewing in March and ...

Guercino Exhibition

Art
Tue Mar 3 - Sun May 31, 2015 National Museum of Western Art

Once counted among the true greats of Italian Baroque art, Emilian painter Guercino's work was ...

Neo-Impressionism – From Light to Color

Art
Sat Jan 24 - Sun Mar 29, 2015 Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum

Neo-Impressionism, one of the movements that propelled painting into the 20th century, is the ...

Hatsumode at the Museum 2015

Art
Fri Jan 2 - Mon Jan 12, 2015 Tokyo National Museum

Celebrate the start of 2015 with hatsumode (first prayer of the year) at the National Museum. ...

New-Wave Artists 2015 – From the Public Entry Exhibition

Art
Thu Feb 19 - Sun Mar 15, 2015 Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum Gallery C

Shining the spotlight on a number of hotly tipped emerging artists, this display consists of ...

Architecture Tour

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Art , Around Town

Take this guided tour to learn all there is to know about the architecture of the Kunio ...

Museum Start i-Ueno / Good Day i-Ueno

Art
Sat Sep 6 - Sat Dec 6, 2014 Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum

Nine museums in and around Ueno Park team up to attract the young ‘uns with a program that ...

Arte a Firenze da Botticelli a Bronzino: verso una ‘maniera moderna’

Art
Sat Oct 11 - Sun Dec 14, 2014 Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum

See masterpieces like ‘Pallas and the Centaur’ from Florence’s famed Uffizi Gallery at this ...

National Treasures of Japan

Art , Museums & Attractions
Wed Oct 15 - Sun Dec 7, 2014 Tokyo National Museum

The rarest and most important of Japan's many artistic and cultural gems are designated ...

Art as a Haven of Happiness

Art
Sat Jul 26 - Wed Oct 8, 2014 Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum Galleries A, B and C

This touching exhibition displays paintings, needle works and more, created by artists with ...

Ancient Egyptian Queens and Goddesses

Art
Sat Jul 19 - Tue Sep 23, 2014 Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum Exhibition Room

Around 200 pieces of pharaoh statues, images of deities and luxurious jewellery that reveal the ...

Balthus: A Retrospective

Art
Sat Apr 19 - Sun Jun 22, 2014 Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum

One of the most acclaimed yet controversial artists of the 20th century, Balthus and his work ...

VOCA 2014

Art
Sat Mar 15 - Sun Mar 30, 2014 Ueno Royal Museum

Running since 1994 and short for 'Vision Of Contemporary Art', the annual VOCA exhibition ...

Roots of Zen: Yosai and the Treasures of Kenninji

Art
Tue Mar 25 - Sun May 18, 2014 Tokyo National Museum

2015 marks 800 years since the death of the influential Zen priest Yosai (1141-1215) who was a ...

Horyuji: Prayers and their Images

Art
Sat Apr 26 - Sun Jun 22, 2014 University Art Museum

Horyuji Temple in Nara is one of Japan's most important Buddhist temples, founded by the ...

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