Kyoto National Museum of Modern Art Exhibit Reading Cinema, Finding Words: Art after Marcel Broodthaers

映画をめぐる美術 ――マルセル・ブロータースから始める

The National Museum of Modern Art in Kyoto will open an exhibit devoted to the relationship between the photography, film, video, and cinema.

From September 7, "Reading Cinema, Finding Words: Art after Marcel Broodthaers" will be held at the Okazaki facility.

The following artists will be featured:

Marcel Broodthaers, Cindy Sherman, Pierre Huyghe, Isaac Julien, Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, Dayanita Singh, Ana Torfs, Miwa Yanagi, Anri Sala, Eric Baudelaire, Koki Tanaka, Ming Wong, Akram Zaatari

Exhibition dates

September 7 (Saturday) ― October 27 (Sunday), 2013
Closed on Mondays
Exception: Open on September 16, 23, October 14
Closed on September 17, 24 (Tuesday), October 15 (Tuesday)

Hours

9:30 AM – 5:00 PM (admission until 4:30 PM)

Evening hours (September 7, October 26 and every Friday): 9:30 AM - 8:00 PM (Admission until 7:30 PM)

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Japanese Paper Doll Exhibit Arashiyama Shigureden

和紙人形、わが子のように　嵐山・時雨殿で展示

At Shigureden, in Arashiyama, there is an exhibit of paper dolls that runs until July 21.

Shigureden is an exhibition space cum villa that opened in 2006 in the western part of Kyoto.

Shigureden also is part of the mountain villa where the Ogura Anthology of One Hundred Tanka by One Hundred Poets first appeared. The anthology of poems was created between the 10th and 11th centuries by poets and nobility from the House of Fujiwara.

The dolls are made out of washi Japanese paper and took four years to make.


Information

Shigureden is closed on Mondays.

High School students and older 500 yen, junior and elementary school students 200 yen

11 Sagatenryuji-Susukinobabacho, Ukyo-ku, Kyoto, 616-8385
Tel: 075 882 1111

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For cyclists, it is a short ride from central Arashiyama or the bridge, and parking is not a problem in the area.


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Hosomi Museum Exhibit

祈り込めた飾り美　細見美術館で荘厳展

The Hosomi Museum in Okazaki, Kyoto, is currently holding an exhibit of decorative religious items.

To commemorate the fifteenth anniversary of the opening of the Museum, 90 decorative items wil be on display until July 21.

They include gold or silver lacquerware,）ink stone boxes、decorative objects used to conceal the head of a nail.

Cycling and parking are not a problem near the Museum.

Information

Address
6-3 Okazaki, Saishoji-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto
Tel. 075 752 5555

Hours
Museum and Shop:10 am to 6 pm; Tea Room: 11am to 5 pm; Cafe:10:30am to 6:30pm; closed Mondays

Entrance Fee
1000 yen

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The Inka Empire Revealed Century After the Machu Picchu “Discovery” Museum of Kyoto

マチュピチュ-「発見」１００年インカ帝国展

Spanning some four thousand kilometers north to south along the Andes Mountains in South America, the Inca Empire flourished from the early 15th century until the early 16th century.

The Inca civilization will be featured in an exhibit at the Museum of Kyoto, which is located in downtown Kyoto.

Some 160 pieces will be on display, most for the first time ever in Japan.

For those cycling, the Museum is on Sanjo south of Oike. There is bike parking at the museum. If that fills up, there is parking on Oike.

Information

The Inka Empire Revealed Century After the Machu Picchu “Discovery”
April 16 - June 23, 2013

Hours：10:00 a.m.- 6:00 p.m.
Fridays until 7:30 p.m (last entry 30 minutes before closing)
Closed：Monday and April 30 and May 7 (Open :  April 29 and May 6)

Admission
Adults ¥1300（¥900）
College and senior high school students ¥900（¥500）
Junior high and elementary school students ¥500（¥300）
＊Prices shown in ( ) indicate advance or group (more than 20 persons) discount tickets.


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The Museum of Kyoto Nihonga Exhibit

日本画こころの京都展覧会

The Museum of Kyoto will be hosting a wonderful exhibit on Nihonga Paintings.

The downtown Meiji Period museum is located on Sanjo Dori near Karasuma.

It is always a good day out.

Information

Nihonga Paintings
Kyoto-Cherished Images, Past and Present
February 9 - March 24, 2013

Hours：10:00 a.m.- 6:00 p.m.
Fridays until 7:30 p.m (last entry 30 minutes before closing)
Closed：Monday and FEB.12 (Open : FEB.11)

Admission
Adults ¥1100（¥900）
College and senior high school students ¥700（¥500）
Junior high and elementary school students ¥400（¥300）


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Ronis' beloved Parisian life WILLY RONIS Kyoto Exhibit

ロニスの愛したパリの日常　WILLY RONIS展

Kyoto's Kahitsukan Kyoto Museum of Contemporary Art is holding an exhibit of French photographer Willy Ronis's works until later this month.

Ronis, who died in 2009 at 99, originally aspired to be a composer, but abandonned that dream at age 22. From then on he followed in the footsteps of his father, who was s a photographer.

He was enormously successful: in 1957, he was awarded the Venice Biennale its Gold Medal; in 1979, he was given the Awards Grand prix national des Arts et des Lettres pour la Photographie.

The Museum is a short walk from Shijo - Kawabata, or the Shijo Keihan Train Station in Gion.

Walking towards Yasaka Shrine, from the Kamo River on Shijo Dori, it is on the left just beyond Hanamikoji Dori.

Information

October 6 - November 25
10:00 - 6:00 pm (last entry 5:30 pm, closed Mondays)
Adults: 1,000 yen, students: 800 yen
Telephone: 075 525 1311
E-mail：kahitsukan@kahitsukan.or.jp

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Villa Kujoyama Kyoto Exhibit

VK3F　ヴィラ九条山招聘アーティストによる 2週間の特別展示

At Villa Kujoyama, a French government run art residency in the hills of eastern Kyoto, French artists come and work for stints from four months to one year.

At the end of their stays, there are exhibits and happenings.

It was inspired by the Villa Medicis in Rome, and has been open since 1992.

Recent events include "at least we still have joy," an exhibit by Alexandre Maubert. Entrance is free and the show will run until November 10.

There will also be a performance on November 11, from 4 pm until 7 pm.

On the 12th, from 7 pm, there will be a video exhibit and a talk with the artist.

For cyclists, it is near Nanzenji Temple. Here is a map.


Information

Villa Kujoyama　Kansai Franco-Japanese Institute, 17-22 Hinooka Ebisudani-cho, Yamashina-ku, Kyoto 607-8492
Phone: 075 752 7171

10 minute walk from Keage station on the Subway Tozai line

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Kyoto Exhibit Summer Exhibition for Parents and Children Series: What is Raku? Feel the Season! Summer and Chanoyu

親子で見る展覧会 シリーズ「樂ってなんだろう」　季節を感じよう！！ 夏と茶の湯

The Raku Museum is hosting an upcoming exhibit entitled "Summer Exhibition for Parents and Children Series: What is Raku? Feel the Season! Summer and Chanoyu."

Got that?

It runs from Saturday 30 June until Sunday 2 September 2012.

The Raku Museum was founded in 1978 by Kakunyu (1918~1980), the 14th generation potter of the Raku family.

The Raku Museum has a collection that displays works made by the many heads of the Raku family.

The Museum is located next to the family home/compound on Aburanokoji Dori, south of Imadegawa, a short ride from the Urasenke Chado Research Center.

The current head of the family, Raku Kichizaemon (1949 - ), is the fifteenth generation ceramicist to lead the Raku family.

Information

Raku Museum
84 Aburanokoji
Nakadachi-uri agaru, Kamigyo-ku
Kyoto 602-0923
Tel: +81 (0)75 414 0304

Opening hours

10:00 ~ 16:30 (last admission 16:00)

Admission

900 yen

Closed

Mondays (except National Holidays) and during installation

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Yayoi Kusama Exhibit Osaka

草間弥生展覧会大阪

The National Museum of Art, Osaka, is currently hosting a wonderful exhibit, which features work by noted Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama.

Entitled "Eternity of Eternal Eternity," the exhibit shows the most recent works of Yayoi Kusama and runs through April 8.

Kusama has always been a quirky, unusual character. She had hallucinations as a child - hints of mental illness - and began painting in her teens.

Since then, she has continued to create her signature net and polka-dot patterned works.

Kusama became world famous during her fifteen years spent in New York, from 1957 until the early 1970s.

The National Museum of Art, Osaka, is a fabulous facility. It is located close to Nakanoshima, the narrow island that runs through central Osaka. It is an easy ride from both Umeda and Shinsaibashi.

Information

Opening Hours
10 am - 5 pm, Fridays until 7 pm

Admission until 30 minutes before closing; closed Mondays

Admission Fee
Adults: 1,400 Yen
University students: 1,000 Yen
High School students: 700 Yen

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Museum Eki KYOTO Hokusai Exhibit

生誕250年記念展「北斎の富士 冨嶽三十六景と冨嶽百景」

The Kyoto Eki Bijutsukan, located on the 7th floor of the Kyoto Station Building, will be hosting an exhibit of works by Hokusai.

Hokusai is perhaps the preeminent ukiyoe painter. He lived from 1760 - 1849; the exhibit is a celebration of the 250th anniversary of his birth.

Hokusai lived to almost 90 and painted women, historical scenes, natural scenes, samurai, satirical works known as tanka, and more.

However, Hokusai is best known - both within Japan and abroad - for his depictions of Mount Fuji.

This exhibition will feature many of Hokusai's works, both the Fuji works and others.


Information

The Museum Eki KYOTO is open from 10 am - 8 pm. The entrance fee is 700 yen for adults. The exhibit runs from January 2 - 22.


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Elliot Erwit Kyoto Exhibit

エリオット・アーウィット展　何必館・京都現代美術館蔵

Sixty of photographer Elliott Erwitt's works are on display in Gion until November 27,

The works span his long career in both the worlds of art and fashion photography.

The photos feature well known figures and also more intimate and casual works of scenes of every day life.

Details

Kahitsukan Kyoto Museum of Contemporary Art*
September 3 - November 27, 2011　(closed Mondays)
10 am - 6 pm
Telephone: 075 525 1311

Admission: 1,000 yen

*Kahitsukan is located on Shijo Dori on the north side between Hanmikoji Dori and Higashi Oji Dori.


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Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Masterpieces from the National Gallery of Art Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art

ワシントン・ナショナル・ギャラリー展 印象派・ポスト印象派　奇跡のコレクション

Kyoto now has two, perhaps three, big-ticket exhibitions at the moment.

The Vermeer exhibit, which is almost impossible to get into - unless you enjoy waiting in line for an hour for a ticket, and then catching a glimpse of one of the master's works over the heads of a crowd of people in front of you - and the Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Masterpieces from the National Gallery of Art are both on at the Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art.

The National Gallery of Art, Washington, is currently undergoing renovations, making possible a once in a lifetime exhibit in Kyoto.

Masterpieces of Impressionism and Post-Impressionism are on display in spacious galleries. Beginning with works by Courbet and Corot and Manet, the exhibition consists of 83 works.

Among them are paintings by Monet, Renoir, Degas, Cézanne, Van Gogh and others.

Fabulous.

We are partial to Corot and Cezanne, but to see up close works by Mary Cassatt was thrilling.

Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Masterpieces from the National Gallery of Art
September 13 (Tuesday) – November 27 (Sunday)

Okazaki Park, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8344
Tel.075-771-4107

Entrance Fee: 1500 yen for adults

The third exhibit would be found across the street at the Modern Museum of Art. The show is an exhibition of works by Takeshi Kitamura.

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National Museum of Modern Art Kyoto Kitamura Takeshi Exhibit

京都国立近代美術館北村武資展覧会

Takeshi Kitamura is a legend in the world of Japanese weaving.

Born in 1935 in Nishijin, he began his career after graduating from junior high school.

He is now a Living National Treasure whose work has been exhibited around the world.

At the National Museum of Modern Art Kyoto there is now an exhibit devoted to his work.

"Kitamura Takeshi: Master of Contemporary Weaving" runs until October 30 and costs 850 yen for adults.

The pieces themselves are wonderful, the display excellent.

Exhibition dates

Friday, September 16– Sunday, October 30, 2011
Closed on Mondays
Exception: Open on September 19 (Mon./holiday), October 10 (Mon./holiday)
Closed on September 20 (Tue.), October 11 (Tue.)

Hours

9:30AM–5:00PM (admission until 4:30PM)
*October 27 (Thu.)- 30 (Sun.) Opened until 8:00PM (Admission until 7:30OPM)

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