American Pop Art Exhibit in Shiga Prefecture

米ポップ芸術６７点並ぶ　滋賀県近美で企画展

Across the hills from Kyoto in Shiga there is a wonderful Pop Art exhibit at the The Museum of Modern Art Shiga.

The American art form will be on display in "Through the Eyes of Pop Artists" until October 6th.

The exhibit will feature works by Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, and others.

In all, 67 works will be shown.

In addition, Robert Rauschenberg, who spent time in nearby Shigaraki, a pottery village in Shiga, will have four of his works on display.

Address

1740-1 Setaminamioogayacho, Otsu city, Shiga
〒520-2122
TEL 077 543 2111 FAX 077 543 4220

Access

By JR, it is a 17-minute train ride to Seta Station. From there, take a bus headed to Shiga Idai (Medical School) and get off at Bunka Zone Mae.

For cyclists, it will take 90 minutes from central Kyoto. Follow the route around Lake Biwa.

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Robert Doisneau Photography Exhibit Kyoto

生誕100年記念写真展 ロベール･ドアノー

The Kyoto Eki Museum at the massive Kyoto Station, 7F in the Isetan Department store, is hosting a wonderful exhibit of photos by the French artist Robert Doisneau.

The exhibit is celebrating the 100th anniversary of Doisneau's work.

Parking is available in a lot next to the Central Post Office on the north side, or in the lots that are on the sidewalk of the south side of the Station.

Information

Kyoto Eki Museum
January 30 - February 24
10 am - 8 pm

Admission: Adults ¥800 yen
College and senior high school students ¥600


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Kyoto University Museum Uffizi Exhibit

ウフィツィ・ヴァーチャル・ミュージアム京都大学総合博物館

The Kyoto University Museum will be hosting a big-ticket exhibit.

The Uffizi Museum is loaning some of its best works for a spring exhibit.

The Florence, Italy, gallery will be sending works by Urbino, "The Birth of Venus," and others.

The Kyoto University Museum also is home to permanent collections of insects, maps, and all manner of goods collected by the world famous university's faculty over the decades.


Information

Kyoto University Museum
Yoshida Honmachi, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8501
Tel: 075 753 3272

Exhibit Period: January 16 - March 17
Hours: 9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. (Last entry: 4:00 p.m.; closed Mondays and Tuesdays)
Fee: 400 yen for adults (those 70 and over free)

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Cycling Kawai Kanjiro Kyoto Home and Museum

河合寛次郎記念館へ自転車で

Kawai Kanjiro was a potter, polymath, genius.

Although he is often lumped with the mingei (folk craft) movement that developed in the 1920s and 1930s in Japan, he is much more than that.

The mingei movement emphasized utility and anonymity. Kawai was interested in neither.

His works are madly creative and original - and instantly recognizable.

The house he resided and worked in, not far from Kiyomizu Temple, is now a museum that remains much as it was when he was alive.

It is a spacious two-story home with an inner garden. The massive kiln is in the back.

Throughout the house are works by Kawai, who was madly creative.

Information

569 Kaneicho, Gojozaka, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto 605-0875
Tel. 075 561 3585

Hours
10:00 a.m. - 5 p.m. (last entry 4:30 pm); 900 yen for adults.

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Kyoto University Museum Giorgio Vasari Exhibit

ジョルジョ・ヴァザーリのウフィツィ：建築とその表現

Giorgio Vasari (1511 - 1574) was a noted Italian painter, writer, historian, and architect.

Vasari today is best known for his biographies of Italian artists, and he is considered the founder of scholarly art history writing.

To celebrate the 500th anniversary of Vasari's birth, the Kyoto University Museum is displaying architectural models and other works related to the Uffizi Museum in Florence.

The exhibit also focuses on Vasari's work as an architect.

Vasari is not well known in Japan. This is wonderful opportunity for those not familiar with a titan of Italian art and architecture to learn. For those already versed in Vasari's work, this is a great chance to become reacquainted.

The exhibit runs through February 5th.

Information

Kyoto University Museum
Yoshida Honmachi, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8501, Japan


Hours: 9:30 - 16:30 (last entry 16:00)

Fee: 400 yen for adults

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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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