Japanese glass
Stylish vessels, playful shape
Suntory Museum of Art
27 March – 23 May, 2010
Glass vessels made their appearance in Japanese daily life a little after the middle of the 17th century. Glass is transparent, but resonates with the light it lets through, giving glass vessels a unique, slightly mysterious, essence not found in other materials.
Jules de Balincourt
Mori Art Museum (Gallery One)
20 March – 4 July, 2010
Jules de Balincourt (born 1972, Paris) is one of the leaders of the post 9/11 New York art scene. Freely employing bright colors and bold lines, mostly in paintings, he depicts everyday scenes, adventures, love, political, economic and environmental themes as well as wild psychological landscapes.
Art Fair Tokyo 2010
Tokyo International Forum – Exhibition Hall & Lobby Gallery
April 2 – April 4, 2010
ART FAIR TOKYO, the largest fair of its kind in Japan, began in 2005. This year it celebrates its fifth anniversary. Featuring contemporary art, modern art, nihonga and ukiyoe, in addition to other Asian works of art and antiques, ART FAIR TOKYO is known throughout the world for both the wide genres and periods it covers and for the quality of its exhibits.
Roppongi Crossing 2010: Can There Be Art?
Mori Art Museum
20 March – 4 July 2010
The Mori Art Museum presents “Roppongi Crossing 2010: Can There Be Art?” from Saturday, 20 March to Sunday, 4 July 2010.
Medicine and Art Mori Art Museum 28 november 2009 – 28 february 2010 For most human beings their own body represents both the most familiar and most unknown of worlds. From ancient times humans have sought to unravel the secret mechanisms of the body, developing in the process a wealth of medical expertise. At the […]
Tellervo Kalleinen and Oliver Kochta-Kalleinen Mori Art Museum 28 november 2009 – 28 february 2010
Sumio Inoue
Silenzioso Untitled 66
53×68 cm
Print on handmade rice paper
Japan
Ai Weiwei: According to What?
25 July (Sat) – 8 november (sun), 2009 MORI ART MUSEUM
The Mori Art Museum presents “Ai Weiwei: According to What?” from Saturday, 25 July to Sunday, 8 November 2009. Ai Weiwei is a Chinese artist whose activities cover a wide range of genres, from art and architecture to design and publishing.
The Mori Art Museum presents “The Kaleidoscopic Eye: Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary Collection” from Saturday, 4 April to Sunday, 5 July, 2009.
Chalo! India: A New Era of Indian Art, bringing together 27 artists / artist groups from cities throughout India. 22 November (Sat), 2008 – 15 March (sun), 2009 MORI ART MUSEUM
21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa
21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa has been established with the mission of generating new culture and revitalizing its community. Innovative city planning has become intensely important to our society, which faces a historical turning point in the 21st century. Through a spirit of cooperation, 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa will seek to awaken Kanazawa’s creative energy and become a compelling regional cultural attraction.
National Art Center Tokyo
The National Art Center, Tokyo is a unique and innovative art exhibition facility. Instead of maintaining a permanent collection, it makes the most of a total of 14,000 square meters of exhibition space, the largest in Japan, and focuses on serving as a venue for various art exhibitions.