HIROSHI SUGIMOTO: EXTINCTION @ The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo

HIROSHI SUGIMOTO: EXTINCTION
June 16 – September 13, 2026 (Closed)
The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Tokyo
https://www.momat.go.jp/en
https://art.nikkei.com/sugimoto/en/
Curator: Rei Masuda (The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo)

Hiroshi Sugimoto (Foreground), Galapagos (1980) © Hiroshi Sugimoto / Courtesy of Gallery Koyanagi

Hiroshi Sugimoto (From left to right), Earliest Human Relatives (1994), Gorilla (1994) © Hiroshi Sugimoto / Courtesy of Gallery Koyanagi

Dioramas, Installation view HIROSHI SUGIMOTO: EXTINCTION, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Tokyo, 2026 © Hiroshi Sugimoto / Courtesy of Gallery Koyanagi

Theaters, Installation view HIROSHI SUGIMOTO: EXTINCTION, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Tokyo, 2026 © Hiroshi Sugimoto / Courtesy of Gallery Koyanagi

Hiroshi Sugimoto (From left to right), Union City Drive-In, Union City (1993), U. A. Playhouse, New York (1978) © Hiroshi Sugimoto / Courtesy of Gallery Koyanagi

Installation view HIROSHI SUGIMOTO: EXTINCTION, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Tokyo, 2026 © Hiroshi Sugimoto / Courtesy of Gallery Koyanagi

Seascapes, Installation view HIROSHI SUGIMOTO: EXTINCTION, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Tokyo, 2026 © Hiroshi Sugimoto / Courtesy of Gallery Koyanagi

Hiroshi Sugimoto (From left to right), Boden Sea, Uttwil (1993), Lake Superior, Cascade River (1995), Ligurian Sea, Saviore (1993) © Hiroshi Sugimoto / Courtesy of Gallery Koyanagi

Architecture, Installation view HIROSHI SUGIMOTO: EXTINCTION, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Tokyo, 2026 © Hiroshi Sugimoto / Courtesy of Gallery Koyanagi

Hiroshi Sugimoto, Villa Savoye (1998) © Hiroshi Sugimoto / Courtesy of Gallery Koyanagi

Hiroshi Sugimoto (Foreground), Mathematical Model 014 Hypersphere: Constant Curvature Surface Revolution of Hyperbolic Type (2012) © Hiroshi Sugimoto / Courtesy of Gallery Koyanagi, (Background) Stylized Sculpture 118 [Soirée dress, Haute Couture Spring-Summer 1947, Corolle line] Christian Dior Couture collection, Paris (2025) ©Hiroshi Sugimoto, Object: © Christian Dior Couture collection, Paris

Stylized Sculpture, Installation view HIROSHI SUGIMOTO: EXTINCTION, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Tokyo, 2026 © Hiroshi Sugimoto / Courtesy of Gallery Koyanagi

Installation view HIROSHI SUGIMOTO: EXTINCTION, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Tokyo, 2026 © Hiroshi Sugimoto / Courtesy of Gallery Koyanagi

Hiroshi Sugimoto, Photogenic Drawing 015 Believed to be Mlle. Amelina Petit, Talbot family governess, circa 1840–1841 (2008) © Hiroshi Sugimoto / Courtesy of Gallery Koyanagi

Hiroshi Sugimoto (From left to right), Photogenic Drawing 017 Roofline of Lacock Abbey, circa 1835–1839 (2008), Photogenic Drawing 001 Roofline, Lacock Abbey, 16 November 1839 (2009) © Hiroshi Sugimoto / Courtesy of Gallery Koyanagi

Portraits, Installation view HIROSHI SUGIMOTO: EXTINCTION, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Tokyo, 2026 © Hiroshi Sugimoto / Courtesy of Gallery Koyanagi

Hiroshi Sugimoto (From left to right), Napoleon Bonaparte (1999), Fidel Castro (1999) © Hiroshi Sugimoto / Courtesy of Gallery Koyanagi

Hiroshi Sugimoto (From left to right), Queen Victoria (1999), Diana, Princess of Wales (1999) © Hiroshi Sugimoto / Courtesy of Gallery Koyanagi

Hiroshi Sugimoto (From left to right), Lightning Fields 128 (2009), Lightning Fields 227 (2009) © Hiroshi Sugimoto / Courtesy of Gallery Koyanagi

Hiroshi Sugimoto (From left to right), Opticks 075 (2018), Opticks 066 (2018), Opticks 027 (2018) © Hiroshi Sugimoto / Courtesy of Gallery Koyanagi

Opticks, In Praise of Shadow, Installation view HIROSHI SUGIMOTO: EXTINCTION, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Tokyo, 2026 © Hiroshi Sugimoto / Courtesy of Gallery Koyanagi

Hiroshi Sugimoto, CAMERA MAN (2026) © Hiroshi Sugimoto / Courtesy of Gallery Koyanagi