July 19 – November 3, 2026
The National Museum of Art, Osaka opened in 1977 in the former Expo Museum of Fine Arts, located within Expo ’70 Commemorative Park in Suita, Osaka Prefecture. The museum relocated to a new building on Nakanoshima in 2004, andView More >
July 19 – November 3, 2026
The National Museum of Art, Osaka is pleased to present the special exhibition Aki Sasamoto’s Life Laboratory. Based on the exhibition held at the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo in 2025, this presentation has been partly reconfigured to include works fromView More >
Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art marks the third anniversary of its reopening this year. Under the annual theme The Time of the Museum, this year’s collection exhibitions introduce works from the collection alongside the activities of the museumView More >
CRAWL is a program for art workers (planners) held at BUG, an art center run by Recruit Holdings Co., Ltd.. Using project proposals as a communication tool, the program connects art workers with opportunities and spaces such as soundboardingView More >
A Two-hour Lunar Journey Across Four Galleries — All You Need to Bring Along Is Your Imagination! The Moon, that massive object floating in the night sky, whether waxing or waning, is a constant presence whenever we look up, quietlyView More >
Hiroshima, the first city in the world to experience an atomic bombing, established the Hiroshima Art Prize in 1989 with the aim of conveying the “Spirit of Hiroshima”—the desire for lasting world peace and the prosperity of humankind—to theView More >
“Bodies that Mourn: On Communicating with the Dead in Sound Performance” What forms of art can commemorate and mourn the dead, especially victims of genocide? Ilavenil Vasuky Jayapalan’s “sonic monument of genocide and rebirth” presented one possibility, at timesView More >
Hijiyama, where the Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art is located, was once an island floating in Hiroshima Bay. The discovery of a shell mound dating back to the Jomon period indicates that this area was a place ofView More >
February 28 – May 6, 2026
Takehiro Iikawa: Gathering Matters and Mediations
February 28 – May 6, 2026
Contemprary Art Gallery, Art Tower Mito, Ibaraki
Curator: Megumi Hatai (Curator, Contemporary Art Center, Art Tower Mito)
February 28 – May 6, 2026
CRITERIUM 102: Takuto Shiromaru Awai no Hibiki (Liminal Echoes)
February 28 – May 6, 2026
Gallery 9, Contemporary Art Gallery, Art Tower Mito, Ibaraki
Curator: Oko Goto (Curator, Contemporary Art Center, Art Tower Mito)
Masako Ando, The New Normal, 2024, clay, glaze, configuration varied ©Masako Ando Photo by Tamotsu Kido This spring, Hara Museum ARC will present Masako Ando: Ordinary Days in its special exhibition space Kankai Pavilion. Centered on an installation ofView More >
In 1979, in a quiet residential area of Shinagawa, Tokyo, the Hara Museum of Contemporary Art opened its doors. Ensconced within an enclave of rich greenery, the modernist building—formerly the residence of the Hara family–became the stage for theView More >