Workshop and Talk by Katsumi Komagata THINK PAPER @ Hara Museum of Contemporary Art Venue: The Hall at the Hara Museum Giving Shape to Images Katsumi Komagata will hold two days of workshops that he has presented throughout the world.View More >
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■”Seeing the Sound, Hearing the Picture” [Part I] / Kankai Pavilion [ARC]
Sumo match (left screen), Edo period (detail) As you might envision a landscape while listening to music, do you sometimes feel you can hear the sounds depicted in a picture? That is what these selected works of art entice youView More >
From Curator: Observation 3 / Sophie Calle, For the Last and First Time
Observation 3—The Blind and the Sea This observation is from the work The Last Image (2010) displayed on the second floor. In this series, persons who had lost the ability to see were asked to describe the last thing thatView More >
■”Pop! Pop!! Pop!!! Selections from the Hara Museum Collection” [ARC]
Roy Lichtenstein, Still Life with Scalloped Bowl , 1972 ⓒEstate of Roy Lichitenstein, N.Y. & JASPAR, Tokyo, 2013 E0568 Pop Art first sprouted in England in the mid-1950s and came to full bloom in the United States during the ’60s. TrueView More >
Workshop I: Nakadai Ikaho Factory: Mono Factory x Hara Museum ARC [ARC]
Workshop I: Nakadai Ikaho Factory: Mono Factory x Hara Museum ARC During each day of this workshop, participates will have the opportunity to make and break things using industrial waste to discover the quirkiness of things. As the workshop leaders,View More >
■”The New within the Old: Contemporary Art from the Hara Museum Collection” [ARC]
From Hara Museum ARC, Gunma Designed by Arata Isozaki and constructed in 2008 as part of an expansion of Hara Museum ARC, the Kankai Pavilion is a venue where traditional East-Asian art (from the Hara Rokuro Collection) meets contemporary art.View More >
From Curator: Observation 2 / Sophie Calle, For the Last and First Time
Observation 2—Stenciled Characters (Masami Tsubouchi / Curator) The display of Sophie Calle, For the Last and First Time appears at first glance to be quite straightforward. There are in fact a number of unusual details specific to the artist. ForView More >
From Curator: Observation 1 / Sophie Calle, For the Last and First Time
Observation 1 — Shelf (Masami Tsubouchi / Curator) As one in charge of an exhibition, I am in close, daily contact with the artwork. And thus over time I notice certain fascinating aspects that may not have been so obviousView More >
■”Flowers, Birds and Animals – Selections from the Hara Rokuro Collection” [ARC]
From Hara Museum ARC (Gunma) Hara Museum ARC is blessed with many varieties of cherry trees which blossom at different times. The double-flowered yaezakura now in bloom make this a particularly wonderful time for a visit. From Friday, April 26,View More >
The Museum Shop [ARC]
News from the Museum Shop at Hara Museum ARC (Gunma) At ARC, through the Golden Week holiday weekend, we are enjoying the peak viewing season for the Ichiyo variety of the yaezakura double-flowered cherry, which serves as a stunning backdropView More >
Press Conference / Sophie Calle, For the Last and First Time
Sophie Calle, For the Last and First Time Press Conference at the Hara Museum of Contemporary Art (16:30/March 19, 2013 / The Hall at the Hara Museum) About The Last Image (2010) While residing and doing research in Istanbul, IView More >
■Sophie Calle, For the Last and First Time
The Hara Museum is proud to present a solo exhibition by the French artist Sophie Calle. This exhibition by one of France’s leading contemporary artists consists of two parts. The Last Image (2010) is an installation that weaves together textView More >