Museum

Hara Museum of Comtemporary Art, Tokyo Few days ago, artist Yasumasa Morimura visited the Hara Museum in Tokyo for an interview. We have his work called Rondo installed at our museum. Below is a photo of the work taken byView More >

Bookbinding workshop at Hara (Tokyo) On August 8 and 9, bookbinding workshops taught by Misuzudo (a renowned book binder) were held at the Hara Museum. The first workshop was “Make your cube notebooks” during which participants made their own (approximately)View More >

The end of the summer concert will be held in the evening of August 23 at (Gunma) Hara Museum ARC. Graduated from the Royal Music Conservatory in Brussels (Belgium), Akie Nakajima (piano) and Ayako Furuhashi (violin) will perform pieces byView More >

Following the work Landscape by Federico Herrero installed last year, three new installations will debut at Hara Museum ARC. The work Kokoro (“mind” or “heart” in Japanese) by Jean-Michel Othoniel (on view from mid-September) will be installed near the museumView More >

Summer vacation has come!　 Every summer, “Let’a Make Uchiwa” workshop is held at ARC. This year, it will be held on August 1, 2, 7 and 8. Workshop from last year Participants will have a chance to make their ownView More >

This will be the first Collection Exhibition since last spring to occupy the entire museum. Cao Fei, RMB City: Second Life City Planning, 2007, DVD, 6 min. Courtesy of Vitamin Creative Space　©Cao Fei About 40 paintings, sculptures, photographs and videoView More >

Selections from the Hara Museum Collection on view until August 31 Sheep at the neighboring ranch munching on the grass. How can they survive summer heat? On view until August 31 at ARC contemporary art galleries (A, B and C)View More >

When you are in ARC, please stop by Café d’Art. Museum admission fee is required to use the café, but you will surely enjoy a peaceful respite there, savoring the dessert while enjoying the view. “Image cake” currently served atView More >

“Winter Garden: The Exploration of the Micropop Imagination in Contemporary Japanese Art” is over, and the museum is currently closed in preparation for the next exhibition, “Selections from the Hara Museum Collection” (starts on August 1）. During the “Winter Garden”View More >

Kankai Pavilion Summer exhibition: Dynamic Beauty on view until July 29. Rainy season is over, and here comes the summer! The greenery surrounding ARC is brighter. Almost a year has passed since the last expansion project. On view at theView More >

A slide talk event related to the ongoing exhibition, Winter Garden: Exploration of the Micropop Imagination in Contemporary Japanese Art (until Monday, July 20), will be held with Midori Matsui, the curator of the exhibition, and Lyota Yagi, one ofView More >

Hara Museum ARC 2855-1, Kanai, Shibukawa-shi, Gunma-Ken, 377-0027, Japan e-mail: arc@haramuseum.or.jp http://www.haramuseum.or.jp/generalTop.html Hours9:30am-4:30pm (Last entry 30 minutes before closing) ClosedThursdays (except when a holiday or during the month of August), between exhibitions and during the winter season and January 1st.View More >