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 >
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Masako Ando: Ordinary Days
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 of approximatelyView More >
How to Make a Rainbow
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 the museum’sView More >
Träumerei
We dream not only when we sleep, but also when we are awake or even while taking a walk. Our perception of things—colors, sounds, weight, temperature—can vary greatly despite the general consensus on their existence. For someone to whom somethingView More >
This Temporal Art Called Hara Museum ARC
Is Hara Museum ARC not a work of temporal art? In spring, flower petals dance and birds chirp. In early summer, plants sprout, rainbows arc across the eastern sky after a sudden shower and rays of sunlight burst through cloudView More >
Special Exhibit: Janet Cardiff – The Forty Part Motet (A reworking of “Spem in Alium” by Thomas Tallis 1573)
Gallery A at Hara Museum ARC, designed by Arata Isozaki, is a space illuminated by natural light pouring in through a 12-meter-high skylight supported by four cedar pillars, the intensity modulated by the passing clouds. Although the gallery embodies theView More >
A Dive Into Art from the Center of the Heart
Welcome to a blissful experience of art! The industrialist Rokuro Hara collected traditional Asian art during the early Meiji period. Over a century later, his great grandson Toshio Hara amassed over a thousand pieces of contemporary art. These works spanningView More >
A Shout Out for Art from the Center of Japan
Hara Museum ARC organizes exhibitions each year that are thematically linked with some aspect of the museum’s unique role in the dissemination ofView More >
Opposite the Sun Is Where the Blue Sky Lies: Works from the Hara Museum and the Hara Rokuro Collections
Starting next spring, Hara Museum ARC will present the exhibition Opposite the Sun Is Where the Blue Sky Lies in which selected works from the Hara Museum Collection of contemporary art and the Hara Rokuro Collection of traditional East AsianView More >
Hara Museum ARC Membership Program
The Hara Museum ARC Membership Program is designed for those who want to broaden their experience of contemporary art while supporting the museum at the same time. Benefits include free admission for the member and up to one guest atView More >
“A Nexus of Rainbows: Works from the Hara Museum and the Hara Rokuro Collections” to open on April 24th.
Dates : Part I: April 24 (Saturday) – September 5 (Sunday), 2021 Part II: September 11 (Saturday), 2021 – January 10 (Monday/national holiday), 2022 A Nexus of Rainbows is the first collection exhibition to be held at the newlyView More >
Message from Toshio Hara
On January 11, 2021, the Hara Museum of Contemporary Art closed its doors. But museum activities will continue anew at Hara Museum ARC this spring. All museum operations are being consolidated at the venue in Gunma. Message from Toshio HaraView More >