The Louvre Museum Exhibition: L’enfant dans les collections du Musee du Louvre



Jun 23 – Sep 23

The National Museum of Art Osaka (Kokuritsu Kokusai Bijutsukan)

Children are often portrayed in great artworks, but The Louvre Museum Exhibition takes this focus one step further to investigate how children inspire creation itself. The broad scope of this show encompasses art from ancient times up until the mid-19th century. Child mummies, ancient Greek sculptures, Oriental toys, and a slection of sketches and paintings by some of the great artists all feature among over 200 works that represent diverse genres and cultures unified by the apple of every parent’s eye, the child.

The National Museum of Art Osaka (Kokuritsu Kokusai Bijutsukan) • Getting there: Subway Higobashi stn, exit 2/ Kiehan Naknoshima line, Watanabebashi stn, exit 1 • Open: 10am–5pm, 10am-7pm (Fri). Closed 7/21, open 7/20, 9/21
• Admission: ¥1,500/¥1,200/¥800 06-6447-4680

image: ©2008 MUSÉE DU LOUVRE/GEORGES PONCET

Charlotte Lybeer “Kingdom of Discovery”



Jun 3 – 27

Flanders Gallery, Osaka

Belgian photographer Charlotte Lybeer expresses her interest in the closed, capsular aspects of our society such as theme parks and airports. She refers to these controlled architectural zones as “micro-cocoons”—places where we seek escape from our capitalist society so permeated by chaos and disorder. Some of Lybeer’s past works include shots from a gated community in South Africa; an indoor beach complex in Berlin; and a resort in Florida.

In “Kingdom of Discovery,” Lybeer travels to China where capitalism, it would be fais to suggest, is a relatively young concept. Located in the city of Shenyang, “Holland Village” is a theme park, housing complex and urban greenhouse that was inspired by stereotypical scenery of the Netherlands. The artificially-reproduced landscape ironically brings to mind the “good old times” when there was less of a focus on materialism. 23 selected color photographs will be on display.

Getting there: Subway, Tanimachi line/Sennichimae line, Tanimachi 9-chome stn, or Kintetsu Uehonmachi stn. Osaka International House 3F • Open: 10am – 5pm closed Sun • Admission: Free 06-6773-8850

Memory of Cloth/Time of Thread: Japan-China Textile Art Exchange Exhibition

Jun 13 – Jul 5

Kyoto Art Center Gallery North, Gallery South, Kyoto

This exhibition features works from textile craftspeople from China and Japan who have created works focused on “Memory of Cloth.”

Interstingly, the event will be held in both countries, and the artworks will be displayed along with symposiums and talks.
The textile artists (five from Japan and four from China) who are participating in this event have all taken their daily lives into account and have created realistic works that tell stories of their lives. Textiles provide an interesting and revealing vantage point to look at any society, and by comparing the two country’s works, there is much to learn.

Getting there: Hankyu Kyoto line, Karasuma stn./Subway Shijo stn, exit #22
Open: 10am – 8pm • Admission: Free TEL: 075-213-1000


Travel with Artists

Small Bridge at Cagnes, South France
Kojima Zenzaburo

Thru June 7

Otani Memorial Art Museum Nishinomiya City, Hyogo

Travel literally means to physically move from one place to another, but how do artists perceive the topic and what were some of the reasons for their travels? Many of them went overseas to study about art and to explore new ideas and themes for their work, whilst others visited specific lands in order to create works associated with that particular place. This exhibition focuses on traveling artists, to examine how and when these particular paintings were drawn and in what sorts of circumstances they were created.

Getting there: Hanshin/Hankyu Koyoen stn. • Open: 10am – 5pm Closed Wed • Admission: ¥500/¥300 TEL: 0798-33-0164

 

Kansai Art Listings June

OSAKA

“When Japan’s Tea Ceremony Artisans Meet Minpaku’s Collections: Creative Art in Perspective”

Museum of Ethnology (Kokuritsu Minzokugaku Hakubutukan)
Thru Jun 2
Osaka Monorail Banpaku Kinen Koen stn. Inside Expo ’70 park • Open: 10am – 4:30pm, Closed Wed
• Admission: ¥1,200/¥900
TEL:06-6876-2151

DRAFT Exhibition: Branding and Art Directors

ddd Gallery
Thru Jun 5
Subway Yotsubashi line, Yotsubashi stn/Subway/Kintetsu Namba stn
• Open: 11am–7pm • Closed Sun/Mon/Hol • Admission: free
TEL:06-6110-4635

Shotokutaishi Exhibition

Osaka Shiritsu Bijutsukan
Thru Jun 8
JR/Subway Tennoji stn • Open: 9:30 – 4:30pm Closed Mon • Admission: ¥1,200/ ¥900 TEL:06-6771-4874

Yanagi Soetsu Exhibition: Leader of Mingei (folk crafts) Movement

Osaka Nihon Mingeikan
Thru Jul 12
Osaka Monorail Banpaku Kinen Koen stn. Inside Expo ’70 park • Open: 10am – 4:30pm, Closed Wed
• Admission: ¥700/¥450
TEL:06-6877-1971

Modern Japanese Artists and their Aesthetic Sense

Osaka Shiritsu Kindai Bijutsukan Shinsaibashi Tenjishitsu
Thru Jul 5
Subway Shinsaibashi Stn, Idemitsu Nagahori Bldg 13F • Open: 11am – 6:30pm Closed Wed • Admission: ¥500/¥300 • TEL:06-6615-0654, Closed Wed • Admission: ¥1,200/¥900 • TEL:06-6876-2151

Ando Tado Exhibition “Aqua Metropolis Osaka”

Suntory Museum
Thru Jul 12
Subway Chuo line, Osaka-ko stn
• Open: 10:30am–7:30pm • Closed Mon • Admission: ¥1.000/¥700/
¥500 TEL:06-6577-0001

Korean Ceramics collected by Asakawa Noritaka

Osaka Shiritsu Toyo Toji Bijutsukan
Thru Jul 20
Keihan/Subway Yodoyabashi Stn.
• Open: 9:30am – 4:30pm Closed Mon & May 7 • Admission: ¥500/¥300 TEL:06-6223-0055


KYOTO

Ceramicist Hamada Shoji Exhibition

Asahi Beer Oyamazaki Sanso Bijutsukan
Thru Jun 7
JR Yamazaki/Hankyu Oyamazakis stn • Open: 10am–4:30pm • Closed Mon • Admission: ¥700/500/free for children TEL:075-957-3123

Ceramics Collection Exhibition

Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art (Kyoto-shi Bijutsukan)
Thru Jun 15
City bus #5, Kyotokaikan & Bijutsukan-mae stop • Open: 9:30am – 4:30pm Closed Mon • Admission: ¥200 TEL:075-771-4107

The World of White

Hosomi Museum
Thru Jul 5
Tozai Line, Higashiyama stn., exit 2
• Open: 10am – 5:30pm (Closed Mon) • Admission: ¥1,000/¥800
TEL:075-752-5555

Art Loved by the Shirakaba Group

Kyoto Bunka Hakubutsukan
Jun 6 – Jul 20
Subway Karasuma-Oike/Hankyu Karasuma stn. • Open: 10am – 5:30pm Closed Mon • Admission: ¥1,200/¥800/¥500 TEL:075-222-0888

Kyoto Studies: City of the Avant-Garde – Modernism in Kyoto 1895-1930

The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto
Jun 9 – Jul 20
JR/Kintetsu Kyoto stn or Hankyu/Keihan Karasuma stn, take Kyoto city bus 35 to Kyoto Kaikan Bijutsukan-mae • Open: 9:30am–5pm • Closed Mon • Admission: ¥1,200/¥800 TEL:075-761-4111

On the Trail of Texts Along the Silk Road: The Russian Expedition’s Discovery of Manuscripts in Central Asia

Kyoto National Museum
Jul 14 – Sep 6
Keihan Shijo stn • Open: 9:30am–5:30pm • Closed Mon • Admission: ¥1,300/¥900/¥400 TEL:075-525-2473

Amish Exhibition

Shibunkaku Bijutsukan
Thru Aug 2
Keihan Demachiyanagi stn, Hyakumanben • Open: 10am – 5pm Closed Mon • Admission: ¥800/¥500/¥300 TEL:075-751-1777

HYOGO

“Ryo you no me” (Eyes of the East and West) Exhibition

Amagasaki-Shi Sogo Bunka Center Bijutsu Hall
Thru Jun 7
Hanshin Amagasaki stn. • Open: 10am – 5:30pm (closed Tue)
• Admission: ¥800/¥600
TEL:06-6487-0806

Portraits of Bacchants in Prints: Paris & London

Itami Shiritsu Bijutsukan
Thru Jun 14
Itami’s Public Art from the museum collection • JR/Hankyu Itami stn • Open: 10am – 5:30pm (closed Mon, & May 7) • Admission: ¥500/¥250 TEL:0727-72-7447

Exhibition on local art and history

Ashiya Shiritsu Bijutsu Hakubutuskan
Thru Jun 28
Hanshin Ashiya Stn. • Open: 10am – 4:30pm Closed Mon • Admission: ¥300/¥200 TEL:0797-38-5432

Spring Exhibition of Sasabe Shintaro, collector of cherry trees

Sake Museum
Thru Jun 29

Hanshin Nishinomiya stn. • Open: 10am – 4:30pm (closed Tue)
• Admission: ¥500/¥250 TEL:0798-33-0008

Shuki (Sake Cups) Exhibition

Itami Shiritsu Kogei Center
Thru Jul 5
JR/Hankyu Itami stn. • Open: 10am – 4:30pm (closed Mon) TEL:0727-72-5557

Landscape Exhibition from the Museum Collection

Hyogo Kenritsu Bijutsukan
Thru Jul 12
Hanshin Iwaya stn. • Open: 10am – 5:30pm (closed Mon) • Admission: ¥500/¥400/¥250 TEL:078-262-0901

Travels with Authors

Otani Memorial Art Museum Nishinomiya City
Thru Aug 2
Hanshin Koyouen stn • Open: 10am – 5pm (closed Wed) TEL:0798-33-1699

Nara

Display of Landscape and the Buddhism Paintings from Japan

Yamato Bunkakan
Thru Jun 28
Kintetsu Gakuen-mae stn • Open: 10am – 4pm (closed Mon) • Admission: ¥600/¥300 TEL:0742-45-0544

An Invitation to Surrealism

Nara Kenritsu Bijutsukan
Jun 6 – Aug 30
Kintetsu Nara stn • Open: 9am – 4:30pm Closed Mon • Admission: ¥400/¥250/¥150 TEL:0742-23-3968

Sacred Ninbo, Gateway to 1300 Years of Japanese Buddhism

Nara National Museum
Jul 18 – Aug 30
Kintetsu Nara stn inside Nara Park
• Open: 9:30am–5pm • Closed Mon • Admission: ¥1,200/¥800/¥500 TEL:0742-22-7771


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