The National Art Center, Tokyo Solo Exhibition ¡ÈCai Guo-Qiang Space Travel – Beginning with the Primordial Fireball¡É

Beginning June 29, 2023, the National Art Center, Tokyo and Saint Laurent has presented ¡ÈCai Guo-Qiang: Traveling in Space – Beginning with the Primordial Fireball,¡É a major solo exhibition planned by Eriko Osaka (Director, The National Art Center, Tokyo) For Saint Laurent, under the direction of Anthony Vaccarello, this exhibition is the latest opportunity to support the various creative fields such as visual arts, film and music, which can be described as the brand's mission.

Date: June 29 (Thursday) to August 21 (Monday), 2023
Closed: Every Tuesday
Opening hours: 10:00am-6:00pm
* Fridays and Saturdays until 20:00
* Admission is closed until 30 minutes before
Venue: The National Art Center, Tokyo Special Exhibition Room 1E
URL: https://bit.ly/3Yexq0A

The National Art Center, Tokyo "Tate Museum Exhibition: Light - Turner, Impressionism to the Present"

Selected works on the theme of "light" from the collection of the Tate Museum in the United Kingdom and the work of artists from about 200 years from the end of the 18th century to the present. "Exhibition at the Tate Museum: Light - Turner, From Impressionism to the Present" will be held from Wednesday, July 12, 2023, to Monday, October 2, 2023, at the National Art Center, Roppongi, Tokyo. The event will take place. Look forward to the competition of "works of light" that transcend eras, regions and genres, such as Turner, Constable, Monet, Yayoi Kusama, Richter, James Turrell and Olafur Eliasson.

Date: July 12 (Wednesday) through October 2 (Monday), 2023
Closed: Every Tuesday
Opening hours: 10:00am-6:00pm
* Every week Until 20:00 on Fridays and Saturdays
* Admission until 30 minutes before closing time
Venue: The National Art Center, Tokyo, Special Exhibition Room 2E [Roppongi, Tokyo]
URL: https://tate2023.exhn.jp

Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum Special Exhibition Ueno no Soko "Beginning, Beginning" Tamana Araki Exhibition

The Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum hosts the special exhibition "Ueno no Soko" from Saturday, July 22, to Monday, Oct. 9. "Begin, Begin," by Tamana Araki. New York-based Tamana Araki (1970-) continues her wide range of artistic activities. Araki studied in Mexico in her twenties and was fascinated by the unique culture where "lightness and darkness" and "life and death" coexist. The exhibition features poetic prints and three-dimensional works that have been exhibited both in Japan and overseas, installations created in collaboration with children from various countries, including Ukraine, and picture books created in collaboration with the indigenous people of Mexico. In addition to more than 90 works ranging from early to recent works, including installations in which viewers participate, as well as new large-scale installations inspired by the venue "Memories of Ueno," this is the artist's first retrospective exhibition. In addition, visitors can also enjoy a series of impression workshops and appreciation programs as accompanying programs. Look forward to a slightly spooky and nostalgically mysterious exhibition that will be fun for children and adults alike.

Date: July 22 (Saturday) to October 9 (Monday/Vacation), 2023
Closed: Monday, September 19 (Tue)
* However: August 14 (Mon), September 18 (Mon), October 9 (Mon)
Opening hours: 9:30am-5:30pm (Last admission 30 minutes before closing)
Opening hours at night: 9:30am to 8:00pm on Fridays (last entry 30 minutes before closing)
Venue: Galleries A, B, C
URL: https://www.tobikan.jp/hajimarihajimari/

Towada Art Center "Liu Jianhua: Pouring the Hollow"

Towada Art Center hosts the solo exhibition of Shanghai-based artist Liu Jianhua (Liu Zhenhua) for the first time in Japan from June 24 (Sat) to November 19 (Sun) 2023. Raised in Jingdezhen, the birthplace of porcelain, Liu learned to carve after working as a craftsman in a porcelain workshop. Based on the theme of economic and social change in China and the problems that accompany it, he creates three-dimensional works and installations in clay, stone, glass, and ceramics.
The main exhibition space of this shows feature Abandonment (2001-2015), which is made of porcelain from everyday objects such as plastic bottles and shoes. Most of the everyday items we use are abandoned, break down, and become trash after they have served their temporary function. This work gives us a sense that we are surrounded by materials that do not return to the soil, and that we continue to accumulate things that cannot be disposed of. In addition, there is the recent work "Pagoda" (2021-2022 ), in which only the mouth and neck of bottles and jars are cut out, and a floating pillow that echoes the form of the museum's permanent exhibition "Traces" (2010).

Dates: June 24 (Saturday) to November 19 (Sunday), 2023
Opening hours: 9:00am-5:00pm ( Last admission 30 minutes before
closing )
Closed : Mondays ( closed on national holidays)
* Please check the website for information on other closed days and
temporary opening dates.
Admission fee: Free of charge
Venue:Towada Art Center
Image: Abandoned, 2001-2015, porcelain, dimensions variable
© Liujianhua Studio
URL: https://bit.ly/3OBiR3W

Pola Museum of Art "Shin Japanese Painting: Revolutionary Nihonga - From Taikan Yokoyama and Yasushi Sugiyama to Contemporary Artists"

Shin Japanese Painting: Revolutionary Japanese Paintings: from Taikan Yokoyama and Yasushi Sugiyama to Contemporary Artists¡É has been shown at the Pola Art Museum. It is a large-scale exhibition that dynamically presents the development of Japanese painting from its beginnings to the present under the theme of "Innovation." The exhibition explores the expressive methods of the Meiji, Taisho, and early Showa era painters who were the driving force behind modern nihonga, as well as postwar nihonga painters such as Yasushi Sugiyama, and also current nihonga and the future of Japanese painting. Viewers can revisit the many practices of a variety of artists and approach their essence.

Date: July 15 (Saturday) to December 3 (Sunday), 2023
Venue: Pola Museum of Art Exhibition Rooms 1, 2, 3, Atrium Gallery
Sponsored by: Pola Art Foundation Pola Museum of Art
URL : https:// bit.ly/3K69dUl

Espace Louis Vuitton Tokyo Cerith Wyn Evans solo exhibition "L> espace )(..."
From July 20, 2023 to January 8, 2024, the solo exhibition "L > espace)(..." by Welsh artist Cerith Wyn Evans is on display at Espace Louis Vuitton Tokyo. This exhibition is part of the ¡ÈHors-les-murs¡É programme, which presents the collections of the art institution Fondation Louis Vuitton at Espace Louis Vuitton in Tokyo, Munich, Venice, Beijing, Seoul and Osaka.


Dates: 20 July (Thursday) 2023 to 8 January (Monday) 2024
Opening hours: 12:00am -8:00pm
Closed: As at Louis Vuitton Omotesando
Admission fee: Free of charge
Venue: Espace Louis Vuitton Tokyo
URL: https://bit.ly/44OmwRy
Photo: CERITH WYN EVANS - L > espace )(... Espace Louis¡¦Installation view at Vuitton Tokyo (2023) Courtesy of the artist and Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris Photo credit: © Jérémie Souteyrat / Louis Vuitton

The 4th ¡ÆCraft for All of Us ­¶¡Ç Exhibition
— Shiseido Proposals for More Beautiful Lives —

Shiseido Art House hosts the exhibition from July 27 to October 29, 2023. Since 2015, Shiseido Art House has presented the Crafts for All of Us series of group exhibitions dividing these into the first (2015 – 2017) and second (2019 – ) phases, with a list of participating artists that has evolved with each subsequent step along the way. In this final exhibition of the second phase, The 4th ¡ÆCraft for All of Us ­¶¡Ç Exhibition, we are presenting new works by IMAIZUMI Imaemon XIV (ceramics), NAKAJŌ Iori (lacquerware), YOSHIHA Yohey III (metalwork), and ADACHI Masao (glass art).

Date: July 27 (Thursday) to October 29 (Sunday), 2023
Closed: Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and holidays
Summer holiday: August 7 (Monday) to August 16 (Wednesday)
*From July 27, the museum is closed on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays (even if it falls on a holiday, it remains closed)
Opening hours: 10:00am-4:30pm (admission until 16:00)
Venue: Shiseido Art House
Admission fee: Free of charge
URL: https://bit.ly/44ULI9m

Shingon Buddhism Head Temple Toji, Dining Hall "Baju Sham Kyoto"

From August 11th (Friday/holiday) to August 29th (Tuesday) at the World Heritage Shingon Buddhism Sohonzan Toji and Refectory, Bajj Shahm, the foremost contemporary Gond art in India, will present his work for the first time in Japan. I will hold a solo exhibition "Baju Sham Kyoto".

Date: August 11 (Friday), 2023 to August 29 (Tuesday), 2023
Opening hours: 9:30am-4:30om
Admission fee: Free of charge
Venue: World Heritage Shingon Buddhism Head Temple Toji [Kyogokokuji]
URL: http://bhajju-shyam.jp/

¢åK Contemporary¡¡ Reen Barrera Solo Exhibition "Yes, Can Do!"

Artist Reen Barrera's first solo exhibition in Japan, "Yes, Can Do!" will be shown at ¢åK Contemporary. Barrera has had solo exhibitions in museums and galleries in Southeast Asia and the United States. He is one of the artists who attract the attention of collectors. The exhibition will showcase a comprehensive range of Barrera¡Çs works; from the artist¡Çs universally beloved Ohlala and Duge paintings and wooden sculptures to his kinetic automata wooden sculptures and experimental abstract works. Further highlights include an artist-led gallery tour, which will be held on the first day of the exhibition.

Date: August 5 (Saturday) to August 26 (Saturday), 2023
Artist: Reen Barrera
Venue: ¢åK Contemporary (6 Minamimachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo)
URL: https://root-k.jp/exhibitions_en/reen-barrera_yes-can-do/