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Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum

At the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum,Foujita: A Retrospective ― Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of his Death will be held from July 31 (Tuesday) to October 8 (Mon. Holiday) 2018.

Léonard Tsuguharu Foujita (1886-1968) was born in Japan in the middle of the Meiji period, he lived in France about half of his life, and acquired French citizenship in his later years. 2018 corresponds to 50 years after death. In this exhibition, more than 110 works selected with more than 10 “milky white nude” which can be said to be Foujita’s synonymous, are displayed together in one place.

Summary

Exhibition name	Foujita: A Retrospective ― Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of his Death
Term	July 31 (Tue) – October 8 (Mon-holiday), 2018 9: 30 ~ 17: 30 (Last admission 17:00) ※Fridays 9:30 – 20:00 (Last admission 19:30) ※Open 9:30 – 21:00 on Fridays from August 3 to August 31
Closed day	Mondays, September 18, 25 (Open the Monday of August 13, September 17, 24, October 1, 8)
Venue	Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum
Admission fee	Tickets at the door | General 1,600 yen / college student / vocational school student 1,300 yen / high school student 800 yen / over 65 years old 1,000 yen Group tickets | general 1,400 yen / college student / vocational school student 1,100 yen / high school student 600 yen / over 65 years old 800 yen ※ ※Group rates – 20 or more people ※Admission free for visitors junior high school age or younger ※Admission free for visitors (and one accompanying person) with a Physical Disability Certificate, Intellectual Disability Certificate, Rehabilitation Certificate, Mental Disability Certificate or Atomic Bomb Survivor’s Certificate ※In each case, please show identification
Official site	https://www.tobikan.jp/en/exhibition/2018_foujita.html

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Tokyo National Museum

At the Tokyo National Museum,July 24th (Tuesday) – September 9th (Sun) of 2018," Family Gallery: TNM and Art Tunes! Present: Becoming Japanese Art is held.

"Art Tunes! "Is a program of NHK E TELE who introduces the world's" art "by songs and animation.

This time the Becoming Japanese Art is "Art Tunes! "This summer recommended museum where the theme of art work of TNM collection which became a song in the song was theme. In the five hands-on exhibits using duplication and images, you can play with the person who appears in the picture and the person who draws the picture in the work.

Outline of the exhibition

Exhibition name	Family Gallery: TNM and Art Tunes! Present: Becoming Japanese Art
Term	July 24, 2018 (Tue) – September 9, 2018 (Sun)
Venue	Tokyo National Museum (Ueno Park 13-9 in Taito-ku) 4 main rooms special 5 rooms
TEL	03-5777-8600
Opening hours	9: 30 ~ 17: 00 (~ 21: 00 on Friday and Saturday, ~ 18: 00 on Sunday) ※ Admission until 30 minutes before closing
closed day	Monday ※ Open on August 13 (Monday)
Admission fee	General 620 yen (520 yen) / university students 410 yen (310 yen) You can view it at the total cultural exhibition viewing fee. ※ () is a group of more than 20 people. ※ For those under high school students and under 18 years old, those who are over 70 years old free of charge. Present what you can understand your age at entry. ※ For those who visited children (high school students and under 18 years old) (up to 2 accompanying children per child) are group fee. ※ One person with disabilities and their carers is free. Presenting a handicapped person such as a handicapped person when entering the building. ※ Special exhibition "Jomon" held at the same time in Heiseikan (July 3 (Tue) – September 2 (Sun)) is an extra charge. However, junior high school students and below are free.
Official website	https://www.tnm.jp/modules/r_free_page/index.php?id=1918

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Tokyo Science Museum

Special exhibition INSECT is held at the Tokyo Science Museum from Friday, July 13, 2018 to Monday, October 8.

Insects that make me feel the wonder of nature and respect for life. In the special exhibition INSECT, it is introduced in a multifaceted exhibition method such as CG and bodily sensation type, in addition to a comprehensive insect specimen unique to the National Science Museum, even to the mechanism, ability and ecology of insects.

Summary

Exhibition name	Special exhibition INSECT
Term	Friday, July 13, 2018 – October 8 (Monday, congratulation) 9 am – 5 pm (Admission is 30 minutes before each closing time) ※ Friday · Saturday until 8 PM, August 12 (Sun) ~ 16 (Thu), 19 (Sunday) until 6 PM ※ There is a possibility to change about the hall hours and closed days
Closing day	July 17 (Tue), September 3 (Monday), September 10 (Monday), September 18 (Monday), September 25 (Monday)
Venue	National Science Museum
Admission fee	General · University students 1,600 yen Elementary, junior high and high school students 600 yen ※ Special Pair Ticket for Two on Friday and Saturday Evenings 2,000 yen (Pair tickets are only sold on the day, Holders must enter together, Valid from 17:00 to 20:00. (Last admission 19:30)) ※ pre-school children are admitted free ※ Physically-challenged visitors (and one attendant) are admitted free
Official site	http://www.kahaku.go.jp/english/exhibitions/ueno/special/2018/konchu/

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National Museum of Western Art

At the National Museum of Western Art, “Michelangelo and the ideal body” will be held from 19th June (Tue) to 24th September (Monday / holiday) in 2018.

This exhibition compares the art of the ancient and the Renaissance from several viewpoints. Different age bodies, expressions of facial expression, athletes and warriors, gods and heroes. By comparison, we will clarify the features of both periods.

Summary

Exhibition name	Michelangelo and the ideal body
Venue	National Museum of Western Art
A session	Tuesday, June 19, 2018 – September 24 (Mondays / holidays)
closing day	Monday, July 17 (Tuesday) However, July 16 (Monday · Holiday), August 13 (Monday), September 17 (Monday · Holiday), September 24 (Monday · Holiday) will be open
time	9: 30 am – 5: 30 pm (Friday, 9 p.m. on Saturday) ※ Admission until 30 minutes before closing
Admission fee	General: 1600 (1400) yen,College student: 1200 (1000) yen,High school student: 800 (600) yen * In parentheses, group fee of 20 people or more ※ Free for junior high school students and below ※ Persons with physical disabilities and one attendant are free (Please present disabled persons notebook at the time of entry)
URL	http://michelangelo2018.jp/english.html

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Tokyo National Museum

From 3 July (Tuesday) to 2 September (Sunday), 2018, a special exhibition “beat of beauty of 10 thousand years of Jomon” is held at the Tokyo National Museum Heiseikan.

At the special exhibition “Beat of Beauty of Jomon Period 10,000 Years”, the theme of “Beauty of Jomon” is about 200 points raised in various parts of the Japanese archipelago from Jyomon period grass period to late period.

It introduces the magnificent “swell of beauty” over 10,000 years, and sets it down to the thoughts and techniques of people put in that form.

Summary

Exhibition name	Special exhibition “Beat of beauty of 10 thousand years of Jomon”
Society	July 3 (Tuesday) – September 2 (Sun) of 2018 9:30 am – 5 pm (Admission is 30 minutes before closing) ※ Friday · Saturday until 9 pm, Sunday and July 16 (Mondays · congratulation) until 6 pm
closing day	Monday, July 17 (Tuesday) ※ However, July 16 (Monday · Holiday), August 13 (Monday) opening
Venue	Tokyo National Museum Heiseikan
Admission fee	General 1600 yen (1300 yen) College student 1,200 yen (900 yen) High school student 900 yen (600 yen) ※ () is a group rate of 20 or more ※ Free from junior high school students ※ Persons with disabilities and their carers are free (Please show disabled persons etc at entry)
Official site	http://jomon-kodo.jp/

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Ueno Royal Museum

A rare printmaker, also called “visual magician,” Mauritz Cornelis Escher . The strange and mysterious style continues to fascinate the people of the world, such as the fact that there are actually unlikely existing worlds, a world with different gravity exists in one picture.

In the large exhibition “Miracle Escher Exhibition” to commemorate the 120th anniversary of birth, from the collection of the Israel Museum boasting the world’s largest Escher collection, famous “Tromp-Ruille” (cheating painting) works In addition, about 150 treasured collections that are not permanently displayed in the museum will come to Japan.

Summary

Exhibition name	Miracle Escher exhibition of the birth 120 Israel Museum Collection 8 keys to solve the mystery of the fantasy painter
Venue	Ueno Royal Museum Ueno Park 1-2 in Taito-ku, Tokyo
A session	Wednesday, June 6, 2018 – Sunday, July 29 (Sun) ※ Open throughout the exhibition
Opening hours	10: 00 ~ 17: 00 ※ Every Friday until 20:00 ※ Admission until 30 minutes before closing
Price	General: 1,600 yen (1,400 yen), university · high school student: 1,200 yen (1,000 yen), junior high school · elementary school student: 600 yen (500 yen) ※ In parentheses are group fee
URL	http://www.escher.jp/

Tokyo University of the Arts University Art Museum

NHK Taiga Drama Special Exhibition “SEGO DON” will be held at the Tokyo University of the Arts University Art Museum during the period from Saturday, May 26th to July 16th (Monday, congratulation).

Takamori Saigo (1826-77) who raised herself from a samurai samurai of Satsuma (Kagoshima) and accomplished the Meiji Restoration. However, he does not have any portrait photographs, and his life is enveloped in many mysteries. This exhibition, in conjunction with the river drama, highlights the era of “People of Saigo” and the era of turbulence, with historical documents and works of art about Saigo.

Summary

Exhibition name	NHK Taiga Drama Special Exhibition “Saigo Don”
Society	May 26, 2018 – Saturday, July 16 (Mondays / holidays) 10 am – 5 pm (Admission is until 4:30 pm)
closing day	Monday (Open on July 16 (Mondays / holidays))
Venue	Tokyo University of the Arts University Art Museum Main Building Exhibition rooms 1, 2, 3, 4
Admission fee	General 1,500 yen (1,200 yen) High school / university students 1000 yen (700 yen) (Free for junior high school students and below) ※ () is a group rate of 20 or more ※ 1 group leader per 20 group visitors is free ※ Persons who have a handicapped Person (Including 1 Caregiver) are free
URL	https://www.geidai.ac.jp/museum/exhibit/2018/segodon/segodon_en.htm

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Tokyo University of the Arts University Art Museum

At the Tokyo University of the Arts University Art Museum, the period from March 31 (Sat.) to May 6, 2018 (Sunday), 2018, “Genealogy to Maiko no Mai” by Tozai beauty paintings will be held.

A Japanese painter, Uemura Matsuen who established her own beauty painting style and received the first medal of culture as a woman. “Maiko no Mai” (important cultural property), a masterpiece of Shozoen and the best masterpiece of modern beauty paintings, will be made public for the first time in this exhibition after repairing.

Please dress like a new, more beautiful “Maiko no Mai”.

Outline of the exhibition

Exhibition name	Genealogy to masterpiece of East-West beauty painting “Maiko no Mai”
Hosting	Tokyo University of the Arts, Yomiuri Shimbun
Society	Saturday, March 31, 2018 – Sunday May 6, 2010 Closed every Monday (except April 30, May 1 is open)
place	Tokyo University of the Arts University Art Museum Ueno Park 12-8 Taito-ku, Tokyo, 110-8714
Official site	http://bijinga2018.jp
Opening hours	10 am – 5 pm Admission until 30 minutes before closing
Admission fee	General 1400 yen / high school / university students 900 yen (Advance, group 100 yen discount) ※ Free from junior high school students ※ Group tickets are 20 people or more (One guardians per 20 group visitors are free) ※ One who has a handicapped Person and one carer is free

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National Museum of Western Art

From Saturday, February 24th to Sunday May 27th, 2018, the National Museum of Western Art will hold “Prado Museum Exhibition Velázquez and Glory of Painting”.

Prado art museum which is regarded as one of the world’s most beautiful “Hall of Fame”. This exhibition will display 70 treasured treasures of the Prado Art Museum, centered on 7 works by Diego Velázquez, one of the greatest painter in the history of Western art.

You can recreate the international art scene of the 17th century Spain and enjoy the collection of a wide range of Prado museums.

Summary

Exhibition name	Commemoration of 150th anniversary of establishment of Spain diplomatic relations in Japan Prado Museum exhibition Velázquez and the glory of paintings
A session	Saturday, February 24, 2018 – May 27 (Sun)
VenueNational Museum of Western Art Ueno Park 7-7, Taito-ku, Tokyo
closing day	Monday ※ Open on March 26 (Monday), April 30 (Monday)
Opening hours	9:30 am – 5:30 pm (Friday, Saturday until 8 PM) ※ Admission until 30 minutes before closing
Viewing Fee	General 1,600 yen (1,400 yen), college students 1,200 yen (1,000 yen), high school students 800 yen (600 yen) ※ Group fee in parenthesis. Group rates are 20 people or more. ※ Junior high school students and below are free.
URL	https://artexhibition.jp/prado2018/outline-en/
Traveling exhibition	Wednesday, June 13, 2018 to October 14 (Sun) Hyogo Prefectural Art Museum

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