Hiroshima Museum of Art

Image:Odilon Redon, Anemones in a Black Vase, c.1905, pastel on paper, The Museum of Fine Arts, Gifu

11 January - 23 March, 2025
Open every day during the exhibition period
9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

19th century was the time when the social situation changed greatly, and the technology developed rapidly. These trends affected to the Art of the same time. Odilon Redin(1840-1916) also established his own Art, and challenged to use new artistic materials and techniques. This exhibition shows Odilon Redin’s Art with his masterpieces of pastels, charcoal drawings, paintings and printings mainly from the collection of The Museum of Fine Arts, Gifu.

Image：Kuniyoshi Utagawa, Cats Enjoying the Evening Cool, S. WATANABE Color Print Co.

26 April - 22 June, 2025
Open every day during the exhibition period
9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

In Japan, cats started to appear in various paintings and ukiyo-e woodblock prints during the Edo period (1603-1868) when they became popular as pets among the common people. Present exhibition through the cat-themed works of ukiyo-e woodblock prints by cat lover Kuniyoshi Utagawa and others focuses on the history and habitual feline behavior, as well as the relationship between cats and humans, trying to show that cats are not just “cute” but to explore the profundity of the society that has cats in it. The exhibition introduces the charms of cats with a lot of cat love, including cat common things that cat lovers will find irresistible.

image：「IMAGINARIUM」（2022）🄫junaida

5 July - 31 August, 2025
Open every day during the exhibition period
9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

The painter junaida (b. 1978) has attracted a great deal of attention in recent years for picture books such as Michi, “…no..”, MONSTARIUM(all published by Fukuinkan Shoten Publishers, Inc.). The artist’s meticulously detailed figures and backgrounds are part of a mysterious realm with European overtones. The books are highly acclaimed for their wondrous worldviews in which light and darkness dwell together among brilliant colors. Here, junaida, who continuously embarks on new adventures, presents his first major solo exhibition, which is also scheduled to travel. Enjoy immersing yourself in this imaginary world as you encounter more than 400 works.

image：Rey Camoy, Church, 1976, oil on canvas, Kasama Nichido Museum of Art

13 September - 3 November, 2025
Open every day during the exhibition period
9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Rey Camoy (1928-85) is one of Japanese Western-style painters and known as a unique painter in Japan after World War II. He painted many Self-Portraits, and also painted many Portraits of a drunken man, an old man and a young lady by his original dark colors and techniques. But in fact, the most important thing which he would like to express was not the shapes or the appearances, but the hearts and the inners. This exhibition shows the inner meanings in Camoy’s art with some sections by separating his theme, Self-Portrait, A Drunken Man, Woman and Church, the Illustration of the Book.

image：Henri FANTIN-LATOUR, Still Life (Flowers, Fruits, Wineglass, and Tea Cup), 1865, Oil on canvas, Artizon Museum, Ishibashi Foundation

13 December, 2025 – 22 March, 2026
Closed: 29 December - 2 January
9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

There are many kinds of meanings and using of white in paintings. At first glance, white in paintings shows us the only white color, but at closer look, it looks us various materials and gives us many different impressions. Often overlooked compared to other colors, White is the most important color as motifs like the snow, the clouds, the dishes, clothes, or as Artists’ supplies. So from the ancient times, many artists around the word have tried to express “White” by their own way and sensitivity. This exhibition focuses the secret of that various expressions of white in paintings, showing Western paintings, Japanese Western-style paintings, Japanese-style paintings, Western Prints, Japanese Prints (Ukiyo-e).

Image:Aino Aalto, Bolgeblick series, 1932, Karhula/ iittala, Scope Collection photo courtesy of Sekaibunka Publishing Inc.

6 April - 2 June, 2024
Open every day during the exhibition period

Finland known as the richness of nature is also famous for the product design. Those products have very unique colors and forms inspired by the nature of Finland in addition to the function. This exhibition shows furniture, earthenware, glassware and fabric e.t.c. which was designed by Alvar Aalto, Aino Aalto, Kaj Franck, Oiva Toikka, Fujiwo Ishimoto and other designers raised in Finland.

Image:NAKATANI Chiyoko, The Lion with the Bird's Nest, P18-19, 1960, Miyagi Museum of Art

6 July - 18 August, 2024
Open every day during the exhibition period

The collection of the original illustrations from Miyagi Museum of Art consists of works especially from early series of the monthly children’s book "Kodomo no tomo". These original illustrations were created by the artists in a wide range of fields, including Western-style painting, Japanese-style painting, manga, commercial design, and so on. So the selection of materials and techniques, as well as the use of various unique spaces in the screen, shows senses of freshness. This exhibition explores "secrets" of the expression from the senses in the children’s book, focusing on the traces of the artist's hands, painting materials and textures.

Image:HISHIDA Shunso, Firmiana and Bird, CP Kasei Co., Ltd.

31 August - 14 October, 2024
Open every day during the exhibition period

Paintings in modern Japanese-style (as it is called “Nihon-ga”) were developed in response to the widespread influence of Western paintings in the late 19th century. This exhibition shows some masterpieces of this genre, including paintings by YOKOYAMA Taikan, HISHIDA Shunso, and SUGIYAMA Yasushi who were active from the Meiji to the Showa period. These works are primarily from a private collection (CP Kasei Inc.) in Japan.

Image:IKEDA Manabu, Rebirth, 2013-2016, Collection of Saga Prefectural Art Museum, Digital Archive: TOPPAN PRINTING CO., LTD.　©IKEDA Manabu, Courtesy of Mizuma Art Gallery, Tokyo / Singapore

2 November - 22 December, 2024
Open every day during the exhibition period

The "Heisei" era (1989-2019) came to an end in 2019. Heisei emerged as the successor to the turbulent "Showa" era, which advanced technology as Japanese society internationalized and gave birth to a variety of uniquely Japanese cultures. This exhibition introduces Japanese contemporary art born during the "Heisei" era and will continue into the future of “Reiwa” era and beyond. The title "ZIPANGU" reflects our hope to convey the appeal of Japanese contemporary art to the world and to rediscover its charm in Japan as well.