Exhibitions in Kyoto

July 2027

July at a glance: 0 exhibitions opening, 2 closing, and 1 more on view across the city.

Poster for Takehisa Yumeji: All You Need to Know, showing a Yumeji painting of a woman in a red kimono holding cards

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Scenes In and Around the Capital (left screen) by Kano Eitoku, National Treasure, Yonezawa City Uesugi Museum

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Key visual for the Gilbert & George exhibition

Closing in July

Takehisa Yumeji: All You Need to Know11 Jul 2027
Saga Arashiyama Museum of Arts & Culture
An introduction to the Taishō-era painter and designer: Yumeji-style beauties, six of his rare oil paintings, book covers and chiyogami, plus his Twelve Views of Nagasaki and Ten Themes of Woman watercolour series.
The Great Kano School: Master Painters of Japan19 Jul 2027
Kyoto National Museum
130th-anniversary retrospective of Japan's dominant painting dynasty. Part I Muromachi-Momoyama (20 Apr-30 May), Part II Edo-Meiji (8 Jun-19 Jul 2027).

Also on through July

GILBERT & GEORGE ART EXHIBITIONto 29 Aug 2027
Kyoto City KYOCERA Museum of Art
Gilbert & George's first major Japan show in 30 years: from The Singing Sculpture (1969) to vast picture groups on religion, sex and city life.

Image credits

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Takehisa Yumeji: All You Need to KnowCourtesy of Saga Arashiyama Museum of Arts & Culture
The Great Kano School: Master Painters of JapanCourtesy of Kyoto National Museum
GILBERT & GEORGE ART EXHIBITIONPhoto: Tom Oldham

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