Exhibitions in Kyoto

May 2027

May at a glance: 1 exhibition opening, 2 closing, and 1 more on view across the city.

Key visual for the Gilbert & George exhibition

Raphaël Zarka, Paving Space Regular Score W8M1, 2016, installation view

Announcement image for the Yamaguchi Itaro Tale of Genji brocade scroll exhibition at the Hosomi Museum

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

Opening in May

GILBERT & GEORGE ART EXHIBITION26 May
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.

Closing in May

The Thinking Sculptors — Raphaël Zarka and Horiuti Masakazu: A Dialogue on Geometry and Modernity (Tentative Title)5 May
Kyoto City KYOCERA Museum of Art
Paris sculptor Raphaël Zarka meets Japanese abstract pioneer Horiuti Masakazu: works, sketches, maquettes and a new Zarka series inspired by Horiuti.
The Beauty of Silk, the Art of Weaving: Yamaguchi Itaro and the Tale of Genji Brocade Scrolls (provisional title)9 May
Hosomi Museum
Nishijin weaver Yamaguchi Itaro's woven picture scrolls of The Tale of Genji, a decades-long feat of silk brocade.

Also on through May

The Great Kano School: Master Painters of Japanto 19 Jul
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).

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