Exhibitions in Osaka
March 2027
March at a glance: 2 exhibitions opening, 5 closing, and 2 more on view across the city.
Opening in March
- The Ever-Evolving "Universal Museum": Before Sight, There Was Touch18 Mar 2027
National Museum of Ethnology (Minpaku)
Special exhibition marking the 50th anniversary of the museum's opening, built around touch as a way of experiencing objects.
Eric Carle: The Beginning of The Very Hungry Caterpillar20 Mar 2027Abeno Harukas Art Museum
About 180 works by Eric Carle, with original art from 27 books, marking 50 years of the Japanese Very Hungry Caterpillar.
Closing in March
Lucie Rie: Elegant Ceramics Bridging East and West7 Mar 2027Abeno Harukas Art Museum
The career of Vienna-born London potter Lucie Rie, shown with Leach, Coper and Hamada and her ties to Eastern ceramics.
Stratified Languages: Images from Contact Zones14 Mar 2027National Museum of Art, Osaka
Works from the museum's collection on images and words where languages and cultures meet, focused on Asian borderlands shaped by colonial rule and war.
Toward the 50th Anniversary Collection 2: Contemporary Art as History22 Mar 2027National Museum of Art, Osaka
Collection show revisiting Pop Art, Minimalism and Conceptualism of the 1960s and the social conditions behind them, ahead of the museum's 2027 anniversary.
Creative Women in Japan: Paving the Way for 100 Years22 Mar 2027Nakanoshima Museum of Art, Osaka
About 50 women artists trace a century of making in Japan, and how education, materials and lifestyles changed.
- Kobayashi Ichizo's Love of Art: Literary and Artistic Works in His Books28 Mar 2027
Itsuo Art Museum
Marks 70 years since the death of Hankyu founder Kobayashi Ichizo, with literary and art works that appear in his writings.
Also on through March
Maruyama Okyo: A Spatial Revolution Beyond the Realto 4 Apr 2027Osaka City Museum of Fine Arts
Special exhibition on the Edo painter Maruyama Okyo, with a first half from 6 February to 7 March and a second from 9 March to 4 April 2027.
Vietnam and Ceramics of the Sea: Maritime Trade Seen in Blue-Patterned Porcelainto 11 Apr 2027Osaka City Museum of Fine Arts
Feature display on Vietnamese blue-and-white ceramics and maritime trade, with late openings until 19:00 on selected Fridays and Saturdays.
Opening in April 2027
Opening in May 2027
Image credits
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- Eric Carle: The Beginning of The Very Hungry CaterpillarCollection of the Eric and Barbara Carle Foundation. © 1969, 1987 Penguin Random House LLC.
- Lucie Rie: Elegant Ceramics Bridging East and WestPhoto: Rui Shinano
- Stratified Languages: Images from Contact ZonesCourtesy of National Museum of Art, Osaka
- Toward the 50th Anniversary Collection 2: Contemporary Art as HistoryCourtesy of National Museum of Art, Osaka
- Creative Women in Japan: Paving the Way for 100 YearsCourtesy of Nakanoshima Museum of Art, Osaka
- Maruyama Okyo: A Spatial Revolution Beyond the RealCourtesy of Osaka City Museum of Fine Arts
- Vietnam and Ceramics of the Sea: Maritime Trade Seen in Blue-Patterned PorcelainCourtesy of Osaka City Museum of Fine Arts
- Revival! The Muto Sanji Collection: The Spinning King Who Discovered National TreasuresCourtesy of Osaka City Museum of Fine Arts
- HOKUSAI: When Hokusai Was "Hokusai"Private collection
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