April 2027
April at a glance: 2 exhibitions opening, 2 closing, and 3 more on view across the city.

Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum
Retrospective marking Raoul Dufy's 150th birth anniversary, spanning painting, textile design and ceramics, with a scale replica of his mural La Fée Électricité.

Mori Art Museum
Contemporary artworks from the 1950s to today exploring play as a catalyst for imagination and social change, positioning children as active collaborators rather than passive viewers.

Tokyo National Museum
A 40th-anniversary showcase in the Hyokeikan tracing the FINAL FANTASY series through art and music, staged alongside the museum's historical Japanese collection.

Tokyo Station Gallery
First retrospective in 40 years of dyeing and weaving artist Yamaga Seika (1885-1981), inventor of "hand-woven brocade," spanning traditional motifs to unconventional subjects like rockets.

National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
Retrospective of Nihonga painter Hayami Gyoshu, organized with the Mainichi Newspapers and Nikkei; title still provisional per the museum's own listing.
21_21 DESIGN SIGHT
An exhibition treating the gallery as "one large clock," scattering time-related devices and design objects to examine how time structures daily life. Directed by graphic designer Tomohiro Okazaki.
Ghibli Museum, Mitaka
Recreation of illustrator Yuriko Yamawaki's studio, exploring her picture-book collaborations with Rieko Nakagawa and her influence on Hayao Miyazaki.
A short note now and then when something new opens worth your time.