Exhibitions in Tokyo

August 2027

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

Poster for Raoul Dufy: Dans Tous Ses États

Yamaguchi Akira, A Tale of Tokyo (2023), courtesy Mizuma Art Gallery

New Rules of Play: Art, Children, and Society exhibition artwork

Closing in August

Raoul Dufy: Dans Tous Ses États22 Aug
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.
Yamaguchi Akira: Vision, Society, and the Object29 Aug
National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
Exhibition of contemporary artist Yamaguchi Akira, organized with the Mainichi Newspapers.

Also on through August

New Rules of Play: Art, Children, and Societyto 23 Sept
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.

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