Exhibitions in Tokyo

National Museum of Western Art

Prints and other works by Henri Matisse, drawn mainly from the Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation collection, shown in the Special Exhibition Wing.

The National Art Center, Tokyo

The history of the diva from the 19th century to today, introducing about 100 singers and performers from opera, stage, film and popular music. Organized with the V&A and Sony Music Entertainment.

Suntory Museum of Art

Second Roppongi 20th-anniversary show, on Shiba Kōkan (1747/48-1818), the Edo artist who made Japan's first etched copperplate prints and took up Western painting methods. Title provisional.

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.

National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo

Exhibition of contemporary artist Yamaguchi Akira, organized with the Mainichi Newspapers.

Mitsubishi Ichigokan Museum, Tokyo

Works from the Kyoto National Museum of Modern Art, shown in Tokyo for the first time, tracing the 24 solar terms through nature, festivals and everyday life.

Artizon Museum

The career of Western-style painter Fujishima Takeji (1867-1943), from Meiji Romanticism to his European years, with profile portraits of women, sunrise motifs and newly donated sketches.

Artizon Museum

The Japan Pavilion work from the 61st Venice Biennale, rebuilt in Tokyo: visitors carry a doll weighing about as much as a four-month-old baby through the galleries.

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.

Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo

Do Ho Suh's largest exhibition in Japan, with translucent fabric installations, sculptures, works on paper and video. Organized with The Asahi Shimbun.