Exhibitions in Tokyo
June 2026
June 2026 at a glance: 7 exhibitions opened, 0 closed, and 5 more were on view across the city.
Opened in June
Picasso, through the Eyes of Paul Smith10 JunThe National Art Center, Tokyo
British designer Paul Smith art-directs a colourful, free-spirited hang of roughly 80 Picasso works from the Musée National Picasso-Paris.
- Artists Gathering at Cafés: From Manet, Van Gogh, and Toulouse-Lautrec to Picasso13 Jun
Mitsubishi Ichigokan Museum, Tokyo
Traces how late-19th-century Parisian cafés like the Chat Noir fostered modern art, with roughly 130 works by Manet, Van Gogh, Toulouse-Lautrec, Casas and Picasso.
Idemitsu Mako: What a Woman Made18 JunTokyo Photographic Art Museum
Retrospective of pioneering experimental filmmaker and video artist Idemitsu Mako (b. 1940), examining women's lived experience, family and media through the museum's holdings of her work.
- Takiguchi Shuzo: Writing and Drawing23 Jun
Artizon Museum
Over 140 works trace poet and art critic Takiguchi Shuzo's move from writing to visual art, pairing his experimental drawings with pieces by Klee, Duchamp and Miro.
Ettore Sottsass: Design begins where magic begins23 JunArtizon Museum
Japan's first major retrospective of Italian design master Ettore Sottsass, with over 100 works from the 1950s to his final years, in the museum's first-ever design exhibition.
Myth, Allegory, and Celebration: Print Works and the Courts of Italy from the Renaissance to the Baroque30 JunNational Museum of Western Art
About 50 prints trace mythological and allegorical imagery and courtly celebration culture in Italy from the Renaissance to the Baroque.
- "Shōwa 100th": How Conservation and Restoration Evolved at the NMWA during the Shōwa Period — Van Gogh's Roses and Renoir's Woman with a Hat30 Jun
National Museum of Western Art
Marking Japan's Shōwa centennial, this display traces conservation and restoration work at the NMWA from its 1959 founding through 1989.
Was on view in June
- MAM Collection 022: Timoteus Anggawan Kusnoto 23 Sept
Mori Art Museum
Rotating collection showcase featuring Indonesian-Dutch artist Timoteus Anggawan Kusno, whose mixed-media work examines colonialism and historical memory, including Dismantling Nostalgia (2024).
- MAM Screen 023: Josh Klineto 23 Sept
Mori Art Museum
Japan premiere of two Josh Kline video works using everyday acts of combustion — gasoline and cigarettes — to trace climate change back to industrialization and empire.
- MAM Research 012: Diasporic Memories – Korean Artists Living Beyond Bordersto 23 Sept
Mori Art Museum
Works by three artists of Korean heritage living abroad — Quac Insik, Song Hyun-Sook and Alexander Ugay — exploring migration, identity and personal versus national memory.
Ron Mueckto 23 SeptMori Art Museum
Hyperrealistic figurative sculptures by Australian artist Ron Mueck, exploring vulnerability and scale, curated with Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain; six works make their Japan debut.
- The Studio of Yuriko Yamawaki: Treasure from an Artist's Clutterto 31 May
Ghibli Museum, Mitaka
Recreation of illustrator Yuriko Yamawaki's studio, exploring her picture-book collaborations with Rieko Nakagawa and her influence on Hayao Miyazaki.
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