Exhibitions in Tokyo
September 2027
September at a glance: 0 exhibitions opening, 5 closing, and 0 more on view across the city.
Closing in September
- Kyoto Life: Living with Arts in Seasonal Delight from MoMAK Collection12 Sept 2027
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.
Fujishima Takeji: Trajectory of Creation20 Sept 2027Artizon 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.
Ei Arakawa-Nash: Grass Babies, Moon Babies (Venice Biennale Japan Pavilion homecoming)20 Sept 2027Artizon 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.
New Rules of Play: Art, Children, and Society23 Sept 2027Mori 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.
- Do Ho Suh26 Sept 2027
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.
Image credits
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- Fujishima Takeji: Trajectory of CreationFujishima Takeji, Toyo-buri, 1924. Ishibashi Foundation, ARTIZON Museum
- Ei Arakawa-Nash: Grass Babies, Moon Babies (Venice Biennale Japan Pavilion homecoming)Ei Arakawa-Nash, Grass Babies, Moon Babies, 2026. Photo: Uli Holz
- New Rules of Play: Art, Children, and SocietyCourtesy of Mori Art Museum
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