Art Outings: Current Tokyo Exhibitions and Related Pleasures

By Lucy Birmingham Fujii

Maintained by Japan Association for Cultural Exchange (ACE Japan)

[Updated: Dec. 16, 2005]

List of Current Exhibitions in the Tokyo Metropolitan Area (Nov. 2005 - Feb. 2006)
  1. Three Centuries of Masterpieces from the Mitsui Collection   New Review!
    Mitsui Memorial Museum
    2005.10.8 (Sat.)－12.25 (Sun.), 2005
    Closed: Mondays
    Hours: 10:00-17:00
    Access: Mitsui Main Building 7th Floor, Mitsukoshi-mae Station, Tokyo Metro Ginza or Hanzomon Line
    http://www.mitsui-museum.jp/

  2. Olafur Eliasson: Your Light Shadow
    Hara Museum of Contemporary Art
    2005.11.17 (Thu.)－2006.2.5 (Sun.)
    Closed: Mondays (except 1.9), 1.10, and year-end holidays 12.25-1.4
    Hours: 11:00-17:00 (Wednesdays: 11:00-20:00)
    Access: 15 minutes walk from JR Shinagawa Station
    http://www.haramuseum.or.jp/

  3. Festive Pageant for Poets: 1100th Anniversary Festival of Kokin Waka-shu
    Idemitsu Museum of Arts
    2006.1.7 (Sat.) - 2.12 (Sun.)
    Closed: Mondays (except 1.9)
    Hours: 10:00-17:00 (Fridays: 10:00-19:00)
    Access: JR Yurakusho Station, Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Station
    http://www.idemitsu.co.jp/museum/

  4. Suda Kunitaro Exhibition
    National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
    2006.1.13 (Fri.) - 3.5 (Sun.)
    Closed: Mondays
    Hours: 10:00-17:00 (Fridays: 10:00-20:00)
    Access: Tokyo Metro Takebashi Station, Tozai-Line
    http://www.momat.go.jp/

  5. Conversation With Art, On Art
    -Bauhaus to Contemporary Art from the Daimlerchrysler Art Collection-
    Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery
    2006.1.14 (Sat.) - 3.26 (Sun.)
    Closed: Mondays (except 2.20) and 2.12
    Hours: 11:00-19:00 (Fridays & Saturdays: 11:00-20:00)
    Access: Hatsudai Station, Keio-New Line
    http://www.operacity.jp/ag/
Backnumbers: Apr.-Jul. 2005; Jul.-Sep. 2005; Sep.-Nov. 2005
About "Art Outings"
Frustrated by the gorgeous art exhibit posters you can't read? Art Outings deciphers the what, when and where of Tokyo's current exhibitions. In addition it offers a frank opinion of the show, provides simple directions to the museum or gallery and highlights interesting nearby destinations.

About the writer
Lucy Birmingham Fujii has been a resident of Japan for 25-years who hails from the U.S. near Boston, Massachusetts. After arriving in Japan she worked as a photojournalist for about 10 years and then turned to writing. She is presently a contributing writer for NHK Japan Broadcasting Corporation and a freelance writer and photographer for art publications.

Note from the editor
Ms. Lucy Birmingham Fujii replaced Ms. Lois Lydens, who had been our writer from November 2002 to March 2005.


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