Tokyo is the art capital of the World in terms of people actually attending art shows, so what is on offer for Tokyo's army of art lovers this May? Tokyo-Met offers its picks.
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As the World becomes increasingly interconnected, individuals become increasingly disconnected, something the recent Covid pandemic kind of emphasised. This is the daring theme of this show open at the National Art Centre Tokyo until June 3rd. A number 0f contemporary artists from Japan and elsewhere, many of them working in the easily connected medium of video, will tackle this ponderous theme. PRICE: ¥1,500. Read more here.
Will appeal to people who like walking round in big empty darkened rooms.
MOUNTAINS AND SEAS OF JAPAN
Right now there seem to be a spate of thematic exhibitions in Tokyo. This is a good way to bundle up a lot of different artists. The Matsuoka Museum makes the connection even tighter by presenting a selection of Japanese landscapes in the context of art critic Shigeaki Shiga's theories. One of two exhibitions at the museum, the other one being on ceramics. Also several works on permanent display. PRICE: ¥1,200. Read more here.
Misao Yokoyama's "Akatsuki Fuji"
HENRY MATISSE: FORMS IN FREEDOM
I wasn't going to recommend this show at first because it focuses on Matisse's "cut outs," the art he made towards the end of his life when he could no longer hold a brush. But after seeing the show, I was impressed by how vivid and well-designed the whole spectacle is, and how well Matisse's colours and shapes work in the big galleries of the National Art Centre Tokyo. PRICE: ¥2,200. Read more here.
WESTERN WINDS FROM THE KIKUAN COLLECTION
Some of this may actually be bad art, but it is certainly interesting art, focusing on the way that Western artistic influences percolated into Japan in the Edo period. Itabashi Museum of Art. PRICE: ¥2,200. Read more here.
"Western Women Figure" (1816) by Takenaoko
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