"Crash of Paeton" Paeter · Paul · Rubens 1604/05 Oil on canvas / Canvas Washington, National Gallery Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington At the National Museum of Western Art, "Rubens Exhibition – The Birth of Baroque" will be held from October 16 (Tue) 2018 to January 20 (Sun) 2019. We introduce the exhibition composition and attractions of this exhibition. About Rubens The name of Peter, Paul Rubens (1577-1640) is known in Japan by the cartoon "Dog of Flanders." It is the creator of the altarpiece of the Virgin Cathedral, which the hero's Nero Boy keeps seeing at first sight, in the final round he can be sold with his…
【National Science Museum】 Exhibition “Exhibition” Okinawa’s Paleolithic Age is Hot! “Exhibition Report
At the National Science Museum, the exhibition "The Paleolithic Age of Okinawa is Hot!" Is being held from April 20 (Fri) to June 17 (Sun) in 2018. Since the press exhibition was held on April 19, I will tell you how it is. Paleolithic age, the oldest and longest in Japan's human history, the most enigmatic wrapping. At that time, how did people living in the Japanese archipelago live, and what were they feeling? Most of the Old Stone Age human bones that convey their pre-life appearance have been found in Okinawa, but tools such as stoneware have not been found and their lives have been enveloped for a long…
【Tokyo National Museum Heiseikan】 Special exhibition “Birth of masterpieces – Japanese art leading to connections” report
Ms. Danmitsu (talent) who served as a voice guide navigator for this exhibition. From April 13 th (Fri) to May 27 th (Sun) of 2018, a special exhibition "Japanese art linking masterpieces -" will be held at the Tokyo National Museum Heiseikan. A press coverage was held on April 12th, so I will tell you the situation. "Masterpieces" that shine brilliantly in the history of Japanese art. However, not only the phenomenal talent of so-called "genius painters" are those that produce masterpieces. A special exhibition "Birth of masterpieces – Connecting arts in Japan" is an attempt to clarify "ties" that brought masterpieces and the story of their birth, paying attention…
Actor Mr. Yutaka Mizutani appeared! 【Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum】 “Pushkin Museum of Art Exhibition – Traveling French Landscape Picture” Exhibition Report
"Pushkin Art Museum exhibition – French landscape painting to travel" will be held at the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum from April 14, 2018 (Sat) to July 8, 2018 (Sunday). Prior to the opening of the press, the press exhibition was held on April 13th, so I will tell you the pattern. National Museum of Fine Arts, Pushkin Museum of Art, bearing the name of Bunraku Aleksandr Pushkin. The National Museum of Art in central Moscow, opened in 1912, houses movies, prints and sculptures from ancient Egypt to modern times, especially the Impressionist French modern painting collection is said to be one of the best in the world. In "Pushkin Museum…
【National Museum of Western Art】 “Rubens Exhibition – Birth of Baroque” Press Conference Report
A press conference was held on March 29th, "Rubens exhibition – the birth of Baroque" to be held at the National Museum of Western Art from October 16 (Tue) 2018 to January 20 (Sunday) 2019. I will report the situation this time. One of the painters representing the 17th century, Rubens (1577-1640). His work at the Spanish Netherlands (presently around Belgium) is a sample of the baroque art that had dominated Europe at that time due to its rich colors and a composition full of movement. Rubens, born in a venerable name family, who was also useful as a diplomat from its advanced education, on the other hand has a…
【Tokyo University of the Arts, University Art Museum】 “Masterpiece of East-West beauty painting” Exhibition report
Uemura Matsuen "Maiko no Mai" (important cultural property) Showa 11 (1936) Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music Collection "East and West beautiful masterpieces" are held at the Tokyo University of the Arts University Art Museum from Saturday, March 31, 2010 to Sunday May 6, 2018. A press coverage was held on March 30, so I will tell you the state of the exhibition. Uemura Matsuen , a female painter who established his own style in beautiful painting while learning from Suzuki Matsuyoshi and Takeuchi Seupori in Kyoto. The work which is regarded as the highest masterpiece of that shochu is a "maiko no dai" which motifs the Noh…
【Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum】 “BENTO Gento Exhibition – Eating / Collecting / Connecting Design” Press Conference Report
A press coverage of 'BENTO PARTY EXHIBITION – Eating / Gathering / Connecting Design' to be held at the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum from Saturday, July 21, 2018 to October 8 (Monday, congratulation), will be held on March 23 It was done. I will report the situation this time. From lunch box lunches to lunch for daily, lunch boxes deeply rooted in our lives. There is a connection between the person making it and the person who eats, and there is connection with people who eat it together. In this exhibition, "space ladder" will be grasped from the viewpoint of communication and design, and a space will be created that…
【National Science Museum】 Special exhibition “Human body – Challenge to mystery -” Exhibition report
At the National Science Museum, a special exhibition "Human body – Challenge to mystery -" is held from March 13 (Tuesday) to Sunday, June 17, 2018 (Sun). Since the exhibition was held on March 12, I will report on that situation. Our body is full of mystery. Why can we live and move? Human beings have challenged this mystery since the Renaissance era. In this exhibition, we look back on the achievements of pioneers such as Leonardo da Vinci and comment on the structure and function of the human body. In addition, the facts revealed by the latest technology will be introduced. How did mankind challenge "human body"? · Leonardo…
[National Museum of Western Art] “Prado Museum Exhibition Velázquez and Glory of Painting” Exhibition Report
The "Prado Museum Exhibition Velázquez and Glory of Painting" is held at the National Museum of Western Art, from Saturday, February 24th to Sunday May 27th, 2018. Since the exhibition was held on February 23, I will tell you the situation. The Prado Museum in Madrid is the world's most beautiful hall of fame, opened in 1819 with the Spanish royal collections as its core. In this exhibition, about 70 works including 61 works including masterpieces of 17th century paintings are on exhibition, centering on seven works of Diego Velázquez (1599-1660), one of the greatest painter in the history of Western art. Spain in the 17th century produced large painters…
【Tokyo National Museum】 Special Exhibition “Beat of Beauty of Jomon Period 10,000 Years” Press Conference Report
A press conference on the special exhibition "Beauty Beauty of 10 thousand Years of Jomon" will be held at the Tokyo National Museum from 3 July (Tue) 2018 to 2 September 2018 (Sunday), February 21 It was done to. I will report the situation this time. It is about 13,000 years ago to go back to the present. The long-lasting glacial period has ended, the mountain streams have been set up in the Japanese archipelago, which has changed into a temperate and humid climate, a landscape like the current Japanese archipelago was born. People of those days used the natural environment to live by hunting, gathering and fishing, and produced…