Michelangelo · Buonarroti «David-Apollo» around 1530 Florence, the National Art Museum of Bargello "Michelangelo and the ideal body" will be held at the National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo from Tuesday 19th June (Tue) to September 24th (Monday · holiday), 2018. Since the exhibition was held on June 18, I will tell you the situation. That talent was honored as "a god 's place", Michelangelo · Buonarroti (1475 – 1564) greatly named in each field such as architecture, painting, poetry. He named himself a "sculptor" and was particularly interested in sculpture among the arts that he had done. The Italian Renaissance art was based on the ancient Greek-Roman art, but…
【Ueno Royal Museum】 “Miracle Escher Exhibition” Exhibition Report
From left: Mr. Ronit Solec (curator of the Israeli museum's prints and drawing department curator), Mr. Sivan Elan Revian (Israel Museum Traveling Exhibition Director), Mr. Hiroshi Kumazawa (Associate Professor, Museum of Art, Tokyo University of the Arts) "Miracle Escher Exhibition" will be held at the Ueno Royal Museum from 6 June (Wednesday), July 29 (Sun), 2018. This time I will tell you the state of the press preview held the other day. A rare printmaker, also called "visual magician," Mauritz Cornelis Escher . The strange and mysterious style continues to fascinate the people of the world, such as the fact that there are actually unlikely existing worlds, a world with…
【Tokyo University of the Arts, College Art Museum】 NHK Taiga Drama Special Exhibition “Saigo Dori” Exhibition Report
Eita who plays Okubo Toshimichi in the big drama "Saigo Don" that appeared in the photo session NHK Taiga Drama Special Exhibition "Saigo Don" is held at the Tokyo University of the Arts University Art Museum during the period from Saturday, May 26th to July 16th (Monday, congratulation). We interviewed the exhibition held on May 25, so we will introduce the contents of this exhibition. Takamori Saigo (1827-77) who raised herself from lower samurai of Satsuma (Kagoshima) and accomplished the Meiji Restoration. However, he does not have any portrait photographs, and his life is enveloped in many mysteries. This exhibition, in conjunction with the river drama, highlights the era of…
Events that you can enjoy “Saigoju” in the Edo period, held at a Japanese sake specialty store
In the sake specialty shop "KURAND SAKE MARKET", we hold an event that you can enjoy sake "Mizunichu" of the Edo period from Friday 25th (Fri) to 31st (Thur) in 2018. "KURAND SAKE MARKET" is a Japanese sake specialty shop where you can drink and compare over 100 kinds of Japanese sake brewed in unlimited time. "Beautiful juice" is a sake widely enjoyed by commoners in the Edo period. The manufacturing method is almost the same as the current mirin and it is made from rice, rice koji, shochu as a raw material. It is described in past literature that it was "stylish" liquor that everyone can enjoy even women…
[National Museum of Western Art] “Michelangelo and the ideal body” Introduction of highlights
"Young Baptist John" Michelangelo · Buonarroti 1495-1496 Ubeda, Basilica of El Salvador / Jaen (Spain), Dakunderi Foundation of the Medinaceli Collection Height 130 cm Marble Úbeda, Capilla del Salvador; Jaén (Spain), Fundacion Casa Ducal de Medinaceli / Su concessione del Ministero per i Benière Attività Cultural e del Turismo – Opificio delle Pietre Dure di Firenze At the National Museum of Western Art, "Michelangelo and the ideal body" will be held from 19th June (Tue) to 24th September (Monday / holiday) in 2018. For Japanese people, Renaissance is one of the popular themes of exhibitions, but often the work focusing on women is the main theme. However, it was male…
【Tokyo National Museum】 Special Exhibition “Kyoto Great Benefit Temple Kikei · Setongake Only” Report of the press conference
Recently, a press release was held on October 2 (Tuesday) 2018 to December 9 (Sun) at the Tokyo National Museum Heiseikan at a special exhibition " Kyoto Great Benefit Temple Chi Kei – Keikei Only " I was told. I will report the situation this time. Temple temple of the Shingon sect Budokanji temple which Kaoru Kaori opened in 1220 in the Kamakura period. It is popular among ordinary people from the common people in the name of " Senbon Shakado " because it is believed that the Buddha Honjin "Buddha Buddha Seated Sacredge" has been believed from ancient times and Senbon street which crosses Kyoto north and south in…
【National Museum of Western Art】 “Rubens Exhibition – Birth of Baroque”, Introduction of Highlights
"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…