ongoing exhibitions & drama
A list of ongoing exhibitions and shows in Tokyo
(one-off / short-term events are found in our events calendar)
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(arranged by closing date)
until 11/30 - "A History of Japanese Picture Books―From picture scrolls to contemporary picture books", International Library of Children's Literature
until 12/03 - The Golden Age of Botanical Art – Flowers from the Collections of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Intermediatheque
until 12/3 - Japan’s Social & Economic Landscape: 19th-Century Woodblock Prints, Bank of Japan Currency Museum
until 12/3 - Marc Chagall: The Third Dimension (Tokyo Station Gallery)
until 12/3 - 東京大学駒場博物館所蔵第一高等学校絵画資料修復記念―知られざる明治期日本画と「一高」の倫理・歴史教育―, University of Tokyo Komaba Museum
until 12/3 - Theatre Performance “Play IMT (7) – In Between Worlds”, Intermediatheque
until 12/4 - Tokyo Festival (Ikebukuro area)
until 12/10 - "1968: A Time Filled with Countless Questions", National Museum of Japanese History
until 12/10 - The Elegant and the Eccentric: Masterpieces of Chinese Painting of the Late Ming and Early Qing Dynasties, Roppongi
until 12/14 - The Etcher, Keiko Kiyohara Retrospective, Hachioji Yume Art Museum
until 12/14 - Rhythm in Monochrome: Korean Abstract Painting, Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery
until 12/15 - Poland Film Festival 2017, Tokyo Photographic Art Museum
until 12/16 - The Radiance of Ise Monogatari (伊勢物語のかがやき-鉄心斎文庫の世界-), National Institute of Japanese Literature
until 12/17 - "Otto Nebel and His Contemporaries― Chagall, Kandinsky, Klee", The Museum Bunkamura
until 12/17 - "Eh, books?" exhibition - Atelier Muji, Yurakucho
until 12/18 - TADAO ANDO: ENDEAVORS, National Art Center, Tokyo
until 12/18 - Exhibition of Shinkai Makoto (artist of "Your Name"), National Art Center Tokyo
until 12/27 - "Denmark Design", Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Museum of Art
until 1/6/18 - Ueno Artist Project: Contemporary Realism, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum
until 1/6/18 - "Modern Realism", Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum
until 1/8/2018 - Prints in Paris 1900: From Elite to the Street, Mitsubishi Ichigokan Museum
until 1/8/18 - "Van Gogh and Japan", Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum
until 1/8/18 - The Doraemon Exhibition Tokyo 2017, Mori Arts Center Gallery
until 1/18/2018 - The Travels of Marco Polo and the Morrison Collection, Toyo Bunko
until 1/21/2018 - "Treasures from Foreign Lands - The Jewelry of Desert Tribes", Intermediatheque
until 1/28/18 - Tokyo Arts and Space Open Site
until 1/28/18 - W. Eugene Smith: A Life in Photography, Tokyo Photographic Art Museum
until 2/4/18 - Wild: Untamed Mind, 21-21 Design Site Roppongi
until 2/18 - Ancient Civilization of the Andes, National Museum of Nature and Science
until 2/21 - 130 Years of Sherlock Holmes, Japan Library of Mystery Literature
until 2/24 - "Keiichi Tahara: Photosynthesis with Min Tanaka", Hara Museum of Contemporary Art
until 2/25/18 - Decoration Never Dies, Anyway, Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum
until 6/15/18 - Elizabeth J.G. Vining and Tame Takahashi: Educations in Search of Peace, ICU
until 12/03 - The Golden Age of Botanical Art – Flowers from the Collections of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Intermediatheque
until 12/3 - Japan’s Social & Economic Landscape: 19th-Century Woodblock Prints, Bank of Japan Currency Museum
until 12/3 - Marc Chagall: The Third Dimension (Tokyo Station Gallery)
until 12/3 - 東京大学駒場博物館所蔵第一高等学校絵画資料修復記念―知られざる明治期日本画と「一高」の倫理・歴史教育―, University of Tokyo Komaba Museum
until 12/3 - Theatre Performance “Play IMT (7) – In Between Worlds”, Intermediatheque
until 12/4 - Tokyo Festival (Ikebukuro area)
until 12/10 - "1968: A Time Filled with Countless Questions", National Museum of Japanese History
until 12/10 - The Elegant and the Eccentric: Masterpieces of Chinese Painting of the Late Ming and Early Qing Dynasties, Roppongi
until 12/14 - The Etcher, Keiko Kiyohara Retrospective, Hachioji Yume Art Museum
until 12/14 - Rhythm in Monochrome: Korean Abstract Painting, Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery
until 12/15 - Poland Film Festival 2017, Tokyo Photographic Art Museum
until 12/16 - The Radiance of Ise Monogatari (伊勢物語のかがやき-鉄心斎文庫の世界-), National Institute of Japanese Literature
until 12/17 - "Otto Nebel and His Contemporaries― Chagall, Kandinsky, Klee", The Museum Bunkamura
until 12/17 - "Eh, books?" exhibition - Atelier Muji, Yurakucho
until 12/18 - TADAO ANDO: ENDEAVORS, National Art Center, Tokyo
until 12/18 - Exhibition of Shinkai Makoto (artist of "Your Name"), National Art Center Tokyo
until 12/27 - "Denmark Design", Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Museum of Art
until 1/6/18 - Ueno Artist Project: Contemporary Realism, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum
until 1/6/18 - "Modern Realism", Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum
until 1/8/2018 - Prints in Paris 1900: From Elite to the Street, Mitsubishi Ichigokan Museum
until 1/8/18 - "Van Gogh and Japan", Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum
until 1/8/18 - The Doraemon Exhibition Tokyo 2017, Mori Arts Center Gallery
until 1/18/2018 - The Travels of Marco Polo and the Morrison Collection, Toyo Bunko
until 1/21/2018 - "Treasures from Foreign Lands - The Jewelry of Desert Tribes", Intermediatheque
until 1/28/18 - Tokyo Arts and Space Open Site
until 1/28/18 - W. Eugene Smith: A Life in Photography, Tokyo Photographic Art Museum
until 2/4/18 - Wild: Untamed Mind, 21-21 Design Site Roppongi
until 2/18 - Ancient Civilization of the Andes, National Museum of Nature and Science
until 2/21 - 130 Years of Sherlock Holmes, Japan Library of Mystery Literature
until 2/24 - "Keiichi Tahara: Photosynthesis with Min Tanaka", Hara Museum of Contemporary Art
until 2/25/18 - Decoration Never Dies, Anyway, Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum
until 6/15/18 - Elizabeth J.G. Vining and Tame Takahashi: Educations in Search of Peace, ICU
Forthcoming exhibitions
12/1/17 - 3/4/18 - Exhibition of contemporary book art from around the world 2017, Goethe Institut
12/4 - 12/22 - World of Children's Books in Africa, TUFS
12/9/17 - 3/4/18 - Ishiuchi Miyako: Grain and Image, Yokohama Museum of Art
12/9/17 - 3/4/18 - Surrealism- Paintings, Sculptures and Photographs, Yokohama Museum of Art
12/13 - 12/17 - Glenn Gould Gathering, Sogetsu Kaikan
12/16/17 - 2/12/18 - A Trip through the Tokyo Station Gallery Collection, from Railway Art to Picasso, Tokyo Station Gallery
1/13/18 - 3/21/18 - Herend: Porcelain from Hungary, Panasonic Museum Shiodome
1/23/18 - 4/1/18 (dates tbc) - "The Bruegel Dynasty", Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum
2/8/18 - 5/20/18 - Flore d'Odilon Redon, Mitsubishi Ichigokan
3/24/18 - 6/24/18 - Nude: Art from the Tate Collection, Yokohama Museum of Art
7/14/18 - 9/24/18 - Monet's Legacy, Yokohama Museum of Art
12/4 - 12/22 - World of Children's Books in Africa, TUFS
12/9/17 - 3/4/18 - Ishiuchi Miyako: Grain and Image, Yokohama Museum of Art
12/9/17 - 3/4/18 - Surrealism- Paintings, Sculptures and Photographs, Yokohama Museum of Art
12/13 - 12/17 - Glenn Gould Gathering, Sogetsu Kaikan
12/16/17 - 2/12/18 - A Trip through the Tokyo Station Gallery Collection, from Railway Art to Picasso, Tokyo Station Gallery
1/13/18 - 3/21/18 - Herend: Porcelain from Hungary, Panasonic Museum Shiodome
1/23/18 - 4/1/18 (dates tbc) - "The Bruegel Dynasty", Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum
2/8/18 - 5/20/18 - Flore d'Odilon Redon, Mitsubishi Ichigokan
3/24/18 - 6/24/18 - Nude: Art from the Tate Collection, Yokohama Museum of Art
7/14/18 - 9/24/18 - Monet's Legacy, Yokohama Museum of Art
