Collection Exhibition | Modern and Contemporary Art
Collection Exhibition | Modern and Contemporary Art
Nostalgic Scenery: Summer in Japan
| Duration |
Thu. Jun. 12th, 2025 - Sun. Aug. 31st, 2025 |
| Hours |
9:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
*Last admission at 5:00 p.m.
*Fri. and Sat. from Jul. to Oct. 9:30 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. (last admission at 7:30 p.m.)
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| Closed |
Mondays (or the following weekday if Monday falls on a national holiday)
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| Venue |
Modern and Contemporary Art A
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| List of exhibits |
list_nostalgic_scenery_summer_in_japan_e.pdf （489 KB）
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This exhibition introduces artworks that expressively depict scenes from early to late summer in Japan, such as fans and fireworks, which may look nostalgic today.
Image:ITO Shinsui, Beautiful Woman in Modern Times Series Vol. Ⅱ: Firefly, 1934
Collection Exhibition | Modern and Contemporary Art
Collection Highlights
| Duration |
Thu. Jun. 12th, 2025 - Thu. Apr. 30th, 2026 |
| Hours |
9:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
*Last admission at 5:00 p.m.
*Fri. and Sat. from Jul. to Oct. 9:30 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. (last admission at 7:30 p.m.) |
| Closed |
Mondays (or the following weekday if Monday falls on a national holiday)
Dec. 28–Jan. 4 |
| Venue |
Modern and Contemporary Art A・C |
| List of exhibits |
list_collection_highlights_2025e.pdf （678 KB）
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This exhibition displays artworks by leading modern artists such as Miro and Dali as well as pieces by modern Western-style painters associated with Kyushu and also works by contemporary artists from Japan and abroad. Through a variety of works from the museum’s collection, this is an opportunity to discover the expansion of themes and means of expression in art since the 20th century.
Image:Anish KAPOOR, Mother as a Void, 1989-90
© Anish Kapoor. All rights reserved, DACS & JASPAR 2025 G3823
Collection Exhibition | Modern and Contemporary Art
Drawings for Leaping Forward
| Duration |
Thu. Jun. 12th, 2025 - Sun. Aug. 31st, 2025 |
| Hours |
9:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
*Last admission at 5:00 p.m.
*Fri. and Sat. from Jul. to Oct. 9:30 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. (last admission at 7:30 p.m.)
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| Closed |
Mondays (or the following weekday if Monday falls on a national holiday)
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| Venue |
Modern and Contemporary Art B |
| List of exhibits |
list_drawings_for_leaping_forwarde.pdf （561 KB）
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Let’s look at drawings not as preliminary sketches of the finished works, but as the core of the works or even something in which the artists’ intentions are hidden. In this exhibition, drawings by Yanagi Yukinori, Kawamata Tadashi, Kusama Yayoi, Takamatsu Jiro, and others are on display along with works that developed from these drawings.
Image: YANAGI Yukinori, Icarus Project Flight Dairy No.1, 2005
Collection Exhibition | Modern and Contemporary Art
Gaze toward the North
| Duration |
Tue. Sep. 2nd, 2025 - Sun. Dec. 21st, 2025 |
| Hours |
9:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
*Last admission at 5:00 p.m.
*Fri. and Sat. from Jul. to Oct. 9:30 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. (last admission at 7:30 p.m.)
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| Closed |
Mondays (or the following weekday if Monday falls on a national holiday)
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| Venue |
Modern and Contemporary Art A |
This exhibition displays landscapes and genre paintings of the Korean Peninsula and mainland China depicted by artists after the Meiji period. In association with the special exhibition featuring “the south,” this show focuses on “the north.” Let’s also visit the exhibition Eyes on Foreign Lands in the Matsunaga Memorial Tea Ceremony Collection gallery.
Image: TOMITA Keisen, Balmy Breeze, the 1910s
Collection Exhibition | Modern and Contemporary Art
Kikuhata Mokuma
| Duration |
Tue. Sep. 2nd, 2025 - Mon. Nov. 3rd, 2025 |
| Hours |
9:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
*Last admission at 5:00 p.m.
*Fri. and Sat. from Jul. to Oct. 9:30 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. (last admission at 7:30 p.m.)
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| Closed |
Mondays (or the following weekday if Monday falls on a national holiday)
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| Venue |
Modern and Contemporary Art B |
Kikuhata Mokuma (1935-2020), one of the leading artists in Kyushu, presented the series Ptolemaic Theory in the 1970s after remaining silent, following his withdrawal from the Group Kyushu-ha. This exhibition introduces the world of Kikuhata Mokuma through his paintings, including prints that led to Ptolemaic Theory.
Image: KIKUHATA Mokuma, Ptolemaic Theory Ⅴ, 1983
Collection Exhibition | Modern and Contemporary Art
Narahara Ikko: Where Time Has Vanished
| Duration |
Wed. Nov. 5th, 2025 - Sun. Dec. 21st, 2025 |
| Hours |
9:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
*Last admission at 5:00 p.m.
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| Closed |
Mondays (or the following weekday if Monday falls on a national holiday)
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| Venue |
Modern and Contemporary Art B |
This exhibition introduces about forty-five photographs from the series Where Time Has Vanished by Narahara Ikko (1931-2020), one of the leading photographers in postwar Japan.
Image: NARAHARA Ikko, Two garbage cans-New Mexico, 1972 from Where Time Has Vanished, 1972 (printed 1975)
© Narahara Ikko Archives
Collection Exhibition | Modern and Contemporary Art
Hanami at the Museum!
| Duration |
Tue. Dec. 23rd, 2025 - Sun. Mar. 22nd, 2026 |
| Hours |
9:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
*Last admission at 5:00 p.m.
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| Closed |
Mondays (or the following weekday if Monday falls on a national holiday)
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| Venue |
Modern and Contemporary Art A |
This exhibition introduces brilliant pieces featuring not only cherry blossoms but also various flowers and plants of the four seasons. This offers an opportunity to enjoy hanami at the museum before spring comes!
Image: FUKUDA Heihachiro, Ume Tree with Bird, date unknown
Collection Exhibition | Modern and Contemporary Art
Tanaka Chisato: Living Mural
| Duration |
Thu. Jan. 5th, 2023 - Sat. Dec. 27th, 2025 |
| Hours |
9:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
last admission at 5:00 p.m. |
| Closed |
Mondays (or the following weekday if Monday falls on a national holiday)
Dec. 28–Jan. 4 |
| Venue |
The Mural |
This mural was painted by Fukuoka-based artist Tanaka Chisato as part of the special exhibition Tanaka Chisato: Horizon and Road (5 January – 21 March 2023). The artist painted the first phase of the mural at the end of January 2023, the second phase in January 2024, and finally the third phase in January 2025. The mural painting is now completed and will be on display until the end of December 2025.
About the artist
Tanaka Chisato (born in 1980)
After graduating from the Oil Painting Course at the Tama Art University, Tokyo in 2005, Tanaka started her career as an artist in Fukuoka the following year. She has established her own style using acrylic paints to create smooth black backgrounds in which subjects in front are brilliantly painted with oil paints. Tanaka’s paintings give viewers a vivid impression and stimulate their imagination through combining contrasting elements, such as figures who look smiling and angry at the same time, or glittering landscapes in the pitch-black darkness. Nowadays, she has become one of the leading artists in Fukuoka through a wide range of creative activities, including many solo and group exhibitions, book-cover design, and a large-scale mural on the new building of SHOGAKUKAN Inc., a publishing company.
Admission
Collection Exhibition & Special Exhibition at Collection Gallery
Adults 200 yen (150 yen）
High school and university students 150 yen (100 yen)
Junior high school students and younger children Free
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