Collection Highlights

This exhibition features artworks by leading modern and contemporary artists from Japan and abroad, including Chagall, Dali, Warhol, and Kusama Yayoi. Through a variety of works from the museum’s collection, this offers an opportunity to discover the expansion of themes and means of expression in visual art after the 20th century.

Image: SHIOTA Chiharu, The Ship of Memories, 2023
©JASPAR, Tokyo, 2024 and Chiharu Shiota

Children’s Art Museum during Summer Vacation 2024

Roads: What Lies Ahead?

Roads that stretch to faraway landscapes, ordinary roads that we take every day, or roads that lead to the past, the future, or someone’s heart. This exhibition focuses on “roads,” a motif that connotes a range of extensions and developments. Workshops are also to be held during the course of the exhibition.

Image: YOKOO Tadanori, Anya Kouro: Traveler’s Night, 2001

The Legacy of Nomiyama Gyoji

Painter Nomiyama Gyoji, who passed away in June 2023, was based in Tokyo and Fukuoka and faced expressions and paintings throughout 102 years of his life. To introduce his legacy, this exhibition displays thirty-four works from the museum’s collection and long-term loans.

Image: NOMIYAMA Gyoji, Figure, 1961

What is Watercolor?

Watercolor may be familiar to many Japanese people as it is often introduced in elementary school arts and crafts classes. Watercolor paints are in fact made by mixing a pigment, which imparts a color, with a binder such as gum arabic. This exhibition draws attention to watercolor techniques in particular.

Image: OURA Kokoro, Expanding Body 14, 2002

Snowy Landscapes

It is not often that landscapes are covered with snow in the mild climate of Kyushu. This exhibition brings together Japanese paintings, oil paintings, prints, and other works on winter subjects such as snow-covered worlds and people walking in the snow, offering an opportunity to enjoy the beauty of snow and winter.

Image: YOSHIDA Hiroshi, Twelve Scenes of Tokyo: Snow in Nakazato, 1928

Narahara Ikko: Venice-Nightscapes and Japanesque

Narahahara Ikko (1931-2020) was born in Fukuoka Prefecture and became one of the leading photographers in postwar Japan. The museum has introduced his works by series for the past few years, and the third exhibition is dedicated to Venice-Nightscapes and Japanesque.

Image: NARAHARA Ikko, Sunset (1) from Venice-Nightscapes, 1964-85 (printed 1983)
© Narahara Ikko Archives