Exhibitions Schedule | Exhibitions | NMAO：The National Museum of Art, Osaka


The 35th Anniversary of the National Museum of Art, Osaka: the Allure of the Collection April 21 (Sat.)–June 24 (Sun.), 2012 The National Museum of Art, Osaka opened in 1977in Expo '70 Commemorative Park, and relocated to its current site in Nakanoshima, a district in the center of Osaka, in 2004. This year, our 35th anniversary, we make use of the entire facility to present some 350 works by approximately 150 artists from the museum's collection of over 6,300 items. In the first section of the two-part exhibition (on the B2 floor), we will introduce a wide range of contemporary art from the 20th and 21st century by artists such as Pablo Picasso, Marcel Duchamp, Giorgio Morandi, Andy Warhol, Gerhard Richter, Yayoi Kusama, and Yoshitomo Nara. In the second section (on the B3 floor), we will present an exhibition of contemporary photography based on works that the museum has acquired since the mid-'90s. Consisting of a diverse selection of works from both Japan and abroad, the event will include noted German photographers such as Bernd and Hilla Becher, Thomas Struth, and Wolfgang Tillmans as well as others like Vik Muniz, Loretta Lux, Boris Mikhailov, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Yasumasa Morimura, Naoya Hatakeyama, Yuki　Onodera, Miwa Yanagi, and Tomoko Yoneda.
REAL JAPANESQUE：The Unique World of Japanese Contemporary Art June 10 (Tue.)–September 30 (Sun), 2012 In this exhibition, we attempt to reassess Japanese contemporary art of the present through the work of nine artists who are involved in refreshing and unique activities that neither aspire to be like Western art nor rely on Japanese culture. Exhibiting Artists:　Taro Izumi, Maoya Kishi, Shimon Minamikawa, Satoshi Ohno, Katsuhisa Sato, Teppei Soutome, Nobuaki Takekawa, Kazuyuki Takezaki, Mayuko Wada	The Deconstruction of the "I": An Experiment by Etsutomu Kashihara June 7 (Sat.)–September 30 (Sun), 2012 Challenging not only the foundations of painting but art itself, Kashihara Etsutomu has continued moving forward without regard for current trends or attitudes. In this exhibition, we reexamine his practice of the late '60s and '70s with important works such as What is Mr. X? (1969; created in collaboration with Koizumi Hiroo and Maekawa Kinzo), and My Method Inspired by Marylin (1973). Collection June 7 (Sat.)–September 30 (Sun), 2012 The National Museum of Art, Osaka primarily collects works of Japanese and Western art dating from 1945 to the present, some which are related to specific trends. In this exhibition, we introduce a group of works from our collection, centering on recent acquiaitions.
EL GRECO 　El Greco's Visual Poetics October 16 (Tue.)–December 24 (Mon.,Holiday), 2012 As we approach the 400th anniversary of the Spanish master El Greco's death (1541-1614), the museum is honored to present the largest retrospective of the artist's work ever held in Japan. The approximately 50 works, primarily oil paintings, will include the legendary altarpiece The Virgin of the Immaculate Conception (making its first appearance in Japan), and a selection of other pieces from over a dozen museums around the world such as the Museo del Prado in Madrid and a number of churches in Toledo.	MIYANAGA Aiko October 13 (Sat.)–December 24 (Mon.,Holiday), 2012 Using naphthalene, a material that sublimates at room temperature, Aiko Miyanaga (born in 1974) produces work that collapses with the passage of time. In this approach, one senses the artist's notion that everything with a physical form is subject to change. In recent years, Miyanaga has turned her attention to natural phenomena such as the deformation of the earth's crust, and this new phase in the artist's career will also be presented in this exhibition. Collection October 13 (Sat.)–December 24 (Mon.,Holiday), 2012 The National Museum of Art, Osaka primarily collects works of Japanese and Western art dating from 1945 to the present, some of which are related to specific trends. In this exhibition, we introduce a group of works from our collection, centering on recent acquisitions.
What We See (tentative) January 19 (Sat.)–March 24 (Sun.), 2013 In this exhibition, we present video works by both Japanese and foreign artists in an effort to discover essential "truths" within the "reality/non-reality" and "fiction/non-fiction" presented in the moving image. Among the artists represented will be Sawa Hiraki, Eija-Liisa Ahtila, Cyprien Gaillard, Johan Grimonprez,Steve McQueen, and Clemens von Wedemeyer.	Collection January 19 (Sat.)–March 24 (Sun.), 2013 The National Museum of Art, Osaka primarily collects works of Japanese and Western art dating from 1945 to the present, some which are related to specific trends. In this exhibition, we introduce a group of works from our collection, centering on recent acquiaitions.