Past Exhibitions
FY2025
| Prolonged Emergencies | June 28–October 5, 2025 |
| Collection 1 | June 28–October 5, 2025 |
FY2024
| No Boundaries | February 22–June 1, 2025 |
| Collection 2: Undo, Redo | February 15–June 1, 2025 |
| The Possibilities of Linear Expression | November 2, 2024–January 26, 2025 |
| Collection 1: Portraits of Her | November 2, 2024–January 26, 2025 |
| Yoichi Umetsu: Crystal Palace | June 4–October 6, 2024 No collection exhibitions will be held at the museum during this period. |
FY2023
| Ancient Mexico: Maya, Aztec, and Teotihuacan | February 6–May 6, 2024 |
| Collection2 Body–––Body | February 6–May 6, 2024 closed (April 7, 2024) |
| Home Sweet Home | June 24–September 10, 2023 |
| Collection1 80/90/00/10 | June 24–September 10, 2023 |
FY2022
| Picasso and His Time: Masterpieces from Museum Berggruen / Nationalgalerie Berlin | February 4–May 21, 2023 |
| Collection2 Special Feature: Mel Bochner | February 4–May 21, 2023 |
| Into the Unknown World — GUTAI: Differentiation and Integration | October 22, 2022–January 9, 2023 No collection exhibitions will be held at the museum during this period. |
| Collection1: Faraway Places / Nearby Places | June 25–August 7, 2022 Note: No special exhibitions will be held at the museum during this period. |
FY2021
| Range of the Senses: What It Means to “Experience” Today | February 8–May 22, 2022 |
| Collection 2: Our Life | February 8–May 22, 2022 |
| BEUYS＋PALERMO | October 12, 2021-January 16, 2022 |
| Collection 1 - 1968: In Search of a New Paradigm for Postwar Art | October 12, 2021 – January 16, 2022 |
| Viva Video! : The Art and Life of Shigeko Kubota | June 29–September 23, 2021 |
| TAKANO RYUDAI: DAILY PHOTOGRAPHS 1999-2021 | June 29–September 23, 2021 |
FY2020
| Miquel Barceló | March 20– –April 24, 2021 *Dates Change |
| Collection 3: Between Visible and Invisible | March 20– –April 24, 2021 *Dates Change |
| Masterpieces from the National Gallery, London | November 3, 2020–January 31, 2021 |
| Collection 2: Focus on Contemporary Art from the U.S., France, Germany, and the U.K. | November 3, 2020–January 31, 2021 |
| Danh Vo oV hnaD | June 2–October 11, 2020 |
| Collection1: Transgressing Lines | June 2–October 11, 2020 |
FY2019
| January 7–February 28, 2020 | |
| Collection: The Aesthetics of Contemporary Japan | January 7–February 28, 2020 |
| Vienna on the Path to Modernism: The 150th Anniversary of the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations between Japan and Austria | August 27–December 8, 2019 |
| NMAO collection with Alberto Giacometti II | August 27–December 8, 2019 |
| Abstraction: Aspects of Contemporary Art | May 25–August 4, 2019 |
| NMAO collection with Alberto Giacometti I | May 25–August 4, 2019 |
FY2018
| Christian Boltanski - Lifetime | February 9–May 6, 2019 |
| Collection 3: Image of something invisible | February 9–May 6, 2019 |
| New Wave: Japanese Contemporary Art of the 1980s | November 3, 2018–January 20, 2019 |
| *Collection 2: The 1980s Zeitgeist as a Point of Departure* | November 3, 2018–January 20, 2019 |
| Masterpieces of French Landscape Paintings from The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow | July 21–October 14, 2018 |
| Retrospective of the museum collection: 2014 → 1890 | July 21 ― October 14, 2018 |
| The Myriad Forms of Visual Art: 196 Works with 19 Themes | May 26–July 1, 2018 |
FY2017
| Travelers: Stepping into the Unknown | January 21–May 6, 2018 |
| Michio Fukuoka: A Sculptor Who No Longer Sculpts | October 28, – December 24, 2017 |
| When Attitudes Become Form:Japanese Art of the 1970s through the Photography of Anzaï Shigeo | October 28 – December 24, 2017 |
| Collection of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen Bruegel's" The Tower of Babel" and Great 16th Century Masters | July 18 – October 15, 2017 |
| Collection - Contemporary Landscapes | July 18 – October 15, 2017 |
| Ryan Gander ―These wings aren't for flying | April 29 – July 2, 2017 |
| The Greatest Story Ever Told ―The Collection curated by Ryan Gander | April 29 – July 2, 2017 |
FY2016
| LUCAS CRANACH THE ELDER: 500 Years of the Power of Temptation | January 28 – April 16, 2017 |
| Pierre Alechinsky | January 28 – April 9, 2017 |
| Venetian Renaissance Paintings from the Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice | October 22, 2016 - January 15, 2017 |
| THE PLAY since 1967: beyond unknown currents | October 22, 2016 - January 15, 2017 |
| The Great Terracotta Army of China's First Emperor | July 5 - October 2, 2016 |
| Collection 2 | July 5 - October 2, 2016 |
| The Self-Portraits of YASUMASA MORIMURA: My Art, My Story, My Art History | April 5–June 19, 2016 |
| The Posters of Ikko Tanaka | April 5–June 19, 2016 |
| Collection 1 | April 5–June 19, 2016 |
FY2015
| Ecce Homo: The Human Images in Contemporary Art | January 16 (Sat.) - March 21 (Mon.,Holiday), 2016 |
| Yuji Takeoka: From a Pedestal into Space | January 16 (Sat.) - March 21 (Mon.,Holiday), 2016 |
| Collection 2 | January 16 (Sat.) - March 21 (Mon.,Holiday), 2016 |
| Cleopatra and the Queens of Egypt | October 10(Sat.)-December 27(Sun.), 2015 |
| Collection 1 | October 10(Sat.)-December 27(Sun.), 2015 |
| Time of Others | July 25 (Sat.) - September 23 (Wed.,Holiday), 2015 |
| Wolfgang Tillmans: Your Body is Yours | July 25 (Sat.) - September 23 (Wed.,Holiday), 2015 |
| Jiro Takamatsu: Trajectory of Work | April 7（Tue.） – July 5（Sun.）, 2015 |
FY2014
| Fiona Tan Terminology | December 20(Sat.),2014-March 22(Sun.), 2015 |
| Collection 3 | December 20(Sat.),2014-March 22(Sun.), 2015 |
| JEAN FAUTRIER | September 27(Sat.)-December 7(Sun.), 2014 |
| Collection 2 | September 27(Sat.)-December 7(Sun.), 2014 |
| Nostalgia and Fantasy: Imagination and Its Origins in Contemporary Art | May 27(Tue.)-September 15(Mon.,Holiday), 2014 |
| Collection 1 | May 24(Sat.)–September 15(Mon.,Holiday), 2014 |
FY2013
| ANDREAS GURSKY | February 1 (Sat.)–May 11 (Sun.), 2014 |
| Kwak Duck-Jun: The Paintings of the 1960s | February 1 (Sat.)–May 11 (Sun.), 2014 |
| Collection 4: 100 Years of Contemporary Art | February 1 (Sat.)–May 11 (Sun.), 2014 |
| Your Portrait: A Tetsumi Kudo Retrospective | November 2, 2013–January 19, 2014 |
| Collection 3 Works Related to Your Portrait: A Tetsumi Kudo Retrospective: From Anti-art of the 1960s to Art of the Present Day | November 2, 2013–January 19, 2014 |
| The Lady and the Unicorn from the Musée de Cluny, Paris, France | July 27 (Sat.)–October 20 (Sun.), 2013 |
| Collection 2 Postwar Sculpture: Focus on Materials | July 27 (Sat.)–October 20 (Sun.), 2013 |
| Kansai Collections | April 6(Sat.)–July 15(Mon.,Holiday), 2013 |
| Collection1 Pablo Picasso The Prints and Ceramics Mieko Shiomi and Fluxus | April 6(Sat.)–July 15(Mon.,Holiday), 2013 |
FY2012
| What We See | January 19– March 24, 2013 |
| Collection: Contemporary Art and Themes | January 19– March 24, 2013 |
| El Greco's Visual Poetics | October 16– December 24, 2012 |
| Miyanaga Aiko: Nakasora - The Reason for Eternity | October 13– December 24, 2012 |
| Collection | October 13– December 24, 2012 |
| Real Japanesque: The Unique World of Japanese Contemporary | July 10–September 30, 2012 |
| The Deconstruction of the "I": An Experiment by Kashihara Etsutomu | July 7–September 30, 2012 |
| Collection | July 7–September 30, 2012 |
| The 35th Anniversary of the National Museum of Art, Osaka: the Allure of the Collection | April 21–June 24, 2012 |
FY2011
| YAYOI KUSAMA Eternity of Eternal Eternity | January 7 (Sat.)–April 8 (Sun.),2012 |
| Collection | January 7 (Sat.)–April 8 (Sun.),2012 |
| Ways of Worldmaking | October 4 (Tue.)–December 11 (Sun.), 2011 |
| Anri Sala | October 4 (Tue.)–December 11 (Sun.), 2011 |
| Nakanoshima Collections: Osaka City Museum of Modern Art & The National Museum of Art, Osaka | October 4 (Tue.)–December 11 (Sun.), 2011 |
| DAIDO MORIYAMA : ON THE ROAD | June 28 (Tue.)–September 19 (Mon., Holiday), 2011 |
| WHITE Tadaaki Kuwayama Osaka Project | June 18 (Sat.)–September 19 (Mon., Holiday), 2011 |
| Collection Exhibition: Japanese Artist in the U.S. | June 18 (Sat.)–September 19 (Mon., Holiday), 2011 |
FY2010
| Kaza Ana Air Hole: another Form of Conseptualism from Asia | March 8(Tue.) - June 5(Sun.), 2011 |
| THE POSTER OF YOSHIO HAYAKAWA | March 5(Sat.) - June 5(Sun.), 2011 |
| Collection 4 A Century of Constemporary Art | March 5(Sat.) - June 5(Sun.), 2011 |
| Autoritratti dalla Collezione della Galleria degli Uffizi | November 27 (Sat.), 2010– February 20 (Sun.), 2011 |
| Collection 3 Japanese Art 1950-2010 | November 27 (Sat.), 2010– February 20 (Sun.), 2011 |
| Man Ray: Unconcerned But Not Indifferent | September 28(Tue.) - November 14(Sun.), 2010 |
| Collection 2 | September 25(Sat.) - November 14(Sun.), 2010 |
| The Complete Posters of Tadanori Yokoo | July 13(Tue.) - September 12(Sun.), 2010 |
| Tabaimo: DANMEN | July 10(Sat.) - September 12(Sun.), 2010 |
| Renoir: Tradition and Innovation | April 17(Sat.) - June 27(Sun.), 2010 |
| Funeral for Bioengineering to Not to Die - Early Works by Arakawa Shusaku | April 17(Sat.) - June 27(Sun.), 2010 |
| Collection 1 | April 17(Sat.) - June 27(Sun.), 2010 |
FY2009
| GARDEN OF PAINTING―Japanese Art of the 00s | January 16(Sat.) - April 4(Sun.), 2010 |
| NAGASAWA-Dove tende aurora | October 10(Sat.) - December 13(Sun.), 2009 |
| Collection | October 10(Sat.) - December 13(Sun.), 2009 |
| L'enfant dans les collections du Musée du Louvre | June 23(Tue.) - September 23(Wed., Holiday), 2009 |
| Commemorative Exhibition of the 150th Anniversary of Keio University Artists from KEIO | June 20(Sat.) - September 23(Wed., Holiday), 2009 |
| Miwa Yanagi Po-po Nyangnyang! | June 20(Sat.) - September 23(Wed., Holiday), 2009 |
| HIROSHI SUGIMOTO HISTORY OF HISTORY | April 14(Tue.) - June 7(Sun.), 2009 |
FY2008
| AVANT-GARDE CHINA 20 YEARS OF CHINESE CONTEMPORARY ART | December 9(Tue.), 2008 - March 22(Sun.), 2009 |
| The Concrete Poetry of Niikuni Seiichi: Between Poetry and Art | December 6(Sat.), 2008 - March 22(Sun.), 2009 |
| SELF and OTHER : Portraits from Asia and Europe | September 30(Tue.) - November 24(Mon., Holiday), 2008 |
| Collection 3 | September 28(Sat.) - November 24(Mon., Holiday), 2008 |
| Modigliani et le Primitivisme | July 1(Tue.) - September 15(Mon., Holiday), 2008 |
| Chiharu Shiota: Breath of the Spirit | July 1(Tue.) - September 15(Mon., Holiday), 2008 |
| Collection 2 | July 1(Tue.) - September 15(Mon., Holiday), 2008 |
| Still/Motion: Liquid Crystal Painting | April 29(Tue., Holiday) - June 15(Sun.), 2008 |
| Collection 1 | April 26(Sat.) - June 15(Sun.), 2008 |
FY2007
| Emily Kame Kngwarreye | February 26(Tue.) - April 13(Sun.), 2008 |
| Collection 4 | February 26(Tue.) - April 13(Sun.), 2008 |
| The 30th Anniversary:Collection of the National Museum of Art, Osaka | December 18(Tue.), 2007 - February 11(Mon., Holiday), 2008 |
| Skin of/in Contemporary Art | October 2(Tue.) - December 2(Sun.), 2007 |
| Collection 3:Art from the 1960s to the Present | September 29(Sat.) - December 2(Sun.), 2007 |
| The Greatest Treasures of Russian Tsars:Wonders of the Kremlin, A World Heritage Site | July 10(Tue.) - September 17(Mon., Holiday), 2007 |
| FUJIMOTO YUKIO audio picnic 2007 | July 7(Sat.) - September 17(Mon., Holiday), 2007 |
| Collection 2 | July 7(Sat.) - September 17(Mon., Holiday), 2007 |
| Chefs-d'oeuvre des Musées royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique | April 7(Sat.) - June 24(Sun.), 2007 |
| HIROSHI SUGIMOTO: Various Archetypes | April 7(Sat.) - June 24(Sun.), 2007 |
| Collection 1 | April 7(Sat.) - June 24(Sun.), 2007 |
FY2006
| Dream Museum: The Osaka Collections | January 16(Tue.) - March 25(Sun.), 2007 |
| Pablo Picasso The prints and ceramics | January 13(Sat.) - March 25(Sun.), 2007 |
| Collection 4 | January 13(Sat.) - March 25(Sun.), 2007 |
| Essential Painting | October 3(Tue.) - December 24(Sun.), 2006 |
| Shinji Ogawa | September 30(Sat.) - December 24(Sun.), 2006 |
| Collection 3 | September 30(Sat.) - December 24(Sun.), 2006 |
| Jun Kaneko | July 29(Sat.) - September 18(Mon., Holiday), 2006 |
| Collection 2 | July 29(Sat.) - September 18(Mon., Holiday), 2006 |
| Three Individuals | June 27(Tue.) - September 18(Mon., Holiday), 2006 |
| Sigmar Polke: Alice in Wonderland | April 18(Tue.) - June 11(Sun.), 2006 |
| Collection 1 | April 11(Tue.) - July 17(Mon., Holiday), 2006 |
FY2005
| Masterworks of French Impressionism and Modernism from The State Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow | January 11(Wed.) - April 2(Sun.), 2006 |
| Collection 4 | January 7(Sat.) - April 2(Sun.), 2006 |
| Mono-ha Reconsidering | October 25(Tue.) - December 18(Sun.), 2005 |
| Ei-Q Photo-Dessin | October 22(Sat.) - December 18(Sun.), 2005 |
| Collection 3 | October 22(Sat.) - December 18(Sun.), 2005 |
| Positioning-In the New Reality of Europe | August 2(Tue.) - October 10(Mon., Holiday), 2005 |
| Collection 2 | July 30(Sat.) - October 10(Mon., Holiday), 2005 |
| Van Gogh in Context | May 31(Tue.) - July 18(Mon., Holiday), 2005 |
| Stephan Balkenhol | April 29(Fri., Holiday) - July 18(Mon., Holiday), 2005 |
| Collection 1 | April 29(Fri., Holiday) - July 18(Mon., Holiday), 2005 |
| Emile Gallé | April 12(Tue.) - May 22(Sun.), 2005 |
FY2004
| Yuki Onodera | February 5(Sat.) - April 17(Sun.), 2005 |
| Collection 2 | February 5(Sat.) - April 17(Sun.), 2005 |
| Treasures of Ancient China | January 18(Tue.) - March 27(Sun.), 2005 |
| Collection 1 | November 3(Wed.), 2004 - January 23(Sun.), 2005 |
| Marcel Duchamp and the 20th Century Art | November 3(Wed.) - December 19(Sun.), 2004 |