Exhibition Schedule
Special Exhibitions
 Masterpieces of Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen

 April 10(Fri)-May 31(Sun)
This exhibit displays items carefully selected from Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen in Dusseldorf, a commerce and industry city in western Germany, especially focusing on works of Pablo Picasso and Paul Klee. 64 works by 23 different artists recollect the stream of modern art in the first half of the 20th century.

Paul Klee《Camel(in a Rhythmic Landscape of Trees)》1920
©Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Dusseldorf, Photo: Walter Klein, Dusseldorf

  Collection I: Introduction to Landscape Painting

March 28 (Sat)-July 12(Sun)
Landscape painting has played an important role in the world of art and has become its own solid genre. This time we will create a feature of landscapes from modern and contemporary art in our collection including paintings, photos and sculptures. We will choose atypical works and show you stream of landscape art. Please enjoy our Landscape feature.

SUDA Kunitaro "Factory District" 1936
Permanent Collection

Special Exhibitions
 Expressionist Movements in Japan

 June 23(Tue)-August 16(Sun)
Expressionism is an art movement that expressed individuality, power and internal feelings as well as the sense of being alive. This exhibition presents about 350 works of Japanese expressionism, which began in the Taisho period, and introduces prints, Japanese and Western style paintings, carvings, handicrafts, architecture, design, and photographs.

YOROZU Tetsugoro "Woman with Balloon" 1912-13

  Collection II: Form in Art

shadow-exhibition obscura-

July 25(Sat)-November 29(Sun)

This exhibit is held annually to suggest a new way to appreciate art and to overcome conventional sight-oriented appreciation. This year, the theme of our exhibit is to reconsider the meaning of “to see” and will be presented by Yukio Fujimoto (1950- ).

FUJIMOTO Yukio "EARS WITH CHAIR" 1990


New Acquisitions

The museum collection is roughly forty years old. This display will present the selected pieces from the new acguisitions of the last year and their historical backgrounds.

MIZUKOSHI Shonan "Spring Day" 1917
Permanent Collection


 2009 Perfectural Exhibition
August 8(Sat)-August 22(Sat)

Venue:
Harada no Mori Gallery
An annual public exhibition that has supported the display of artist works by artists in Hyogo Prefecture.
Held at Harada no Mori Gallery.






 Kobe Biennale 2009
Invited artists Exhibition : LINK - Flexible Deviation

Oct. 3rd (Sat.)-Nov. 23rd (Mon.)

At Gallery space in the Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art and outdoor space
This is an exhibition of contemporary art by twelve artists, from former trailblazing ones to ones with great potential.
(Y. Okuda, C. Enoki, Y. Fujimoto, E. Kasagi, Y. Kodama, Y. Zenju, Y. Kishimoto, Shimabuku,
O. Kokufu, Y. Yamamura, T. Uematsu, T. Sawada)



Special Exhibitions
 Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake 15th Anniversary Commemorative Project Kazuo Oga Exhibition Exhibition held in the same period “The Three Bears” -a special folktale that should not be made into a film-

 December 8(Tue)- February 7(Sun)
2010 is the 15th anniversary since the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake, and The Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art, a symbol of cultural restoration, will be holidng a special exhibit in its commemoration. The exhibit will feature works by Studio Ghibli's eminent craftsman Kazuo Oga (1952- ). Oga served as the art director of many Studio Ghibli movies including “My Neighbor Totoro.” There will be about 600 pieces of his heartwarming works in display.

Background art from "My Neighbor Totoro" 1988 ©1988 Nibariki.G

  Collection III: Mutsumi Yamamoto, Retrospective

December 12(Sat)-March 14(Sun)
Mutsumi Yamamoto (1940-2007), working mainly in Kobe, created a decadent, illusionary world in his art. This exhibit features about forty representative copper print masterpieces and ten of his own treasured oil paintings. At the same time, there will be another rooms showing works by other artists specially selected from our collection.

Illustration for Yoshida Issui's "Swans"1973
Permanent Collection

Special Exhibitions
 Yuki Ogura,Retrospective

 February 18(Thu)-April 4(Sun)
This exhibition is in memory of Yuki Ogura (1895-2000), an artist of Japanese-style painting, for the 10th anniversary of her death. She painted mostly still-lives and figures of her family or friends, all expressed with a variety of colors and dynamic form. There are paintings from early in her career until the end of her career, roughly eighty years from the Meiji period to the Heisei period. There are about eighty pieces in all.

OGURA Yuki "Sisters"1970, The Museum of Modern Art, Shiga
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