TFAM’s Robert Capa exhibition to open at Kobe Fashion Museum

On September 9, the Kobe Fashion Museum (KFM) held the opening ceremony (photo) of the exhibition “Robert Capa,” which the Tokyo Fuji Art Museum organized drawing on some 100 works from its extensive photography collection. The exhibition is sponsored by KFM as well as the Kobe Shimbun Co. Ltd. and Mainichi Shimbun newspapers. TFAM Director Akira Gokita attended the event as its guest speaker, as did KFM Director Teruyuki Omode and Kobe Shimbun President Ryutaro Takanashi. The exhibition will run from September 10 to November 6.

Museum holds curator internship

The Tokyo Fuji Art Museum concluded its 2022 curator internship on August 21. Twelve recommended interns from a number of Japanese universities took part in the program. The program’s curriculum included a series of lectures by TFAM curators, pre-exhibition preparations, artwork management and artwork handling. The six-day internship ended on August 28.

TFAM holds special art appreciation program for local Hachioji elementary school students

On August 27, students from the Toyo Elementary School, their guardians and other elementary school kids in the city of Hachoji, took part in a Tokyo Fuji Art Museum community art appreciation program. The children scrutinized the characters featured in the “Moomin Comic Strips Exhibition” and participated in other activities that included creating short stories of the artworks displayed in the “From the Renaissance to the 20 Century—500 Years of Western Paintings” exhibition.

Madagascar charge d’affairs visits museum

On August 25, Charge d’Affaires Randrianjafy Tsilavo Maherizo (photo) of the Republic of Madagascar Embassy in Japan, paid a courtesy call on the Tokyo Fuji Art Museum. She was greeted by TFAM Director Akira Gokita, who led her on a tour of the “Moomin Comic Strips Exhibition” as well as the “From the Renaissance to the 20 Century—500 Years of Western Paintings” and “Vehicles in Photography: The Evolution of Transportation Modes” exhibitions.

Museum holds workshop on ukiyo-e woodblock printing

On August 20, the Tokyo Fuji Art Museum organized a workshop featuring two master woodblock artists—Shinkichi Numabe and his son, Hironobu—to demonstrate the printing process and personal artistry to the gathered audience. Much to their delight, viewers later tried their hand in an engraving session of an authentic printing block.

TFAM holds special summer vacation concert

On August 7, the Tokyo Fuji Art Museum held a concert performed by aspiring young musicians (photo) as part of the museum’s special summer vacation event for families. Three seniors studying at the Tokyo University of the Arts who call themselves the Gentile Trio—Miyu Kitsuwa, a violinist; Yushi Izumi on the cello; and Yume Kurosawa, a pianist—have won awards in competitions both at home and abroad, and are seen as rising stars in the music field. They played a number of classical scores and pop music for the audience, including Bach’s Air on the G String and Elgar’s Salut d’amour, together with Disney favorites and a medley from the 1988 Italian film “Cinema Paradiso.”

TFAM’s Western paintings exhibition opens in Kumamoto, Kyushu

On July 16, the opening ceremony of the “400 Years of Western Paintings: Masterpieces from Tokyo Fuji Art Museum” exhibition was held at the Kumamoto Prefectural Museum of Art. The exhibition is being sponsored by the Kumamoto Prefectural Museum of Art and Kumamoto Telecasting Corporation. TFAM Director Akira Gokita spoke at the opening ceremony following addresses from Kumamoto Prefectural Governor Ikuo Kabashima and Kumamoto Telecasting chair Masaru Motomatsu. Kumamoto City Mayor Kazufumi Onishi also spoke at the event.

The exhibition features 82 works from the TFAM collection selected from a broad range of genres and spans an epoch from the 16th to 20th centuries. “400 Years of Western Paintings” will run from July 16 to September 4.

Museum presents free passes for Hachioji students

On July 7, Tokyo Fuji Art Museum Executive Director Akira Kaneko presented Hideshio Yasuma (left), Superintendent of Education for the Hachioji municipality, with free admissions tickets to be distributed to students in elementary and junior high schools of the city.

Angola ambassador visits museum

On July 1, His Excellency Rui Orlando Xavier (second from left), Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Angola to Japan, and his wife, Mrs. Fátima Xavier, paid a courtesy call on the Tokyo Fuji Art Museum. Welcoming them was TFAM Director Akira Gokita, who led the ambassador and ambassadress on a tour of the “Moomin Comic Strips Exhibition” as well as the “From the Renaissance to the 20 Century—500 Years of Western Paintings” and “Vehicles in Photography: The Evolution of Transportation Modes” exhibitions.

Students from elementary school in Hachioji visit museum

On June 22, fourth-grade students from Utsukidai Elementary School in Hachioji toured the Tokyo Fuji Art Museum as part of its ongoing art appreciation outreach program for children. Divided into groups of five, the students viewed the “From the Renaissance to the 20 Century—500 Years of Western Paintings” exhibition and “Moomin Comic Strips Exhibition.”