TFAM’s “Masterpieces of European Oil Painting” opens in Okayama

On July 9, the Okayama Prefectural Museum of Art (OPMA) held the opening ceremony of “Masterpieces of European Oil Painting: The Paintings in 20th Century from the Renaissance to Impressionism,” a Tokyo Fuji Art Museum exhibition featuring 83 works by European masters over a four-century period. The exhibition was organized by OPMA, Sanyo Shimbun and RSK Sanyo Broadcasting, with Okayama Prefectural Governor Ryuta Ibaragi and Kenichi Hara, chair and president of RSK Sanyo Broadcasting, serving as the two keynote speakers.

TFAM Director Akira Gokita attended the ceremony; he also delivered a lecture at OPMA on July 10. The exhibition is slated to run from July 9 to August 29.

Notice of changes to museum operating hours

Due to the Japanese government lifting its declaration of national emergency, the Tokyo Fuji Art Museum is now back to normal operating hours as follows:

Open: 10 a.m.- 5 p.m. (Reception closes at 4:30 p.m.)
Closed: Mondays

Further change of opening hours will be announced on our website, official Twitter, Facebook and Instagram accounts as well as on our LINE account. Also, visitors may be asked to wait outside the venue in order to ensure social distancing and related pandemic safety protocols. We appreciate your understanding and cooperation.

French, Russian royal jewelry on display

Jointly organized by the Kobe Fashion Museum, the first national institution in Japan dedicated to the history and evolution of fashion, and the Tokyo Fuji Art Museum, the exhibition, “A Dress In A Picture, A Picture Of A Dress,” features paintings, photographs and dress ornaments of European subjects in the 18th to 20th centuries. Among the finery on display, a tiara worn by Empress of the French Josephine is extraordinary. The empress Josephine’s stunning tiara is adorned by 1,040 diamonds totaling 260 carats.

Also, a hatpin belonging to the imperial Russian family is exhibited at the New Wing Permanent Gallery 4. The House of Romanoff’s exquisitely crafted hatpin boasts diamonds arranged in a helically and crowned with a blue sapphire.

The former is on display at our museum until Sunday, May 9, and the latter, until Sunday, May 23.

TFAM exhibition premieres in Okinawa

The exhibition, “How to Read Western Paintings: Masterpieces from Tokyo Fuji Art Museum” exhibition opened at the Okinawa Prefectural Museum and Art Museum in Naha City on December 15. The exhibition was supported by the nonprofit Okinawa Churashima Foundation and Okinawa Television Co., Ltd. Network, and features 82 works from 16th century Italy to the 20th century. TFAM Director Akira Gokita attended the opening ceremony. The exhibition will run until January 31, 2021.

“Four Centuries” exhibition opens at Miyazaki museum

The tape-cutting ceremony for the exhibition, “Four Centuries of Occidental Paintings from the Tokyo Fuji Art Museum Collection,” was held at the Miyazaki Prefectural Art Museum on September 11. The exhibition, which opens to the public from September 12 and run until November 3, features 82 works created by painters from the Italian Renaissance to the 20th century.

Among the lead organizations who partnered in the opening was the Miyazaki Nichinichi Shimbun, Miyazaki Prefectural Art Museum and Miyazaki Telecasting Co., Ltd.

TFAM Director Akira Gokita and Miyazaki Nichinichi Shimbun President Seiji Kawano delivered welcoming speeches.

“Four Centuries” exhibition opens

On July 22, the exhibition, “Four Centuries of Occidental Paintings from the Tokyo Fuji Art Museum Collection,” opened at the Oita Prefectural Art Museum (OPAM), with Oita Prefectural Governor Katsusada Hirose, TFAM Director Akira Gokita and other dignitaries attending the opening ceremony. Scheduled to run until September 6, the exhibition—which features 83 works produced from the 16th century Italian Renaissance to the 20th century—was held to commemorate the fifth anniversary of OPAM. Among the sponsors of the exhibition were the Oita Broadcasting System TV network and the daily Oita Godo News.

“Great Masters of Japanese Painting” exhibition opens to public in Shimane

The Shimane Art Museum will be hosting “Great Masters of Japanese Painting from the Tokyo Fuji Art Museum Collection,” an exhibition held in cooperation with the Tokyo Fuji Art Museum. The exhibition features the works of some three centuries of master Japanese artists, from early modern paintings to ukiyo-e prints, with the showing in Shimane running from June 1 on to July 5.

“Splendor of French Paintings” exhibition opens to public in Osaka

The Osaka City Museum of Fine Arts will be hosting “Through the Eyes of René Huyghe: The Splendor of French Paintings—Formation and Transformation of the ‘Grande Manière,’” an exhibition organized by the Tokyo Fuji Art Museum. The Osaka venue runs from May 26 and is scheduled to close on August 16. Among its backers are the nationally circulated Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper and its affiliated national Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation network.

Divided into three segments, “The Splendor of French Paintings” exhibition consists of some 80 oil paintings and drawings, works capturing three of the most iconic periods in Western art, beginning with the rise of classicism in the 17th century to the Rococo in the 18th and neo-classicism in the 19th up until the eve of the Impressionism.

Kyushu museum to host TFAM exhibition

On October 30, the Kyushu National Museum announced that it will be hosting the “Through the Eyes of René Huyghe: The Splendor of French Paintings—Formation and Transformation of the ‘Grande Manière’” exhibition organized by the Tokyo Fuji Art Museum from February 4 to March 29 in 2020. The exhibition will be held with the sponsorship of such organizations as the Nishinippon Shimbun newspaper, Mainichi Shimbun newspaper and Kyushu Asahi Broadcasting TV network.

PHOTO CAPTION: Kyushu National Museum officials announce the holding of TFAM’s “The Splendor of Frenching Paintings” exhibition in 2020

Education vice minister enjoys “This is Japan in Kyoto” exhibition

On September 3, Tomoko Ukishima, Vice Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, visited the Museum of Kyoto and enjoyed the exhibition, “This is Japan in Kyoto—From the Tokyo Fuji Art Museum Collection.” Escorted by Deputy Director Toshiaki Kouyama of the Museum of Kyoto and TFAM curator Toshiyasu Kamogi, Vice Minister Ukishima delved into the essence of Japanese art while experiencing its timeless beauty and wonder through a state-of-the-art virtual reality system.