Shanghai’s Powerlong Art Museum opens TFAM Western painting exhibition

On January 11, the Powerlong Art Museum in Shanghai held the opening ceremony for the exhibition, “From the Renaissance to the 20th Century—500 Years of Western Paintings,” featuring 60 works from the Tokyo Fuji Art Museum collection.

At the ceremony, congratulatory words were shared from Shanghai International Culture Association Deputy President and General Secretary Deng Xiaoxian, Powerlong Group Director and Powerlong Culture Executive Director Xu Hualin, Shanghai Tix-Media President Xie Dingwei as well as from TFAM Executive Director Akira Kaneko. TFAM Curatorial Department Director Kenichi Hirano introduced the exhibition program.

Deputy President Deng expressed gratitude to TFAM’s support not only for the exhibition but also for longstanding effort to strengthen friendship between China and Japan. Director Xu praised the TFAM collection as a microcosm of the history of Western art. Meanwhile, President Xie offered his gratitude to TFAM founder Daisaku Ikeda for his role in holding the exhibition in China.

The exhibition is open to the public from January 12 until April 30.