Shizuoka City Museum of Art opened its doors in May 2010, and is located on theoachaw

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third ﬂoor of the Aoi Tower building, at the north exit of JR Shizuoka Station. Themuseumʼs guiding principle is “To create and communicate an energetic art andculture of the people and the local region”. While maintaining a focus onorganizing exhibitions and communication programs, we aim to be an art museumShin-Shizuoka
cenovahere. At the café next door, visitors may enjoy fragrant coffee, Shizuoka

that may serve as a “meeting place in the heart of town”.

black tea and other items.
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HOTEL GRAND HILLSSHIZUOKA

A View of the Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido
In January 2012, a lacquer work
representing a birdʼs-eye view of

By local train

the entire Tokaido Road wasThree-minute walk from the north exit of JR Shizuoka Station, via undergroundwalkway.Five-minute walk from Shin-Shizuoka Station (Shizuoka Railway).

unveiled in the entrance hall. A
large piece, measuring two-by-threemeters, it transmits the craft

By Shinkansen train

traditions of Shizuoka into the

From Tokyo Station or Nagoya Station, about one hour on the Tokaido Shinkansen
Hikari.From Shin-Osaka Station, about two hours on the Tokaido Shinkansen Hikari.

present.

Shizubi Project 8: The World is Alive-Koichi Matsufuji photograph: Shunta Inaguchi

By car
About ﬁfteen minutes from Shizuoka Interchange on the Tomei Expressway.
(Parking facilities are available nearby for those arriving by car.)

The museum management requests your cooperation with regard to
the following items.

By airDo not touch any of the works
on display.

No photography is allowed in
the galleries.

In the interests of artwork
protection, when in the galleries,
please refrain from using any writing
implements other than pencils.

Please set mobile phones tosilent mode and refrain fromuse when in the galleries.

Hours: 10:00 ‒ 19:00 (Entry to galleries until thirty minutes before closing)Guests may not enter themuseum with pets or plants.

No eating or drinking isallowed outside of the café.

ServicesWorkshop room (view from the Open Studio day)Multi-purpose room (view from a lecture event)

About one hour from Mt. Fuji Shizuoka Airport on the Shizutetsu Justline bus(Shizuoka Airport Liner).

Museum Logo

Closed on Mondays and during year-end/new-yearʼs holidays (when a national holiday

The museum logo features a motif of Mount Fuji,

falls on a Monday, closed the following day).

which is a symbol of Shizuoka as well as of Japan

Entrance fee: Dependent on the exhibition.

as a whole. The two over lapping circles signify※ Children under middle-school age, and people with disabled person identiﬁcation

widening rings of people gathered around thebooklets (with one assistant, when needed), may enter free of charge.

museum, and represent linking the local
region with the world. Furthermore, thisCoin-operated lockers and umbrella stands: Require alogo suggests an “enjoyment of seeing”

one-hundred-yen coin, which is returned after use.

that may alter our way of seeing throughWheelchairs and baby strollers: Available free of charge atthe front desk.

changes in perspective and depth.

M a s te r p i e ce s f r o m t h e H o s o m i Co l l e c t i o n , Ky o to

T o ur ing Ex hibitio n pr esenting N atio nal Museum o f A r t, 2024

Ri m p a, J ak uc hū and to ki me k i J a pa n ese Art

10 0 Ye a r Sto r y o f Ph o to g r a p hy

A p ril 1 3 (Sa t.) − May 26 (S u n .) , 2024

Fo cusing o n the Co llectio n o f the N atio nal Museum o f Mo der n A r t, Kyo toOctob e r 4 (F r i . ) − N ov e m b e r 17 (Sun. ), 2024

The Hosomi Museum in Kyoto is known for its quality collection that overviews the history ofJapanese art. Celebrating the 25th anniversary of the establishment of the museum, this exhibition

More than 100 years have passed since Alfred STIEGLITZ, the father of modern photography, worked

displays 104 carefully selected masterpieces from its collection of approximately 1,000 pieces,to establish photography as an art form, but how has photography been developed, viewed andincluding 8 items designated by Japan as Important Cultural Property. Enjoy the world of beauty thattalked about? This exhibition traces the evolution of the diversity of photographic expressions, withhas fascinated collectors, from archaeological artefacts of the prehistoric Kofun period, throughapproximately 180 works from the end of the 19th century to the present day, mainly from theBuddhist and Shinto artworks from the Heian and Kamakura periods and ink paintings and tea

collection of the National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, the pioneering museum in Japan to build aceremony kettles from the Muromachi period, to tea ceramics and cloisonné works from thelarge collection of photographs. Leading photographers of each period are featured, including

Momoyama period. The exhibition also features paintings from the Edo period, including depictions

CARTIER-BRESSON, KIMURA Ihei, Robert CAPA, W. Eugene SMITH, MORIMURA Yasumasa, and Thomasof everyday life, ukiyo-e, and works of the Rimpa school and pieces by ITŌ Jakuchū which remain
highly popular today.

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Itō Jakuchū,,18th century, Hosomi Museum

H I R A N O Fu z a n: C o m m e m o r a t i n g t h e 35t h A n n i v e r s a r y o f H i s D e a t hT ra jec t ory of Pur s ui ng C o lo u red W o o d en S cu lpt u r e Al ong s i de HIR AKUS HI De nc hūAlfred Stieglitz,, 1907,
The National Museumof Modern Art, Kyoto

K e i t h H a r i n g : A r t t o t h e St r e e t s
Nov e m b e r 28 ( Thu. ), 2024 − J a nua r y 19 (Sun. ), 2025

Ju n e 6 ( Th u.) ‒ J uly 15 (Mon .) , 2024
Keith Haring (1958-1990) has many fans around the world for his bright and pop-infused imagery.
HIRANO Fuzan (1911-89), from present-day Shimizu Ward in Shizuoka City, is one of the mostWith a strong belief that “art is for everybody”, he disseminated his work throughout everyday life

important artists creating coloured wooden sculptures in the history of modern Japanese sculpture.

using the subway and streets based primarily in 1980s New York as a means of conveying a powerful

Using carving and colouring techniques he learnt from a doll artist, he produced highly reﬁned

social messages to a chaotic society. This exhibition provides a precious opportunity to experience

works ranging from traditional subjects to contemporary female ﬁgures. Fuzan also learnt Western

Haring's diverse forms of expressions over the course of his short 31-year life through approximately

sculpture and was active mainly in the Nitten [Japan Fine Arts Exhibition], the largest art

150 pieces, including paintings, prints and drawings, mainly from the collections of the Nakamura

competition in Japan which was originally led by the government. He was trusted by HIRAKUSHI

Keith Haring Collection.

Denchū, a master in wooden sculpture, and coloured many of Denchūʼ s works. This exhibition is theﬁrst to explore the full scope of works of HIRANO Fuzan, who, while supporting Denchū as acolouring specialist, traversed 3 domains: dolls in modern Japan, coloured wooden sculpture, andWestern sculpture.

Hirano Fuzan,
1983, Shizuoka City(Noh play),

Keith Haring,, 1990, Nakamura Keith Haring Collection
Keith Haring Artwork ©Keith Haring Foundation

4 0 0 Ye a r s o f We s te r n P a i nt i n g s :T h e M a g i c N o r t h:

M a s t e r p i e c e s f r o m To k y o Fu j i A r t M u s e u m

A r t f r o m N o r w a y, Sw e d e n a n d F i n l a n dJu l y 26 (Fri .) − September 23 ( M o n .) , 2024

F e b r ua r y 1 (Sa t. ) − Ma r ch 26 ( W e d . ), 2025

This exhibition presents about 80 Western paintings, selected from the Tokyo Fuji Art Museum's

From the latter half of the 19th century to the beginning of the 20th century, the Scandinavian

collection of approximately 30,000 works. Traditionally, religious and mythological paintings werecountries produced numerous paintings based on their rich natural landscapes, cityscapes, ancient

regarded as the noble genre of Western painting, but in the modern era painters' interest shifted tomythology and fairy tales. This exhibition unfolds the history of Norwegian, Swedish and Finnish

the cultivation of new painting subjects and innovation in formative expressions. The exhibition

painting through approximately 70 works from the collections of: Nasjonalmuseet - The National

surveys the 400-year history of Western painting from the 17th to the 20th century, through theMuseum of Norway; Nationalmuseum - Swedenʼs museum of art and design; and Finnish National

masterpieces of popular painters such as MONET, RENOIR, VAN GOGH, and CHAGALL, as well as

Gallery, Ateneum Art Museum. The exhibition welcomes viewers to the magical world of paintings
by Nordic artists including Norwegian Edvard MUNCH, who is also well-known in Japan.

masters rarely seen in Japan such as TINTORETTO, VAN DYCK, and Claude LORRAIN.
Pierre-Auguste Renoir,,c.1892, Tokyo Fuji Art Museum©Tokyo Fuji Art Museum
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Edvard Munch,, 1915, Nasjonalmuseet - The National Museum of Norway
Photo: Nasjonalmuseet/Børre Høstland