Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto & Beyond: Exhibitions and Museum Guides — 觀 GUAN
Discover current and upcoming exhibitions, art museums, and museums in Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, Nara, Nagoya, Fukuoka, Hong Kong, Taipei, Shanghai, Beijing, London, and New York with source-backed, in-depth guides.
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- The Master's Way: Zisha Art by Wang Xiaoli — National Art Museum of China · Beijing · –
- Reinventing Landscape: Centre Pompidou Collection IV — West Bund Museum · Shanghai · –
- Maize, Gold and Jaguars: Ancient Maya and Andean Civilizations — Capital Museum · Beijing · –
- Edo in Focus: Japanese Treasures from the British Museum — Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum · Tokyo · –
- Commemorating the 400th Anniversary of the Imperial Visit to Nijojo-Castle, the Shogun’s Castle — Sen-oku Hakukokan Museum · Kyoto · –
- A Magnificent Epic: Art Exhibition Commemorating the 90th Anniversary of the Long March — National Art Museum of China · Beijing · –
- Ode to Yan'an: Selected Works from the National Art Museum of China Collection — National Art Museum of China · Beijing · –
- Giorgio Morandi. Solo — Museum of Art Pudong · Shanghai · –
- MAP YOUR ART: Once Upon a Time — Children Artists Exhibition — Museum of Art Pudong · Shanghai · –
- Bvlgari Kaleidos: Colors, Cultures and Crafts — Power Station of Art · Shanghai · –
- Defining the Classics: A Journey to Tang and Song Calligraphy and Paintings — The Palace Museum · Beijing · –
- Aki Sasamoto’s Life Laboratory — The National Museum of Art, Osaka · Osaka · –
- Lu Xun and Art — National Art Museum of China · Beijing · –
- Tibetan Dragon Canon: A Symphony of Imperial Power, Belief, and Art in a Golden Age (I) (II) — National Palace Museum · Taipei · –
- Ceramicist Kawai Kanjirō: The Sources of His Creativity in Traditional Ceramics — Seikado Bunko Art Museum · Tokyo · –
- Ryōkan, the Man and his Zen — Hosomi Museum · Kyoto · –
- NHK Taiga Drama Special Exhibition: Brothers in Arms — Edo-Tokyo Museum · Tokyo · –
- Masterpieces from the Itsuo Art Museum Collection: Buson, Go Shun, and the Art of Tea — Suntory Museum of Art · Tokyo · –
- The Water Margin: Outlaws of the Marsh — Tokyo Station Gallery · Tokyo · –
- Searching for Stars — CAFA Art Museum · Beijing · –
- Schiaparelli: Fashion Becomes Art — V&A South Kensington · London · –
- Autumn Exhibition: The Allure of Motifs in Modern Painting — Nakano Museum of Art · Nara · –
- KAN'EI: Culture Flourishing in an Era of Peace — The Museum of Kyoto · Kyoto · –
- Masterpieces of Modern Japanese-style Paintings — Special Feature: SHODA Kakuyu and UENAKA Chokusai — Nara Prefectural Museum of Art · Nara · –
- Commemorating New Acquisitions: The 140th Anniversary of Birth — Works of TOMIMOTO Kenkichi in the Showa Era — Nara Prefectural Museum of Art · Nara · –
- la Galerie du 19M SHANGHAI — Museum of Art Pudong · Shanghai · –
- Special Exhibition: Boxes That Make the Heart Flutter — The Tokugawa Art Museum · Nagoya · –
- 100 Selected Tea Bowls from the Mitsui Memorial Museum Collection — Mitsui Memorial Museum · Tokyo · –
- Commemorating a Decade: The Best of the Sumida Hokusai Museum—The Scenery on Both Banks of the Sumida River Picture Scroll and Other Masterpieces — The Sumida Hokusai Museum · Tokyo · –
- The Capital Relocation to Nara: From “Ancient Capitals of Asuka and Fujiwara” to Heijo — Heijokyu Izanaikan Museum · Nara · –
- Van Gogh's Drawbridge and the Impressionists: Works from the Wallraf-Richartz Museum — Nagoya City Art Museum · Nagoya · –
- Horses and Horse Trappings: Results of the Conservation of the National Treasure Finds from the Fujinoki Tumulus, Part 2 — The Museum, Archaeological Institute of Kashihara, Nara Prefecture · Nara · –
- The Tale of Genji: Radiant Culture of the Japanese Imperial Court — Kyoto National Museum · Kyoto · –
- Tada Minami—Still, shimmering light — Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo · Tokyo · –
- Craftsmanship and Identity: Embodied Traditions of Life and Costume in Asia’s Ethnic Communities — Tenri University Sankokan Museum · Nara · –
- Andrew Wyeth Exhibition — Abeno Harukas Art Museum · Osaka · –
- Zen and Ghibli — Kyoto City KYOCERA Museum of Art · Kyoto · –
- Katsushika Ōi's Night Scene in the Yoshiwara: The Lineage of Nightscapes — Ota Memorial Museum of Art · Tokyo · –
- The Best of the Yamatane Collection I: From Yokoyama Taikan and Takeuchi Seihō to Uemura Shōen and Hayami Gyoshū — Yamatane Museum of Art · Tokyo · –
- Daitokuji: A Zen Temple Beyond Compare — Tokyo National Museum · Tokyo · –
- Takaterasu Miyako: The Ancient Capitals of Asuka and Fujiwara in Modern Japanese Painting — Nara Prefecture Complex of Man’yō Culture · Nara · –
- Synchronic Constellation: Cross-Boundary Perspectives in Art — Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo · Tokyo · –
- Masterpieces of the Renaissance from the Musée du Louvre — The National Art Center, Tokyo · Tokyo · –
- Albert Marquet: A Retrospective — Sompo Museum of Art · Tokyo · –
- Master of Craft: Living National Treasure Kitamura Shosai — Treasures of Maki-e and Raden Lacquer Arts and Kasuga Taisha — Kasugataisha Museum · Nara · –
- UNESCO The World Heritage Ancient Capitals of Asuka and Fujiwara with NABUNKEN — Asuka Historical Museum · Nara · –
- Uemura Shōkō: A 25th Memorial Exhibition — Shohaku Museum of Art · Nara · –
- Bronze Gallery: Ancient Chinese bronzes — Feature exhibition on inscription — Sen-oku Hakukokan Museum · Kyoto · –
- Yamaga Seika: Boundless Imagination in Textile Art — Kyoto City KYOCERA Museum of Art · Kyoto · –
- Hiroshige: New Perspectives on Edo Japan — Tokyo National Museum · Tokyo · –
- Dynamic Ming Calligraphy: Treasures from the Ho Chuang Shih Collection, Taipei — Osaka City Museum of Fine Arts · Osaka · –
- NHK Sunday Museum: 50 Years — Nakanoshima Museum of Art, Osaka · Osaka · –
- Chintz: A Global Story—The Karun Thakar Collection — Fukuoka Art Museum · Fukuoka · –
- Nourishing the Heart: An Exhibition of Oversize Masterpiece Scrolls — National Palace Museum · Taipei · –
- Flashes of Insight: Aesthetic Principles and the Appreciation of Calligraphy — National Palace Museum · Taipei · –
- A Keen Eye: Aesthetic Principles and the Appreciation of Painting — National Palace Museum · Taipei · –
- The Museum After — Museum of Contemporary Art, Taipei · Taipei · –
- Frida: The Making of an Icon — Tate Modern · London · –
- City of Memory: Nanjing in the Seventeenth Century — The Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York · –
- Wang Yahui: Voyager — Taipei Fine Arts Museum · Taipei · –
- Xu Bing: You Inhuman Thing — M+ · Hong Kong · –
- Reviving Cultural Treasures: Conservation and Restoration — National Palace Museum · Taipei · –
- Rising Voices: Contemporary Art from Asia, Australia and the Pacific — V&A South Kensington · London · –
- Design Ah! Experience the Wonder of Everyday Design — M+ · Hong Kong · –
- Gen'ichirō Inokuma's NYC Salon — Japan Society · New York · –
- A Walk Through Asian Art, South Asia Edition: Beyond Conflict, a Journey Along Veins of Light — Fukuoka Asian Art Museum · Fukuoka · –
- In Loving Memory of Prof. Lee Hon-ching — Art Museum, The Chinese University of Hong Kong · Hong Kong · –
- Duet: Asian Contemporary — Tokyo Photographic Art Museum · Tokyo · –
- Becoming Visible: Women Artists in the NMH — National Museum of History · Taipei · –
- Beneath the Golden Crown: Highlights of Silla’s Treasures — Shanghai Museum East · Shanghai · –
- The Surrealist Book: Tomorrow Lives in Mirrors — The Museum of Modern Art · New York · –
- Yuko Mohri: In Concert — Barbican Centre · London · –
- Fontanesi: Italian Light, Landscape of the Heart — Mitsubishi Ichigokan Museum · Tokyo · –
- Carsten Höller: Two — UCCA Center for Contemporary Art · Beijing · –
- Renoir and Love — National Gallery · London · –
- Krasner and Pollock: Past Continuous — The Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York · –
- Computer Worlds — West Bund Museum · Shanghai · –
- A Tribute to the Master: Selected Paintings by Nicolai Fechin — National Art Museum of China · Beijing · –
- The 90s: Art and Fashion — Tate Britain · London · –
- Carolina Caycedo: Salute of the Whales — Museum of Art Pudong · Shanghai · –
- Light and Magic: The Birth of Art Photography — Tate Modern · London · –
- Transient Possession, Lasting Delight: Ming and Qing Porcelain Donated by Zande Lou — Shanghai Museum East · Shanghai · –
- Robert Ryman: The Real Thing — Barbican Centre · London · –
- Heavenly Horses: Masterpieces from the Palace Museum — Hong Kong Palace Museum · Hong Kong · –
- Hyundai Commission: Tarek Atoui — Tate Modern · London · –
- Miss You Much．Leslie 70th Birthday．Exhibition — Hong Kong Heritage Museum · Hong Kong · –
- Roy Lichtenstein: Like New — Whitney Museum of American Art · New York · –
- The Infinite Artistry of Japanese Ceramics — The Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York · –
- On Top of the World Tree: Ancient Civilizations of the Americas — Shanghai Museum, People’s Square · Shanghai · –
- Design for the Forbidden City: Imperial Workshops of the Qing Court — Hong Kong Palace Museum · Hong Kong · –
Opening soon
- Myths and Monsters: The Art of Fantasy in Asia — M+ · Hong Kong · –
- The Kokinshū and The Tales of Ise: Tenri Central Library 96th Anniversary Exhibition — Tenri Central Library · Nara · –
- Takehisa Yumeji—An Artist Who Defined His Era — The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo · Tokyo · –
- Jam Session: The Ishibashi Foundation Collection × FUJII Hikaru: WHOSE LIGHT? — Artizon Museum · Tokyo · –
- Gods of Naramachi: Gangoji's Guardian Shrines and the Town's Deities — Gangoji · Nara · –
- Reflections in Jewellery: Memory and Identity — The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto · Kyoto · –
- The 78th Annual Exhibition of Shōsō-in Treasures — Nara National Museum · Nara · –
- Special Exhibition: Bugaku Costumes — Nezu Museum · Tokyo · –
- Turner: Painting the Sublime, in Dialogue with Contemporary Art — The National Museum of Western Art · Tokyo · –
- 2026 Taipei Art Awards — Taipei Fine Arts Museum · Taipei · –
- The Earthly Paradise of Hangzhou and the Wuyue Kingdom: Buddhist Belief in Artwork — The Museum Yamato Bunkakan · Nara · –
- Brancusi: The Artist and His Studio — The Museum of Modern Art · New York · –
- Shojo Manga Infinity: Moto Hagio, Ryoko Yamagishi, and Waki Yamato — The National Art Center, Tokyo · Tokyo · –
- Allure of Japan and the Dawn of Modern Japanese Painting: 100 Years After William Bigelow's Death — Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art · Nagoya · –
- On Ink and Bamboo: The Hua-e Jiaohui Lou Donation — Hong Kong Museum of Art · Hong Kong · –
- Mirrors of Himiko: How Triangular-Rimmed Deity-and-Beast Mirrors Shaped the Yamato Kingship — Kyushu National Museum · Fukuoka · –
- Mariko Mori: All That Shines — Mori Art Museum · Tokyo · –
- British Museum Japanese Art Collection: Edo Paintings Across the Seas — Nakanoshima Museum of Art, Osaka · Osaka · –
- 100th Anniversary of the Passing of SUMITOMO Shunsui: Fortunate Encounters of The Sumitomo Modern Art Collection — Sen-oku Hakukokan Museum · Kyoto · –
- Ryuichi Sakamoto | seeing sound, hearing time — Taipei Fine Arts Museum · Taipei · –
- Masao Gozu: Windows and Bars — MoMA PS1 · New York · –
- Constantinople to Istanbul: One City, Two Empires — V&A South Kensington · London · –
- Vanessa Bell & Duncan Grant: Inside Bloomsbury — Tate Britain · London · –
- Oh Haji: Becoming Flowers — CHAT (Centre for Heritage, Arts and Textile) · Hong Kong · –
- What a Wonderful World: Masterworks from the Musée d'Orsay — Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum · Tokyo · –
- Special Display: National Treasure Tale of Genji Handscrolls, Yokobue and Yadorigi II — The Tokugawa Art Museum · Nagoya · –
- Tales Painted by the Master Heinz Werner: The Porcelain Art of Contemporary Meissen — Hosomi Museum · Kyoto · –
- Van Eyck: The Portraits — National Gallery · London · –
- Special Exhibition: Maruyama Ōkyo — Edo-Tokyo Museum · Tokyo · –
- Stratified Languages — The National Museum of Art, Osaka · Osaka · –
- Lin Tianmiao and Wang Gongxin: Here and There — M+ · Hong Kong · –
- National Treasure Pine Trees in Snow and the Four Seasons — Mitsui Memorial Museum · Tokyo · –
- Faith and Art of the Kasuga Wakamiya On-matsuri Festival — Nara National Museum · Nara · –
- The Art of the Lotus Sutra: To Make Is to Pray — Suntory Museum of Art · Tokyo · –
- Singing, Dancing, and Music in Art — The Museum Yamato Bunkakan · Nara · –
- Pioneering Women Artists: Works from the Nirasaki Ohmura Art Museum — Nara Prefecture Complex of Man’yō Culture · Nara · –
- Goats and Lambs, Ewes and Rams: Celebrating the Year of the Sheep — Kyoto National Museum · Kyoto · –
- Layered Histories: Renowned Tea Utensils and Their Boxes — Kyoto National Museum · Kyoto · –
- Lucie Rie: Graceful Vessels Linking East and West — Abeno Harukas Art Museum · Osaka · –
- New Year Special Display: The National Treasure Hatsune Trousseau from the Tokugawa Art Museum — Kyushu National Museum · Fukuoka · –
- Sora: A Walk Through Space — Fujita Museum · Osaka · –
- Special Display: Asuka and Fujiwara from the Museum Collection — The Museum, Archaeological Institute of Kashihara, Nara Prefecture · Nara · –
- Traditional Culture Today, The World of Sumi Ink and Washi Paper — Sumi Ink Expression in Contemporary Art — Nara Prefectural Museum of Art · Nara · –
- The Tale of Genji: Radiant Culture of the Japanese Imperial Court — Tokyo National Museum · Tokyo · –
- Omizutori: The Water-Drawing Rite — Nara National Museum · Nara · –
- Special Exhibition: Maruyama Ōkyo — Osaka City Museum of Fine Arts · Osaka · –
- Turner: Painting the Sublime, in Dialogue with Contemporary Art — Nakanoshima Museum of Art, Osaka · Osaka · –
- Drafts and Finished Paintings by Three Generations of the Uemura Family — Shohaku Museum of Art · Nara · –
Features
- Kūkai: an in-depth guide to all 90 works
- Girl with a Pearl Earring: the complete 12-work guide
- Louvre Renaissance: four paths through a world in motion
- Hiroshige: three rotations, three views of Edo
- Itsuo Art Museum Collection: six rooms through a collector’s eye
- Tada Minami: a twelve-work guide to light and material
- Andrew Wyeth: a twelve-work guide to a watchful winter
- Edo in Focus: a twelve-work guide to changing distance
- Hyakka Osaka: enter Edo painting through ten works
- Aki Sasamoto: eight works inside a living laboratory
- Daitokuji: an eleven-work guide to a Zen temple
Past exhibitions
- Li Jingxun and Her Times — National Museum of China · Beijing · –
- Yunnan during the Warring States, Qin and Han Periods — Beijing Grand Canal Museum (Capital Museum East Branch) · Beijing · –
- Pearls Returned Home: Liangtuxuan Painting and Calligraphy, Phase II — Shanghai Museum East · Shanghai · –
- GDC Award 2025 Winners World Tour — Beijing — CAFA Art Museum · Beijing · –
- Wearing / Crossing: Experiencing Chinese Fashion — An Archival Exhibition of Lü Yue's Art — CAFA Art Museum · Beijing · –
- Vermeer’s Girl with a Pearl Earring: Dutch masterpieces of the 17th century — Nakanoshima Museum of Art, Osaka · Osaka · –
- Ron Mueck — Mori Art Museum · Tokyo · –
- Rembrandt the Printmaker — The National Museum of Western Art · Tokyo · –
- Picasso, through the Eyes of Paul Smith — The National Art Center, Tokyo · Tokyo · –
- Van Gogh's Drawbridge and the Impressionists: Works from the Wallraf-Richartz Museum — Abeno Harukas Art Museum · Osaka · –
- The Water Margin: Outlaws of the Marsh — Osaka City Museum of Fine Arts · Osaka · –
- Celebrating 1250 Years Since the Birth of the Great Master Kūkai: Kūkai and the Treasures of Shingon Buddhism — Tokyo National Museum · Tokyo · –
- NHK Taiga Drama Special Exhibition: Toyotomi Brothers! — Osaka Museum of History · Osaka · –