NPO Aoyama Design Forum presents the recommended exhibitions of art galleries and museums in December 2024. In addition to the schedule of events, we will provide you with detailed information such as the works on display. Please check the website of each museum for current opening hours before visiting.

MOT Collection Seven Beauties in the Bamboo Forest Small Glow Pre-30th Anniversary Exhibit: Leiko IKEMURA Mark MANDERS Rising Light / Still Moment

The Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo will hold the MOT Collection exhibition "Seven Beauties in the Bamboo Forest: Small Glow, Pre-30th Anniversary Exhibit: Leiko IKEMURA and Mark MANDERS - Rising Light / Still Moment t" from December 14, 2024 (Saturday) to March 30, 2025 (Sunday).Works from the diverse collection of the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo (MOT) are presented in various combinations under new themes to convey the appeal of the collection from new perspectives.

• Exhibition Period: December 14, 2024 (Saturday) – March 30, 2025 (Sunday)
• Venue: Collection Exhibition Rooms, Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo
• Opening Hours: 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM (Last entry to exhibition rooms is 30 minutes before closing)
• Closed: Mondays (open on January 13 and February 24), December 28 to January 1, January 14, and February 25
• Admission: General: 500 / University and Vocational School Students: 400 / High School Students and Seniors (65+): 250 / Free for Junior High School Students and younger
• URL：https://tinyurl.com/mpd8mbcn

The 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa Presents Dancing with All: The Ecology of Empathy

Fabbrica dell’Aria® PNAT 2023 ©photo Takumi Ota

To celebrate its 20th anniversary, the museum hosts this exhibition from November 2, 2024 to March 16, 2025, exploring empathy, interconnectedness, and the relationship between humans, nature, and technology.

• Exhibition Period: November 2, 2024 (Saturday) – March 16, 2025 (Sunday)
• Venue: 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa
• Opening Hours: 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM (Fridays and Saturdays until 8:00 PM)
• Closed: Every Monday (open on January 13 and February 24, 2025), January 14, and February 25
• URL：https://tinyurl.com/ynumn9u6

Toyota Municipal Museum of Art 2024 Collection Exhibition II - Living / Rooms

ヴォルフガング・ライプ《ライスハウス》 1996年

The Toyota Municipal Museum of Art presents the 2024 Collection Exhibition Living / Rooms from October 12, 2024 (Saturday) to December 27, 2024 (Friday). This exhibition showcases around 70 works from the museum's collection, including paintings, photographs, videos, and sculptures, with Living (life, living) and Rooms as key themes.

• Exhibition Period: October 12, 2024 (Saturday) – December 27, 2024 (Friday)
• Venue: Toyota Municipal Museum of Art
• Opening Hours: 10:00 AM – 5:30 PM (Last entry by 5:00 PM)
• Closed: Mondays (Closed on December 2, 9, 16, and 23)
• URL: https://tinyurl.com/3bh9hveh

Towada Art Center Taninaka Yuske: Choose Grief

From December 7, 2024, to March 23, 2025, Taninaka Yuske’s first solo exhibition at the Towada Art Center explores the human body's fragility through installations, sculptures, and performances, addressing aging, illness, and the evolving relationship between body and technology.

• Exhibition Period: December 7, 2024 – March 23, 2025
• Venue: Towada Art Center
• Opening Hours: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM (Last entry by 4:30 PM)
• Closed: Mondays (or following day if public holiday), December 23 – January 1, January 20 – 24
• URL：https://tinyurl.com/55u8w8nb

POLA Museum of Art: COLORS – The Secrets of Color from Impressionism to Contemporary Art

From December 14, 2024, the POLA Museum of Art presents the exhibition COLORS – The Secrets of Color from Impressionism to Contemporary Art. This exhibition focuses on the role of color in modern and contemporary art, exploring the relationship between color theory and materials used for expression. It revisits the history of color from the 19th-century Impressionists, who revolutionized color with tube oil paints, to the Fauvism and Abstract painting movements of the 20th century, as well as contemporary art that challenges the viewer’s physical perception through the influence of color, primarily through painting, sculpture, and installations.

• Exhibition Period: December 14, 2024 – May 18, 2025
• Venue: POLA Museum of Art, Exhibition Rooms 1, 2, 3, Atrium Gallery
• Opening Hours: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM (Last entry by 4:30 PM)
• URL：https://www.polamuseum.or.jp/

NTT ICC: evala – Emerging Site / Disappearing Sight

NTT Intercommunication Center [ICC] presents "evala: Emerging Site / Disappearing Sight" from December 14, 2024, to March 9, 2025. The exhibition showcases evala's "See by Your Ears" series, a unique auditory art experience that explores sound as a way of perceiving and imagining the world beyond sight.

• Exhibition Period: December 14, 2024 – March 9, 2025
• Venue: NTT Intercommunication Center [ICC], Gallery A, B
• Opening Hours: 11:00 AM – 6:00 PM (Last entry 30 minutes before closing)
• URL：https://tinyurl.com/5fm6z8nu

Art Tower Mito Presents "Yuichiro Tamura ATM"

The exhibition "Yuichiro Tamura ATM" opens at Mito Art Tower Contemporary Art Gallery on November 2, 2024. Tamura's new work, inspired by the abbreviation of Art Tower Mito, intertwines generative AI-created short stories with his multilayered narrative style.

• Exhibition Dates: November 2, 2024 – January 26, 2025
• Venue: Mito Art Tower Contemporary Art Gallery
• Opening Hours: 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM (Last entry at 5:30 PM)
• URL：https://tinyurl.com/bdyu7sy3

Tokyo Art Museum presents "The Question After Half a Century"

The exhibition "The Question After Half a Century" calls upon artists who entered Tokyo University of the Arts in 1975. It showcases how they have sublimated the challenges they faced at that time, and how these issues have been transformed into "questions" today. The exhibition presents works by the last generation of artists influenced by 20th-century modernism, highlighting their diverse approaches and methods that transcend traditional artistic boundaries.

• Exhibition Dates: October 5 – December 22, 2024
• Venue: Tokyo Art Museum
• Opening Hours: 11:00 AM – 6:30 PM (Last entry at 6:00 PM)
• Admission : General 500, High school and university students 400, Elementary and junior high school students 300
• Closed: Monday to Wednesday
• Open: Thursday to Sunday
• URL：https://tinyurl.com/msb5jc5s

Tokyo International Gallery presents an Annual Solo Exhibitio “2024 Exhibition AshuPine” by AshuPine

AshuPine's solo exhibition "2024 Exhibition AshuPine" will be held at Tokyo International Gallery from November 30 to December 28, 2024. Featuring around 90 works, including large-scale pieces, the exhibition offers an immersive experience of AshuPine's innovative spatial art. His works blend strength with delicacy, avant-garde expression with elegance, and transcend traditional design boundaries, exploring new possibilities in space art across architecture, interior design, and fashion.

• Exhibition Dates: November 30 – December 28, 2024
• Opening Hours: 12:00 PM – 8:00 PM (Closed on Sundays)
• Venue: Tokyo International Galler
• URL：https://tinyurl.com/3d3546be

Shinpei Yoshida Solo Exhibition "My Husband" at hide gallery

Shinpei Yoshida's solo exhibition "My Husband" will be held at hide gallery from November 30 to December 22, 2024. The exhibition features Yoshida's iconic portrait series in oil painting, alongside installation works that respond to the space. This marks Yoshida's first exhibition in Tokyo in two years, following successful international shows.

• Exhibition Dates: November 30 – December 22, 2024
• Venue: hide gallery
• Opening Hours: 12:00 PM – 6:00 PM
• Closed: Tuesdays and Wednesdays
• URL：https://tinyurl.com/4xtk5rz5

Tadahiro Gunji Solo Exhibition "Collectivity 093 – 128 Between Summer and Fall" at B1Storage

Tadahiro Gunji, a visual artist based in Brooklyn, will present his first solo exhibition in Japan in eight years at B1Storage in Shibuya, Tokyo, from November 30 to December 21, 2024. The exhibition features a diverse range of works, including wall sculptures, ceramics, and collages created during his seven years in New York, offering a deep dive into his unique artistic expression.

• Exhibition Dates: November 30 – December 21, 2024
• Opening Hours: 12:00 PM – 7:00 PM
• Closed: Sundays
• Venue: B1Storage
• URL：https://tinyurl.com/4j3ywd3w

Wade Guyton Solo Exhibition "Thirteen Paintings" at Espace Louis Vuitton Tokyo

© Jérémie Souteyrat ／ Louis Vuitton

Espace Louis Vuitton Tokyo presents the solo exhibition "Thirteen Paintings" by American artist Wade Guyton from October 31, 2024, to March 16, 2025. The exhibition is part of the "Hors-les-murs" program, which is being showcased in cities such as Tokyo, Munich, Venice, Beijing, Seoul, and Osaka. It features previously unpublished works from the Fondation Louis Vuitton’s collection, continuing the foundation’s mission to make contemporary art more accessible to a wider audience through international projects.

• Exhibition Dates: October 31, 2024 – March 16, 2025
• Venue: Espace Louis Vuitton Tokyo
• Opening Hours: 12:00 PM – 8:00 PM
• Admission: Free
• URL：https://tinyurl.com/42pubty9