Recommended Art Exhibitions in July 2025

NPO Aoyama Design Forum presents the recommended exhibitions of art galleries and museums in July 2025. 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.

《ラルブル・ブラン（白い樹）》
2019年
フランス、モンペリエ
撮影：イワン・バーン

Mori Art Museum - "The Architecture of Sou Fujimoto: Primordial Future Forest"

Explore Sou Fujimoto’s major Tokyo retrospective: over 25 years of work blending nature and structure through immersive installations, models, drawings, and large-scale exhibits. A visionary for Expo 2025 Osaka site design.

Dates: July 2-November 9, 2025
Venue: Mori Art Museum
Hours: 10:00-22:00 (Tues until 17:00; last entry 30 min before closing)
Fee: Adults 2,300; University/High‑school Students 1,400; Seniors (65+) 2,000; Free for junior high and under 
URL: https://tinyurl.com/2pv94cxw

21_21 DESIGN SIGHT - "What If? BOSAI: The Next Disaster"

Directed by WOW, this exhibition challenges viewers to rethink natural disasters through data visualizations, design products, and participatory questions scattered across the venue.

Dates: July 4 -November 3, 2025
Venue: Gallery 1 & 2, 21_21 DESIGN SIGHT
Hours: 10:00-19:00 (last entry 18:30)
Closed: Tuesdays (except open on September 23)
Fee: Adults 1,600; University Students 800; High School Students 500
URL: https://tinyurl.com/2kzh4zjr

Osaka City Museum of Fine Arts / Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum / Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art - "Van Gogh’s Home: The Van Gogh Museum - The Painter’s Legacy, the Family Collection, the Ongoing Story"

This first-ever Japanese exhibition highlighting the Van Gogh family’s collection showcases over 30 paintings and personal letters, tracing Vincent’s legacy through the devotion of Theo, Jo, and Vincent Willem.

Dates: Osaka City Museum of Fine Arts: July 5-August 31, 2025
Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum: September 12-December 21, 2025
Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art: January 3-March 23, 2026 (tentative)
URL: https://gogh2025-26.jp/english/

Tokyo Photographic Art Museum - "TOP 30th Anniversary Luigi Ghirri: Infinite Landscapes"

ルイジ・ギッリ《ボローニャ、1989-90》〈ジョルジョ・モランディのアトリエ〉より 1989-90年 東京都写真美術館蔵 ©Heirs of Luigi Ghirri

In celebration of its 30th anniversary, the museum presents Luigi Ghirri’s first solo museum exhibition in Asia, showcasing his evocative photographic "infinite landscapes" composed of visual fragments.

Dates: July 3-September 28, 2025
Venue: 2F Exhibition Gallery, Tokyo Photographic Art Museum
Hours: 10:00-18:00 (Thurs/Fri until 20:00; from Aug 14 to Sep 26, Thurs/Fri until 21:00)
Closed: Mondays (open on holidays, then closed the following weekday)
Fee: Adults 800; University Students 640; High School & Seniors 65+ 400
URL: https://tinyurl.com/3jfabr2r

The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo - "MOMAT Collection"

Discover rotating highlights from MOMAT’s 14,000-item collection—including works marking Robert Rauschenberg’s 100th birthday and the 60th anniversary of Japan–Korea normalization. A fresh selection each period.

Dates: July 15-October 26, 2025
Venue: The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
Hours: 10:00-17:00 (Fri/Sat until 20:00; last entry 30 min before closing)
Fee: Adults 500; University Students 250
Closed: Mondays (Open on July 21, Aug 11, Sep 15, Oct 13; Closed on July 22, Aug 12, Sep 16, Oct 14)
URL: https://tinyurl.com/466x6zwn

Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art - "Aichi Expo 20th Anniversary Exhibition: Spirited Away - An Aubusson Tapestry"

《カオナシと対⾯する千尋》 © 2001 Hayao Miyazaki/Studio Ghibli, NDDTM ほか

Explore a colossal Aubusson tapestry woven in France that depicts a scene from Studio Ghibli’s Spirited Away. A fusion of 15th-century French weaving tradition and modern animation, exhibited in Japan for the first time.

Dates: April 11-June 8 & July 4-August 17, 2025
Venue: Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art
Hours: 10:00-18:00; open until 20:00 on Fridays. Last entry 30 min before close.
Fee: Adults 500; University/High School 300; Junior high & younger free. 
Closed: Mondays (except May 5, July 21 & Aug 11); also closed May 7, June 9-July 3, July 22 & Aug 12
URL: https://tinyurl.com/4pxujyjz

Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art - "Takeuchi Seiho: Pioneer of Modern Nihonga"

This large-scale retrospective highlights Takeuchi Seiho (1864–1942), a leader of the Kyoto school, showcasing over 100 works—from early to late periods—demonstrating his fusion of tradition and innovation in modern Japanese painting.

Dates: July 4-August 17, 2025
*First half: July 4-July 27 / Second half: July 29-August 17 (some works will rotate)
Venue: Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art
Hours: 10:00-18:00; open until 20:00 on Fridays (last entry 30 min before close)
Closed: Mondays (except July 21, Aug 11); also closed July 22 & Aug 12
URL: https://tinyurl.com/4kfn3mbj

Nakanoshima Museum of Art, Osaka - "Louis Vuitton: Visionary Journeys"

©LOUIS VUITTON

To mark its 170th anniversary and in conjunction with Expo 2025 Osaka‑Kansai, Louis Vuitton presents an immersive journey through its heritage. Curated by Florence Müller and designed by Shohei Shigematsu (OMA), the exhibition traces the Maison’s evolution and its longstanding ties to Japan.

Dates: July 15-September 17, 2025
Venue: 5F Galleries, Nakanoshima Museum of Art, Osaka
Hours: 10:00-17:00 (last entry 16:30); extended until 19:00 on Fridays, Saturdays, and the day before public holidays (entry until 18:30)
Closed: Mondays (except open on July 21, Aug 11, Sept 15; closed July 22)
URL: https://tinyurl.com/3b4rbv67

MAHO KUBOTA GALLERY - "AKI INOMATA & Mikan Ogasawara: Beneath the Same Sky"

AKI INOMATA "I Remember That sky”
2024, Digital type c-print, stereoscope, 4K video　　
Photo: Hayato Wakabayashi

Tokyo- and Hamburg-based artists AKI INOMATA and Mikan Ogasawara present new works on the theme of "the sky", offering complementary perspectives that evoke sensory resonance.

Dates: June 27-July 26, 2025
Venue: MAHO KUBOTA GALLERY
Hours: 12:00-19:00; closed Sundays, Mondays & public holidays
URL: https://tinyurl.com/2hv2menb

KOTARO NUKAGA & POLA MUSEUM ANNEX  "José Parlá: Home Away from Home"

KOTARO NUKAGAでの展示風景

José Parlá’s solo exhibition explores urban memory and migrant perspectives through layered artworks, inviting viewers into the deeper textures of the city across two Tokyo venues.

Dates: KOTARO NUKAGA (Roppongi) June 20-August 9, 2025, POLA MUSEUM ANNEX (Ginza) June 20-July 27, 2025
Venues: KOTARO NUKAGA / POLA MUSEUM ANNEX
Hours: KOTARO NUKAGA 11:00-18:00 (closed Sundays, Mondays, and national holidays), POLA MUSEUM ANNEX 11:00-19:00 (last entry 18:30)
URL: KOTARO NUKAGA / POLA MUSEUM ANNEX

Osaka Culturarium, Tempozan - "Reshaped reality: 50 Years of Hyperrealist Sculpture" Gallery Tour

Held concurrently with the first Japan showing of this acclaimed hyperrealism exhibition, the gallery tour offers in-depth curator insights into the artworks and their philosophical background. Led by Atsuhito Miyake, co-representative of HB. curatorial collective.

Dates: June 28, July 12, July 20-23, Aug 10-11, Aug 23, Sept 6, Oct 11-12, 2025 (12 sessions)
Time: 14:00 (approx. 1 hour each session)
Meeting point: 5F entrance, Osaka Culturarium, Tempozan
URL: https://tinyurl.com/ytnj5reh

Abeno Harukas Art Museum - "Riusuke Fukahori Exhibition: Wavering Boundaries"

Experience Riusuke Fukahori's mesmerizing 2.5D goldfish paintings—using layered acrylic on resin—bringing over 300 works to life with realism and illusion.

Dates: July 5-September 7, 2025
Venue: Abeno Harukas Art Museum
Hours: Tue-Fri 10:00-20:00; Mon, Sat, Sun & Holidays 10:00-18:00 (last entry 30 min prior); Closed July 7
Fee: Adults 1,600; University/High School 1,200; Elementary/Junior High 500
URL: https://fukahori-exhibit.jp/en/

rin art association - "Kumi Kaguraoka: Fiction Spoken in a Straight Face" 

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Kumi Kaguraoka explores the relationship between body and society, presenting new "body images" derived from non-verbal awareness through her art.

Dates: June 21-August 17, 2025
Venue: rin art association
Hours: 11:00-19:00
URL: https://tinyurl.com/kwuepmre

Otherwise Gallery - "Yusuke Ochiai: I GOT YOUR POINT - Traces of Memory, Path of Imagination"

『Pieces Of It』Acrylic on shaped canvas and styrofoam / 2025/ 1250 x 920mm

Yusuke Ochiai presents his signature POI character to explore memory, imagination, and the intersection of spiritual culture and street art in layered sensory works.

Dates: June 20-July 26, 2025
Venue: Otherwise Gallery
Hours: 12:00-19:00; closed Sundays, Mondays & Tuesdays
URL: https://tinyurl.com/27whe4pk