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Dec. 13: Symposium “Private Jokes, Public Places: Between Architecture and Theater” (2009/11/19)Galleria Borghese: The Splendid Collection of a Noble Family: photographs of the exhibition (2009/11/09)
The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto (MoMAK) on Facebook (2009/11/04)
Galleria Borghese: The Splendid Collection of a Noble Family: exhibition checklist (2009/10/27)
ICHIHARA Hiroko + YANAI Shin-ichi “Playroom. 2009”: photographs (2009/10/23)
ICHIHARA Hiroko + YANAI Shin-ichi “Playroom. 2008”: additional photographs courtesy of the artists (2009/10/22)
@MoMAKyoto: The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto (MoMAK) on Twitter (2009/10/16)
Dec. 28–March 29: museum to be closed for storage renovation (2009/10/06)
Announcement: Retirement: Director Ken’ichi IWAKI / Appointment: Director Masaaki OZAKI (2009/07/07)
MoMAK Films @ Goethe: Watch NFC’s films in Kyoto! (2009/04/16)
Next Exhibition
Dec. 28–March 29: museum to be closed for storage renovation
Collection Gallery
The Collection Gallery exhibits selected works of nihonga (Japanese-style painting), yōga (Western-style painting), prints, sculpture, crafts (ceramics, textiles, metalworks, wood and bamboo works, lacquers and jewelry) and photography from the museum collection, rotating the works on display approximately twenty times a year. Also shown are outstanding and monumental works of modern art in Japan, as well as modern and contemporary European and American art.12th Collection Gallery exhibition, 2009/2010
Special Theme: “A Trend in Kyoto in the End of the 19th Century in the Context of ‘Eastern and Western Culture’—TAMURA Soryū, ITŌ Chūta, et al”
NOTE: Japanese names are generally represented in the traditional fashion, with the family name first, followed by the given name or the “artist name.” (Exceptions are made for artists who are/were long-term residents of foreign countries, e.g., Tsuguharu Léonard Foujita, and for contemporary artists in accordance with the artist’s [perceived] preference.)