Life and Art: Arts & Crafts from Morris to Mingei

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William Morris (designed 1862/printed 1864) Fruit (Pomegranate)
© V&A Images/Victoria and Albert Museum
Given by Morris and Co.      The Arts and Crafts movement practiced by William Morris (1834–1896) at the end of the nineteenth century had a great deal of influence around the world.  The key principle of the movement was to bring high-quality, handmade design into both the social and private spheres.  With the full cooperation of the Victoria & Albert Museum (V&A), the present exhibition will examine the British origins of the movement and its expansion throughout Europe and in Japan through more than 200 works.  Highlights of the exhibition will include the William Morris Collection from the V&A British Gallery, a reconstruction of a typical British Arts-and-Crafts-style room, and a reconstruction of “Mikunisō,” a living space representing the Mingei ideals of YANAGI Sōetsu, KAWAI Kanjirō, HAMADA Shōji and others.

Exhibition dates

Saturday, September 13 – Sunday, November 9, 2008

Closed on Mondays

Exceptions: Open on 9/15, 10/13, 11/3; closed on 9/16, 10/14, 11/4.

Organizers

The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto

The Asahi Shimbun

Sponsors

British Council Japan

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan

The Agency for Cultural Affairs

Support

Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.

Osaka University of Arts

Cooperation

Japan Airlines

Proposal

Victoria & Albert Museum

Admission

	Day of admission	Advance	Group (20 or more)
Adult	1300	1100	1000
University students	1000	800	700
High school students	500	300	200
Junior high and younger	Free	Free	Free

Advance tickets: Ticket Pia, FamilyMart (P code: 688-278), Lawson (L code:

58794), other major ticket vendors and convenience stores

Publicity Materials

Advance flyer  PDF file (3.33MB)

Flyer  (PDF 922KB)

Other Museums

Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum  2009/01/24 (Sat.) – 04/05 (Sun.)

Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, Nagoya  2009/06/05 (Fri.) – 08/16 (Sun.)  (tentative)

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