Worth Traveling For! 30 Interesting Exhibitions and Art Events Starting Nationwide in December 2023

Dates: December 2, 2023 (Sat) – January 28, 2024 (Sun)
URL: https://artmuseum.pref.hokkaido.lg.jp/obj/exhibition/program/143
Riusuke Fukahori has garnered attention for his astonishing, masterful technique of painting goldfish in clear resin using acrylic paint. This exhibition introduces his latest body of work.Riusuke Fukahori

Dates: December 9, 2023 (Sat) – March 31, 2024 (Sun)
URL: https://towadaartcenter.com/exhibitions/araki-yu/
The first museum solo exhibition for filmmaker Yu Araki. Following research in Aomori, the exhibition will feature four new video works expanding on the artist's themes, alongside three past works.

Dates: December 16, 2023 (Sat) – March 3, 2024 (Sun)
URL: https://artpark.or.jp/tenrankai-event/siaf2024/
Maywa Denki is an art unit that fuses music and art. Maywa Denki. This exhibition brings together their 'Nonsense Machines' created since their founding in 1993, tracing the trajectory of their activities where the presentation itself has become art.

Dates: December 1, 2023 (Fri) – January 28, 2024 (Sun)
URL: http://www.watarium.co.jp/jp/exhibition/202312/
The Watari Museum of Contemporary Art presents its first exhibition that functions like a performance, held in a tour format for 6 people per performance.

Dates: December 2, 2023 (Sat) – March 3, 2024 (Sun)
URL: https://www.mot-art-museum.jp/exhibitions/mot-annual-2023/
A contemporary art exhibition focusing on young artists who look at both 'creation and generation,' externalizing their ideas through sculptural vocabulary while utilizing technology.

Dates: December 2, 2023 (Sat) – February 4, 2024 (Sun)
URL: https://shoto-museum.jp/exhibitions/202zenei/
Introducing a unique lineage in the history of Japanese photography that connects four individuals: art critic Shuzo Takiguchi, Nobuya Abe who was active in both painting and photography, and photographers Kiyoji Otsuji and Shigeo Gocho.

Dates: December 5, 2023 (Tue) – February 25, 2024 (Sun)
URL: https://www.tokyonode.jp/sp/eim/index.html
The largest exhibition in the career of photographer and film director Mika Ninagawa, who takes on this challenge as part of the creative team EiM.

Dates: December 7, 2023 (Thu) – December 9, 2023 (Sat)
URL: https://tokyo.mutek.org/
An international festival held to develop and promote digital creativity in sound, electronic music, and audio-visual art.

Dates: December 9, 2023 (Sat) – March 10, 2024 (Sun)
URL: https://www.mot-art-museum.jp/exhibitions/toyoshima_yasuko/
Yasuko Toyoshima's first attempt to examine the full scope of her work over more than 30 years, bringing together nearly 400 pieces from early works to new creations.

Dates: December 9, 2023 (Sat) – March 3, 2024 (Sun)
URL: https://www.artizon.museum/exhibition/detail/561
Featuring approximately 40 works by Marie Laurencin from the Ishibashi Foundation collection and museums in Japan and abroad, along with about 25 documents such as illustrated books, as well as works by contemporary painters of the same era.

Dates: December 9, 2023 (Sat) – February 25, 2024 (Sun)
URL: https://macg.roppongihills.com/jp/exhibitions/keithharing/index.html
An exhibition to experience the art of Keith Haring through approximately 150 works, including large-scale pieces reaching 6 meters in length.

Dates: December 9, 2023 (Sat) – February 12, 2024 (Mon)
URL: http://www.moma.pref.kanagawa.jp/exhibition/2023-images-and-signs
Focusing on the museum's collection, this exhibition looks back at the original expressions of the 1960s, highlighting works by artists such as Masakazu Horiuchi, Katsuhiro Yamaguchi, Kazuo Okazaki, Zennosuke Iida, Aiko Miyawaki, Jiro Takamatsu, and Isamu Wakabayashi.

Dates: December 16, 2023 (Sat) – March 10, 2024 (Sun)
URL: https://www.ntticc.or.jp/ja/exhibitions/2023/trubute-to-r-s/
In memory of the musician Ryuichi Sakamoto, who left an immense legacy in the field of media art, this exhibition features Daito Manabe of Rhizomatiks as a co-curator. It showcases works based on performance data left by Sakamoto, as well as pieces by domestic and international artists who had connections with him.

Dates: December 16, 2023 (Sat) – February 25, 2024 (Sun)
URL: http://www.city.fuchu.tokyo.jp/art/tenrankai/kikakutenkaisai/exhibition_2023_4_shirai.html
The first museum solo exhibition by Miho Shirai, who continues to create vigorously while freely crossing various media.

Dates: December 16, 2023 (Sat) – May 19, 2024 (Sun)
URL: https://www.polamuseum.or.jp/sp/moderntimesinparis1925/
Focusing on Paris in the 1920s and 1930s, this exhibition introduces aspects of the relationship between machines and humans in Europe, the United States, and Japan.

Dates: December 20, 2023 (Wed) – May 31, 2024 (Fri)
URL: https://kadcul.com/event/170
Salvador Dalí’s world-renowned masterpieces, along with photographs, installations, films, and archival footage, are projected 360 degrees onto the floors and walls, all accompanied by the music of Pink Floyd.

Dates: December 8, 2023 (Fri) – February 4, 2024 (Sun)
URL: https://www.pref.toyama.jp/1738/exh2304_chozetsugikou.html
Alongside Meiji-era crafts, which are seeing a surge in re-evaluation, this exhibition introduces works of superb technique by contemporary artists working in various materials such as wood carving, lacquerware, metalwork, ceramics, and glass.

Dates: December 16, 2023 (Sat) – March 3, 2024 (Sun)
URL: https://www.cpm-gifu.jp/museum/events/event/event-7832
This exhibition introduces Finnish glass art from the 1930s to the present through approximately 140 works by major designers and artists.

Dates: December 19, 2023 (Tue) – March 10, 2024 (Sun)
URL: https://gaudi2023-24.jp/
An exhibition that deciphers the architectural philosophy and design principles of architect Antoni Gaudí through over 100 drawings, models, photographs, and documents, combined with the latest video footage.

Dates: December 27, 2023 (Wed) – March 31, 2024 (Sun)
URL: https://shizubi.jp/exhibition/20231227_takahataisao/231227_01.php
Isao Takahata led Japanese animation from the 1960s onwards. This exhibition explores the behind-the-scenes creation of his masterpiece animations through over 1,300 works and documents, including storyboards and layouts.

Dates: December 2, 2023 (Sat) – March 31, 2024 (Sun)
URL: https://mucha.sakai-bunshin.com/event/mucha2023ex3/
An exhibition exploring the art theories of Mucha, who taught drawing and composition to the next generation at a Paris art academy around 1900.

Dates: December 9, 2023 (Sat) – January 28, 2024 (Sun)
URL: https://mucha-immersive.com/
An immersive exhibition that uses high-definition projectors to display works by Mucha, known as the "Magician of Lines."

Dates: December 14, 2023 (Thu) – February 25, 2024 (Sun)
URL: https://www.sagawa-artmuseum.or.jp/plan/2023/10/post-146.html
Featuring over 150 works by the Dutch printmaker M.C. Escher, ranging from his early pieces to his masterpieces.

Dates: December 16, 2023 (Sat) – February 4, 2024 (Sun)
URL: https://www.bunpaku.or.jp/exhi_sogo_post/20231216-20240204/
Commemorating the 100th anniversary of the publication of the "Surrealist Manifesto," this exhibition introduces the development of diverse imagery primarily through Japanese paintings influenced by Surrealism.

Dates: December 16, 2023 (Sat) – February 25, 2024 (Sun)
URL: https://www.asahigroup-oyamazaki.com/exhibition/foujita/
An exhibition that traces the life and emotional journey of Tsuguharu Foujita through letters sent to loved ones, the woodwork he created throughout his life as "handiwork," and works he left behind for his wife.

Dates: December 23, 2023 (Sat) – February 25, 2024 (Sun)
URL: https://nakka-art.jp/exhibition-post/women-painters-2023/
Introducing the activities of over 50 female Japanese-style painters from modern Osaka who garnered nationwide attention, through approximately 150 works and related materials.

Dates: December 2, 2023 (Sat) – January 21, 2024 (Sun)
URL: https://www.city.niihama.lg.jp/soshiki/bijutu/yamashitakiyoshi.html
An exhibition of the wandering genius painter Kiyoshi Yamashita, who would have turned 100 in 2022.

Dates: December 15, 2023 (Fri) – February 12, 2024 (Mon)
URL: https://www.grandtoit.jp/museum/in_memory_of_sumikawa
Kiichi Sumikawa, a sculptor from Shimane Prefecture, passed away in April 2023. Mourning his passing, this exhibition presents approximately 40 works themed around his signature "curved forms," focusing on pieces previously donated to the museum.

Dates: December 23, 2023 (Sat) – March 10, 2024 (Sun)
URL: https://www.mimoca.org/ja/exhibitions/2023/12/23/2929/
By focusing on the power of questioning society and the self, engaging with others, and the passage of time, this exhibition attempts to provide an opportunity to consider ways of living while accepting weakened minds and bodies through works imbued with hope.

Dates: December 9, 2023 (Sat) – December 17, 2023 (Sun)
URL: https://satfes.jp/
Events include the first-ever "Light Festival" at the Tanegashima Space Center, contemporary art exhibitions across the island, and the Super Planetarium Star Cave.