Guercino ( 1591-1666 ) is considered one of the greatest painters of the Italian Baroque .

Guercino created influential works that greatly impacted the development of Baroque painting . 

His art also helped lay a foundation for the academic style of painting, and at one time , he numbered among the most famous painters in Italian art history . 

In the 19th century , when artists rejected the academic tradition and sought to express new ideas , Guercino’s work was rejected and forgotten . 

Since the mid-20th century , however , his work has been re-evaluated , and in recent years , several large exhibitions devoted to Guercino have been held . 

The National Museum of Western Art , which possesses an oil painting by Guercino in its collection , will this time explore the entire scope of this long forgotten artist’s career through 44 oil paintings in what will be the first Guercino exhibition in Japan .

Many of the works are on loan from the Municipal Art Gallery of Cento , Italy , which in May 2012 suffered enormous damage in a massive quake . 

The Municipal Art Gallery remains closed at this time with no prospect of reopening soon . 

The exhibition is being held as a reconstruction aid event with a portion of its proceeds going to the Municipal Art Gallery’s rebuilding .

 

【 period 】　　March 3 , 2015 （tuesday ） ～ May 31 , 2015 （sanday ）

【 Venue 】　　The National Museum of Western Art ( Ueno Park, Tokyo ) 　/　From ueno park exit of JR ueno station  【about 1min walk 】 ♪

【 Hours 】　　9:30  ~ 17:30　　※ Fridays until 20:00　　　※ Last entry 30 minutes before closing 

【 Closed 】　　　Mondays 　( except 30 March , 4 and 18 May 2015 )

【 Admission 】　General　￥1,500 （￥1,300 ） 　/　　College students　￥1,300 （￥1,100 ）　/　High School students　￥800 （￥600 ）

※ Admission free for visitors junior high school age or younger .

※　Prices shown in (  ) indicate advance and group ( more than 20 persons ) discount tickets .

Official website　http://www.tbs.co.jp/guercino2015/

About 10min walk at our hotel ♪

 

Indian Buddhist Art from Indian Museum, Kolkata

◆ About The Indian Museum in Kolkata ◆

The Indian Museum in Kolkata ( formerly Calcutta ) was founded in 1814 and is the country’s first general museum and one of the largest in all of Asia .

Among all its holdings , country’s first general museum and one of the largest in all of Asia.

Among all its collection of Indian Buddhist art is particularly excellent , encompassing a host of outstanding examples from Buddhism’s earliest days through more recent centuries .

The collection includes a recreation of the Bharhut stupa ( c. 2nd century B.C.E. ) with the early collection includes a recreation of the Bharhut stupa  (c. 2nd century B.C.E. ) with the early Indian Buddhist art of that period , carvings of the Buddha from GandharIndian Buddhist art of that period , carvings of the Buddha from GandharIndian Buddhist art of that period , carvings of the Buddha from Gandhara and Mathura during the Kushan Empire ( 1st -3rd centuries ) , which saw the birth of such Buddhist images , fine arts from the Gupta Empire ( 4th – 6th centuries ) the so-called Golden Age of Indian culture – as well as masterpieces from the esoteric Buddhism that arose during the Pala dynasty ( 8th-12th centuries ) .

 

【 period 】　　March 17 , 2015 （tuesday ） ～ May 17 , 2015 （sanday ）

【 Venue 】　　Hyokeikan , Tokyo National Museum  ( Ueno Park )　/　From ueno park exit of JR ueno station  【about 10min walk 】 ♪

【 Hours 】　　9:30  ~  17:00　　※ Fridays until  20:00　　※From April 4, 2015:Saturdays, Sundays, and Holidays until 18:00 

 ※  ( Last entry 30 minutes before closing )

【 Closed 】　　　Mondays   ( Except for Monday, March 23, 30, May 4 ) , and closed Thursday May 7 .

【 Admission 】　General　￥ 1,400 （￥1,200 / ￥1,100 ）　　/　　College students　￥1,000 （￥800 / ￥700 ）　　　

High School students　　￥800 （￥600 / ￥500 ）

※ Admission free for visitors junior high school age or younger .

※　Prices shown in (  ) indicate advance and group ( more than 20 persons ) discount tickets .

Official website　http://www.tnm.jp/

About 15min walk at our hotel ♪

◆ Neo-Impressionism ◆

One of the innovative art movements that propelled painting into the 20th century — is revisited by this exhibition through a chronological exploration of the first nearly twenty years that followed its emergence in 1886 at the Eighth Impressionist Exhibition. Where the Impressionists had ushered in a new style of painting to capture the natural world as it appeared to their eyes , vividly evoking shifting images such as rippling water and the play of sunlight , the Neo-Impressionists branched out by bringing in the latest knowledge in optics and color theory .

At the same time , they shifted the emphasis away from faithfully re-creating the world to tapping into the power of expression of the colors themselves , and in so doing they set the stage for the advent of Fauvism at the dawn of the 20th century .

The journey taken by this exhibition begins with Impressionist paintings by Monet , and then progresses to the early Neo-Impressionism of artists such as Seurat and Signac , the diverse Impressionist works that subsequently streamed forth in France and Belgium, and finally the brilliant hues put to canvas by Matisse and Derain .

All together , some 100 works are brought together from across the globe to trace the fascinating transition from Seurat’s diminutive , subdued dots of paint to the bold, dynamic colors of Matisse.

 

【 period 】　　January 24 , 2015 （saturday ） ～ March 29 , 2015 （sanday ）

【 Venue 】　　Tokyo Metropolitan art Museum　　　From ueno park exit of JR ueno station 【about 7min walk】♪

【 Hours 】　　9:30  ~  17:30　　※ Fridays  9:30 ~ 20:00  ( Last admission 19:30 )　　※ ( Last admission 17:00 )

【 Closed 】　　Every mondays

【 Admission 】　　General   ¥ 1,600  /  College students   ¥ 1,300  /  High School students  ¥ 800   /  Seniors 65+   ¥ 1,000

Group tickets　　General  ¥ 1,300  /  College students  ¥ 1,100  /  High School students  ¥ 700   /  Seniors 65+   ¥ 900

※ Group rates – 20 or more people .

※ Admission free for visitors junior high school age or younger .

Official website　http://www.tobikan.jp/

About 15min walk at our hotel ♪

【 period 】　　October 28 , 2014 （tuesday）～ February 22 , 2015 （sanday）

【 Venue 】　　National Museum of Nature and Science　　　From ueno park exit of JR ueno station 【about 5min walk】♪

【 Opening time 】　　9：00～17：00　　 ※ Friday until 20:00 ※

【 Closed 】　　　Every Monday

【 Charge 】　　adult ・college student　￥1,600　（￥1,400 ）　　　　primary ・middle ・high school students 　￥600　（￥500 ）

Limited fryday pair night tickets　￥2,000

※（　） Advance sale ・ Group rates （each 20 people more ）

 Official website　　http://hikari.exhn.jp/

About 10min walk at our hotel ♪

Reopened new year 2015

【 period 】　　January 1 , 2015 thursday ~ February 22 , 2015 sanday

【 Opening time 】　　9:30 ~ 16:30　(open deadline)

【 Venue 】　　Ueno Toshogu Button Garden　( Ueno zoo horizontal )

From ueno park exit of JR ueno station 【about 5min walk】

【 Admission 】　　adult　( junior high school or less )　￥700

organization　( more than 20 people )　￥600

elementary school or less free

common ticket　￥1,100

We offer a discount coupon at our hotel .　( ￥700 → ￥600 )

About 10min walk at our hotel .

Official website　http://www.uenotoshogu.com/