The first floating work of Jean Julien "The departure" GINZA SIX

GINZA SIX, one of the largest commercial facilities in the Ginza area, will be open from October 26, 2022 to spring 2024 in the atrium in the center of the facility. The venue will exhibit the new art "The Departure" by a visual artist, Jean Julien.

Title : The Departure
Artist : Jean Julien
Venue: GINZA SIX 2F central atrium
Dates: October 26, 2022 - Spring 2024 (tentative).
Organizer: GINZA SIX Retail Management Co. Ltd.
Cooperation : NANZUKA

＜GINZA SIX Information＞
TEL: 03-6891-3390 (Reception hours; 10:30-20:30).
Location: 6-10-1 Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-0061
Business hours stores and cafes (B2F-5F) 10:30-
URL: https://ginza6.tokyo/
Closed: Irregular holidays

Image: ©Jean Jullien courtesy of Nanzuka

Large Contemporary Art Work "Open Storage 2022 -Expanding Storage-"

Chishima Foundation for Creative Osaka will hold a 7-day public exhibition of the large-scale contemporary artwork "Open Storage 2022 -Expanding Storage-" from October 14 to November 13, 2022. The exhibition venue is "MASK (MEGA ART STORAGE KITAKAGAYA)", which utilizes the site of a processing factory and warehouse. With an area of about 1,000 m2 and a height of 9 m, you can enjoy the power of art made of steel. This year, the ninth time the gallery is open to the public, in addition to the main artist Atsuko Mochida, as last year, there are works by six international contemporary artists.

Dates: October 14-16, October 21-23, November 13, 2022.
Opening hours: 12:00-18:00
Venue: MASK (MEGA ART STORAGE KITAKAGAYA)
Admission fees: Free
Main Artist: Atsuko Mochida
URL: https://mask.chishima-foundation.com/

Pola Museum of Art 20th Anniversary Exhibition "The Blue Period and Beyond"

The Pola Museum of Art holds the exhibition "The Blue Period and Beyond" to celebrate its 20th anniversary. At the age of 20, Pablo Picasso turned his attention to people who lived in misery and poverty. He captured them in paintings with blue paint and developed an incomparable series of portraits. From the Blue Period, the starting point of Picasso's career, through his Cubist experiments, to his mature and later years, the artist remained extremely productive and ceaselessly ambitious throughout his 91-year life. Today, nearly half a century after his death, Picasso's paintings continue to exude powerful, vibrant expression. This exhibition is a joint project of the Pola Museum of Art, which holds one of Japan's finest Picasso collections, and the Hiroshima Museum of Art, based on research into Picasso's works in collaboration with museums in North America and Europe.

Dates: September 17, 2022 - January 15, 2023
Venue: Pola Museum, of Art Exhibition Rooms 1 and 3
URL: https://www.polamuseum.or.jp/en/sp/picasso2022/
Image: Picasso "Beyond the Blue Age" exhibition installation (I. The Blue Age: Initial paintings, layered webs) ©Ken KATO
Opening hours: 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. (admission until 4:30 p.m.)
Admission fees:
Adults 1,800 yen
Senior discount (over 65) 1,600 yen
Students and pupils 1,300 yen
*Admission is free for junior high school students and younger
Online ticket https://www.e-tix.jp/polamuseum/
Closed: No holidays (temporarily closed for exhibition change)

Two-person exhibition by environmental artist Mariyo Yagi and contemporary artist Yuna Yagi "Following the Earth's Crust" Ginza Pola Museum Annex

The Pola Museum Annex in Ginza will host the two-person exhibition "Following the Crust" by environmental artist Mariyo Yagi and contemporary artist Yuna Yagi from Friday, September 16, 2022 to Sunday, October 23, 2022. With guest curator Hiromi Kurosawa, chief curator of the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art in Kanazawa, theyWe will exhibit the new a
will create a cosmological space in the city filled with the energy of the synergy of the works of the two artists.

Dates: September 16, 2022 - October 23, 2022.
Opening hours: 11:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. (admission until 6:30 p.m.)
Admission fees: Free of charge
Venue: Pola Museum Annex
Closed: Open daily during the exhibition period
Image: Mariyo Yagi "Skin of the Earth Planet" 2012 POLA MUSEUM ANNEX Installation Material: layer peeling, iron, hemp rope 140 x 500cm Photo: Takashi Hatakeyama
URL: https://www.po-holdings.co.jp/m-annex/index.html

Hiro Sugiyama Curated Exhibition "NEO PAINTING TOKYO" OIL by Bijutsu Techo Gallery

OIL by Bijutsu Techo Gallery is hosting the group exhibition "NEO PAINTING TOKYO" curated by Hiro Sugiyama from October 7 to October 31, 2022. Participating artists are Keiji Ito, Mariko Enomoto, SARUME, Yuta Nakashima, Goro Nagashima, Yukiko Yamazaki, and Hiro Sugiyama. Using the new painting and hetauma culture of the 1980s, the host looks at the new painting trends emerging in Tokyo today.

Venue: OIL by Bijutsu Techo Gallery
Dates: October 7-31, 2022
Opening hours: 11:00-20:00
Admission fees: Free of charge
URL: https://oil-gallery.bijutsutecho.com

Tetsuro Hirata Solo Exhibition "Art or Science?" 3331 Arts Chiyoda

From October 13-17, 2022, 3331 Arts Chiyoda is co-sponsoring Tetsuro Hirata's solo exhibition "Art or Science?". Tetsuro Hirata, who passed away in 2022, left behind an extensive body of work that is virtually unpublished. In order to showcase the overwhelming amount of material, the host has decided to hold the exhibition in the main gallery of 3331.

Date: October 13-17, 2022
Opening hours: 11:00-20:00
Venue: 3331 Arts Chiyoda Main Gallery (1F)
Admission fees: Free
URL: https://www.3331.jp/