Art

Art lovers in Nagoya have been a little disappointed in recent years. Firstly, the Nagoya/Boston Museum of Fine Arts closed down in 2018, and now the Nagoya City museum is undergoing a renovation that will not see it reopen until 2026. However, there are still some great exhibitions be be seen around the city. Below are a few that can help slake your artistic thirsts this coming month. Nagoya City Art Museum Yoshimoto Sakuji – Pictorial Pilgrimage With his large-screen works featuring heavy textures, contrasting images, and bold strokes, Yoshimoto Sakuji made a considerable splash upon his Nagoya debut in the 1980s. Following an exploration into a broad array of influences such as Chinese paintings and the Renaissance, he has forged a new path, and this Pictorial Pilgrimage is exhibited here through some 200 oil paintings and drawings. Where: Shirokawa Park, 2 Chome-17-25, Sakae, Naka Ward, Nagoya (map) Website: art-museum.city.nagoya.jp When: April 6 – June 9, 2024 Yamazaki Mazak Museum of Art Photograph Memories of Flowers – Sarah Fujisawa When are photographs not photographs? When they are memories. Inspired by the way a photograph she took of a mustard field was so different to the field of her memories, Sarah…