The special exhibition ‘TRIO: Paris, Tokyo, Osaka Modern Art Collection’ will be held at the Tokyo National Museum of Modern Art in Takebashi from May 21 (Tuesday) to August 25 (Sunday), and at the Osaka City Museum of Modern Art on Nakanoshima from September 14 (Saturday) to December 8 (Sunday).
The exhibition will feature a trio of works from the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, Paris, the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, and the Nakanoshima Museum of Art, Osaka, all of which are located in major cities and all have collections of modern art. This exhibition proposes a new way of looking at modern art from the early 20th century to the present day, and highlights its appeal.
The 34 works in the trio share a wide range of subjects, motifs, colors, shapes, materials, and backgrounds. The trio will be divided into seven chapters, each featuring 150 works by 110 artists, including paintings, sculptures, prints, drawings, photographs, designs, and videos, 32 of which are being exhibited for the first time in Japan.
As examples of the trio’s composition, the exhibition’s website and posters show, from the theme “The Power of Models,” Henri Matisse’s “Odalisque Leaning on a Chair” (Museum of Modern Art, Paris), Mantengoro’s “Nude Beauty” (Important Cultural Property) (The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo), Amedeo Modigliani’s “Undone Hair The “Garden of Imagination” theme includes Raoul Dufy’s “House and Garden” (Museum of Modern Art, Paris), Ei Tsuji’s “Camellia and Cub” (National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo), and Andre Beauchamp’s “Fruit Rack” (Nakanoshima Museum of Art, Osaka), three paintings with nature motifs. André Beauchamp’s “Fruit Rack” (Nakanoshima Museum of Art, Osaka), and three paintings featuring landscapes.
Henri Matisse, “Odalisque leaning on a chair,” 1928.
photo: Paris Musées/Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris
Raoul Dufy, “House and Garden,” 1915, Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris
photo: Paris Musées/Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris
Victor Brauner, “Encounter at 2 bis rue Perrel”, 1946, Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris (from Trio, theme “Between reality and unreality”)
photo: Paris Musées/Musée Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris
Henri Cartier-Bresson, “Rue Mouffetard” (1952), Musée d’Art Moderne, Paris (from the trio, theme “The City Snapshots of the City)
photo: Paris Musées/Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris
Yves Klein, “Blue Venus”, 1962, Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris (from Trio, Theme “Deformed Body”)
photo: Paris Musées/Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris ‘Art Moderne de Paris
Details on both Tokyo and Osaka, including tickets, will be announced at a later date.
TRIO Paris-Tokyo-Osaka Modern Art Collection
[Tokyo venue]
Dates: May 21 (Tue) – August 25 (Sun), 2024
Venue: The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
Hours: 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. *Open until 8:00 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays.
Closed: Mondays *Open on July 15 and August 12, closed the following Tuesday
Organizers: The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Osaka Nakanoshima Art Museum, Nihon Keizai Shimbun, TV Tokyo, BS TV Tokyo
Special Cooperation : Musee d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Musee de Paris
[Osaka Venue]
Dates: September 14 (Sat) – December 8 (Sun), 2024
Venue: Osaka Nakanoshima Art Museum, 4th floor
Hours: 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. *Entrance until 4:30 p.m.
Closed: Mondays *Open on September 16, 23, October 14, and November 4, closed the following Tuesday
Organizers: Osaka Nakanoshima Art Museum, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Nikkei Inc.
Special Cooperation : Musee d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Musee de Paris
Some works may be changed during the exhibition period.
Tokyo venue: First half: May 21-July 7, Second half: July 9-August 25
Osaka venue: first semester September 14-October 27, second semester October 29-December 8
List of Exhibiting Artists
Karel Appel / Hans Arp / Armand (Armand Fernandes) / Sabine Weiss / Suzanne Valadon / Xavier Vaillant / Pablo Gargarillo / Alexander Calder / Henri Cartier-Bresson / Yves Klein / Paul Klee / Marc Chagall / Chaim Soutine / Henry Darger / Salvador Dali / Giorgio de Chirico / Julien Discri / Raymond Duchamp-Villon / Raoul Dufy / Francois Dufresne / Felix Del Marle / Sonia Delaunay / Robert Delaunay / Robert Doisneau / Jean-Michel Basquiat / Pablo Picasso / Jean Fortrier / Brassaï / Constantin Brancusi / Maria Blanchard / Victor Brunel / Andre Beauchamp / Umberto Boccioni / Pierre Bonnard / Serge Poliakoff / René Magritte / Henri Matisse / Albert Marquet / Henri Michaux / Jean-Luc Moulène / Jean Metzinger / Fausto Melotti / Amedeo Modigliani / Maurice Utrillo / Germaine Ricier / Elle Lissitzky / Marc Riboud / Fernand Léger / Marie Laurencin / Marc Rothko
Ryuichi Amano / Toshio Arimoto / Harumura Ikeda / Reiko Ikemura / Miyako Ishiuchi / Mako Idemitsu / Sarazono Okamoto / Taro Okamoto / Youkame Ogura / Koshiro Onchi / Shinzo Kawai / Ryoka Kawakami / Kametaro Kawasaki / Seiko Kanno / Shokuma Kikuhata / Ryusei Kishida / Shozo Kitadai / Tsunetomi Kitano / Noboru Kitawaki / Yayoi Kusama / Shiro Kuramata / Kimio Koizumi / Narashige Koide / Harue Koga / Yuzo Saeki / Masaharu Sato / Gyokai Saboyama / Mieko Shiomi / Kumi Sugai / Nonsui Sugiura / Yutaka Takanashi / Toeko Tatsuno / Atsuko Tanaka / Ei Tsuji / Yoho Tsuda / Seiji Togo / Shomei Tomatsu / Shunji Hyodo / Daihiro Tomii / Haruo Toyama / Natsuyuki Nakanishi / Yoshitomo Nara / Kazutaka Narahara / Toshiyuki Hasegawa / Naoya Hatakeyama / Yoshio Hayakawa / Katsushiro Hara / Takeji Fujishima / Tsuguji Fujita / Fujishiro Maeda / Toshi Matsumoto Shunsuke Maruki / Shun Maruki (Shunko Akamatsu) / Kotaro Mikishi / Tomoyoshi Murayama / Fumi Momose / Yasumasa Morimura / Sotaro Yasui / Yoshitatsu Yanagihara / Jiro Yoshihara / Mantengoro
