Time to Spend in an Art Museum 2025
Part 1: March 6 (Thu) — June 7 (Sat), 2025
Spring Exhibition of Japanese-Style Painting Masterpieces
Trajectory of the Contemporary KOGEI Exhibition 1975-1995 -Part.1-
Part 2: September 4 (Thu) — November 29 (Sat), 2025
Autumn Exhibition of Oil Painting Masterpieces
Trajectory of the Contemporary KOGEI Exhibition 1975-1995 -Part.2-
“Time to Spend at the Museum” began in 2020 as an exhibition of works selected from among the Shiseido Art House’s extensive collection.
In 2025, the exhibition was divided into two segments, each featuring traditional crafts, Japanese paintings, and oil paintings.
The year 2025 also marked the 50th anniversary of the start of Shiseido’s Exhibition of Contemporary Crafts (1975 – 1995), which eventually became a series of craft art group exhibitions hosted by Shiseido, not to mention the 30th anniversary of the series coming to an end, so our intent was to trace the history of this exhibition.
The first half of the exhibition featured a selection of Japanese-style masterpieces created between 1975 and 1984, while the second half featured oil painting masterpieces created between 1985 and 1995, with a total of about 120 pieces on display at the two exhibitions.
Both parts of the exhibition assembled works by famous painters who were leaders of Japan’s postwar art world. The first exhibition featured works by such Japanese-style painters as OKUMURA Togyū, TAKAYAMA Tatsuo and UEMURA Shōkō, and the second half presented such Western-style painters as OKA Shikanosuke, WAKITA Kazu, USHIJIMA Noriyuki and other artists. These artists have all been iconic figures in the Art House collection, and were important members of the Third-Phase Tsubaki-kai, a group exhibition also hosted by Shiseido.