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M – The Tokyo Ballet by Maurice Béjart

Photo: Kiyonori Hasegawa

Saturday, 24.10.2020 – Sunday, 25.10.2020
Japan

When the Swiss/French ballet legend Maurice Béjart set about choreographing a new ballet for the Tokyo Ballet in 1993, he chose Japanese novelist Yukiko Mishima as a motif.


Roman Signer «The Window:A Journey of Art and Architecture through Windows»

Photo: Michael Bodenmann

Tuesday, 13.10.2020 – Monday, 11.01.2021
Japan

Roman Signer (born in 1938) is a Swiss artist active since the 1970s. He uses daily objects like kayaks or furniture to cause movement with elements such as fire, water, and wind in a humorous and sometimes absurd manner.

Location: Marugame Genichiro-Inokuma Museum of Contemporary Art, Kagawa


A jewel box from Prince of Liechtenstein's collection

Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller, Flowers in Porcelain Vase with Candlestick and Silver Vessels, 1839

Friday, 18.09.2020 – Sunday, 29.11.2020
Japan

Liechtenstein is the only country in the world named after the family name of the ruling monarch. Although it is a small nation situated between Switzerland and Austria, Liechtenstein holds one of the most extensive private art collections in the world.

Location: Hiroshima Prefectural Art Museum, Hiroshima


Uriel Orlow Michikusa: Walks with the Unknown

Uriel Orlow, Muthi, 2016-18, single-channel video

Saturday, 29.08.2020 – Sunday, 08.11.2020
Japan

Swiss artist Uriel Orlow is known for his modular, multimedia installations that take specific locations and events as starting points and combine archival research with evocative visuals and sounds.

Location: Contemporary Art Gallery Art Tower Mito, Ibaraki


come to bauhaus! – the basis of education in art and design

Friday, 17.07.2020 – Sunday, 06.09.2020
Exhibition

The Bauhaus was a school in Germany that had a stunning impact on the 20th century art and design history.

Location: Tokyo Station Gallery, Tokyo


Selections from the Ishibashi Foundation Collection -Special Section New Acquisitions: The Paul Klee Collection

oil on cardboard mounted on wooden strainer 24.0×30.0 cm

Tuesday, 23.06.2020 – Sunday, 25.10.2020
Exhibition

In 2019, the Artizon Museum, the former Bridgestone Museum of Art, acquired twenty-four works by Paul Klee (1879–1940), a major Swiss artist of the first half of the twentieth century.

Location: Artizon Museum, Tokyo


"One Blue Sky" Music Exchange between Zurich and Ishigaki youth choir

Ishigaki-MZO music exchange

Sunday, 19.04.2020 – Sunday, 19.04.2020
Concert

Thirteen Swiss students (between 7 and 16 years old) from the music school Musikschule Zürcher Oberland (MZO) will embark on a 2-week journey to the Japanese community of Ishigaki in Okinawa to perform "One Blue Sky" together with the Ishigaki Youth Choir.

Location: Ishigaki city hall, Okinawa


Swiss-Japanese Contemporary Jewelry Exhibition

pendants, 2012, glass

Friday, 10.04.2020 – Saturday, 09.05.2020
Exhibition

[Notice] To support the official measures aimed at limiting the spread of COVID-19, the exhibition is postponed. More information: HOLE IN THE WALL

Location: HOLE IN THE WALL, Tokyo


Yann Becker solo photo exhibition "Intimacy"

Yann Becker

Thursday, 09.04.2020 – Tuesday, 21.04.2020
Exhibition

Yann Becker, a Swiss photographer based in Japan since 2010, exhibits the photos of his own personal Japan: the places he has discovered and the people he has met.

Location: Gallery Koto, Kyoto


INFLUUT Japan Tour 2020

Japan Tour 2020

Thursday, 12.03.2020 – Thursday, 26.03.2020
Concert

INFLUUT – This duo from Geneva, consisting of scientist Daniel Maszkowicz playing electronics and actress/dancer/musician Nat Cilia on saxophone, will bring their unique electro-acoustic sound to the Japanese audience.

Location: Kyoto, Osaka, Hiroshima, Nagoya, Omiya, Yokohama, Tokyo, Sapporo


Jean Paul Blais - Yohei Nishimura “RENCONTRE” Exhibition

Jean Paul Blais - Yohei Nishimura

Saturday, 11.01.2020 – Saturday, 25.01.2020
Exhibition

Swiss artist Jean Paul Blais refers to his work as “The silence of thought”, as his creations often trigger moments of silence.

Location: Gallery Tsubaki, Tokyo


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ROY ANDRES HOFER

Thursday, 26.12.2019 – Sunday, 12.01.2020
Exhibition

5 artists from Switzerland (Ana Vujic, Jasmin Glaab, Susi Kramer, Steph Hermes and Roy Andres Hofer) and 4 Japanese artists (Kohei Kanomata, Koharu Kawakatsu, Izumi Sakamoto, Satoru Takahashi) gather for the second edition of the „miniature of nature” group exhibition.

Location: ARTnSHELTER, Tokyo

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