Featured Events
EVENT: EXHIBITION
Friday, March 21
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Sunday, June 15
Shibata Zeshin (1807–1891) is history’s greatest lacquer artist, recognized worldwide for his exquisitely detailed lacquered boxes, panels, sword mounts and other objects, as well as scrolls painted in both ink and lacquer.
EVENT: EDUCATOR PROGRAM
Saturday, May 10, 2 PM
Saturday, June 14, 2 PM
This series of tours engages young children ages 2-4 years old with the Japan Society exhibition The Genius of Japanese Lacquer: Masterworks by Shibata Zeshin while guiding adults in age appropriate, interactive activities.
EVENT: LECTURE
Tuesday, May 13, 6:30 PM
This program discusses the philosophical and practical background to iki -- an understated aesthetic that characterizes much of Shibata Zeshin's work -- and examines the beauty of hidden design in Japanese and Western culture.
EVENT: CORPORATE PROGRAM
Thursday, May 15, 12 PM
Carlyle Japan Chairman Takeshi Isayama debunks the popular belief in the U.S. that current private equity opportunities in Asia are concentrated outside Japan.
EVENT: PERFORMANCE
Thursday, May 15, 7:30 PM
Friday, May 16, 7:30 PM
Saturday, May 17, 7:30 PM
Dance, live music, video projections and commentary collide in 10 scenes on a red-saturated stage in the middle of a driving rainstorm in POOM².
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Visitor Information
Gallery hours:
Tuesday through Thursday,
11 am - 6 pm
Friday, 11 am - 9 pm
Saturday & Sunday,
11 am - 5 pm
The gallery is closed on Mondays.
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