Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum Opens Musée d'Orsay Masterworks Show on November 14: About 110 Works Through March 28, 2027
The special exhibition 'What a Wonderful World: Masterworks from the Musée d'Orsay' opened on November 14 at the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum in Ueno Park, Tokyo, where it runs through March 28, 2027.
Around 110 paintings, sculptures, works of craft, and photographs from the Musée d'Orsay are arranged in seven thematic chapters around the joy of living in the present. The works include Millet's 'The Gleaners,' Van Gogh's 'Starry Night,' and Gauguin's 'Arearea.'
The Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum is Japan's first public art museum. It opened on May 1, 1926, made possible by a donation from the Kyushu coal entrepreneur Satō Keitarō, whose support for education and social relief shaped the institution's purpose. The current building, completed in 1975, was designed by the office of architect Kunio Maekawa.
During the exhibition, the museum is open Tuesday to Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., and on Fridays until 8:00 p.m. Last admission is 30 minutes before closing.
The museum is closed on Mondays, with four exceptions during the run: November 23, 2026, January 4, 2027, January 11, 2027, and March 22, 2027. Further closures include November 24, 2026, and the period from December 22, 2026, to January 3, 2027.
On opening day, November 14, Édouard Papet of the Musée d'Orsay gave the commemorative lecture for the exhibition. Advance tickets were on sale from September 28 to November 13.
The museum's art library on the first floor is free to use and holds 20,000 exhibition catalogues and 10,000 art books.
Source: Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum
Published by GSM · USA (original Chinese edition)
Photo: 图：位于东京上野公园的东京都美术馆建筑外观，本次奥赛美术馆藏品特展在这座美术馆举行。来源：Matthide127, CC0，维基共享资源。 / Photo: The Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum in Ueno Park, Tokyo, where the Musée d'Orsay masterworks exhibition is being held. Credit: Matthide127, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.
