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Museum Hopping Map

Museum Hopping Map

Due to the influence of COVID-19, people had no choice but staying home and avoid unnecessarily travels. The first impact hit the cultural aspect of our lives. In Japan, the declaration of emergency has been lifted, and gradually some museums are reopened, but it is not still the same as before the pandemic. This map supports your cultural activities by taking you museums in Japan and worldwide!

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--> Virtual Gallery Tour (You Tube) https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLneMG2nfDCsGPw6ZzItudpwY5se3gFOE3 Free coloring pages are available online https://www.tnm.jp/modules/r_free_page/index.php?id=103

--> Gallery Talk (You Tube) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFtBgJ1ArMLvcpQeT2vNupQ

--> YouTube videos are available https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpU5Bu05yquLTbBCdZ3pdmg

--> Temporarily closed. Releasing video diary regularly. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCd1b2TUlpmDLU7YpPu889Lg

--> The National Museum of Art, Osaka, where the "Danh Vo oV hnaD" exhibition has been postponed, released an interview with Danh Vo on YouTube. Also, a series of gallery talks for the exhibition titled "Impossible Architecture ―The Architects' Dreams" ended due to the temporary closure is available on Facebook. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmox3PPjarAXuRQNh4jcxkg https://www.facebook.com/nmaoJP/

--> At the Aomori Public Arts Center Aomori (ACAC), the opening of the exhibition “The Beginning of Life/Art: Cloth Weaves Our Times, from Aomori” by ENDO Kaori, USUI Yui, LIN Gieh-Wen has been postponed. Therefore, a talk session by the artists and the curator was live-streamed on YouTube. You can see the archived video on Youtube now. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbPbeWf4SREK5EZ5k6N93OQ

--> A gallery talk by Torarin is available now https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTL5ge3mys0fmncEYDFKb_Q

--> The virtual tour of "Peter Doig exhibition" is available. https://peterdoig-2020.jp/

--> This year, celebrating the 20th anniversary, Urawa Art Museum has released a new website, "Art into Life" offering various contents using Twitter or Youtube. http://uam.urawa.saitama.jp/ Tweets by UrawaArtMuseum

--> "ENJOY ART IN YOUR HOME" You can read the articles of interviews with artists and work behind the scenes! https://www.kac.or.jp/28151/

National Museum of Nature and Science

The 3D view and VR images of the exhibition rooms of the "Japan Pavilion" and "Earth Pavilion" were released on the 24th of April at 0 o'clock. With high resolution, you can enjoy the whole exhibition rooms. https://www.kahaku.go.jp/VR/ The National Museum of Nature and Science has started a virtual museum, "THE WILDLIFE MUSEUM", that you can enjoy at home! It shows the precious collection laid in the specimen storage that had been closed! https://www.kahaku.go.jp/3dmuseum/yoshimoto-vr/

--> The guidance videos by curators explaining about the artworks are available online! https://www.youtube.com/user/polamuseum/featured "Pola Museum of Art at home" Introducing a wide range of contents, such as exhibitions by curators and guide movies of artworks, and coloring pages that children and adults can enjoy https://www.polamuseum.or.jp/enjoyathome

--> You will find the 3D Walkthrough of the exhibition "Future and the Arts: AI, Robotics, Cities, Life - How Humanity Will Live Tomorrow". You could also watch Nanjo Fumio (Senior Advisor, Mori Art Museum) explaining selected works in video. Two movies are being released in advance from the exhibition, "MAM Screen 013: Mounira Al Solh." https://www.mori.art.museum/jp/exhibitions/mamdigital/index.html

--> The permanent exhibition and the temporary exhibition titled "Baschet Exhibition -F.Baschet and Taro Okamoto" that has been postponed, are now available with VR technology. https://www.taromuseum.jp/exhibition.html

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#CURATORBATTLE (Yorkshire Museum)

Yorkshire Museum in England kicked off a competition with a photo of the most creepy collection on Twitter with the hashtag "#CURATORBATTLE" . They are looking for challengers from museums and visitors worldwide to put forward objects related to a particular theme on Social Media. It's just fun to look at the posts. Tweets by YorkshireMuseum

--> You can explore the ruins that are not open to public with VR technology. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/virtually-tour-five-egyptian-landmarks-180974696/

Japan Society

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Japan Society

A free downloadable coloring page of "Yoroshiku-Girl" by Yoshitomo Nara is available. https://www.japansociety.org/page/programs/gallery/yoshitomo-nara-yoroshiku-girl

Museum of London

Museum of London is collecting items related to COVID-19. Indeed, the pandemic will be passed down to future generations as history. https://bijutsutecho.com/magazine/news/headline/21843

--> Before the opening in 2021, Hauser & Worth held a VR exhibition titled "Beside Itself." Works by Louise Bourgeois, Mark Bradford, Jenny Holze, Bruce Nauman, and Roni Horn, etc. are exhibited. https://www.vip-hauserwirth.com/

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The exhibition "Gerhard Richter:Painting After All" that have been temporarily suspended is now available online. https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2020/gerhard-richter-painting-after-all Browse 650 Japanese illustrated books paintings! All data can be downloaded as images or PDFs. https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search#!?material=Woodcuts&perPage=20&offset=0&pageSize=0&sortBy=Relevance&sortOrder=asc&searchField=All&geolocation=Japan

Van Gogh Museum

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Van Gogh Museum

Free colouring pages of Van Gogh masterpieces! https://vangoghmuseum.nl/en/whats-on/children-and-families/van-gogh-colouring-pages

National Gallery of Victoria

More than 70,000 works including KAWS's works are exhibiting. https://hypebeast.com/2019/9/kaws-companionship-in-the-age-of-loneliness-ngv-melbourne

ART Power HK

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--> A platform in which 68 Hong Kong institutions participate. Virtual exhibitions and onine events are available. https://www.artpowerhk.com/

Centre Pompidou (Paris)

Every Wednesday, a new video collection will be released. Online programs are also available for children to learn about pop art. https://www.centrepompidou.fr/en/lib/le-cinema-du-musee

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oMoMa

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--> A game designer Paolo Pedercini opened a virtual pixel art gallery "oMoMa". The project is in response to the forced virtualization of art under COVID-19. You can have a conversation with other visitors through the chat function. https://likelike.glitch.me/?room=likelikeOutside

--> Acute Art, which provides a platform to enjoy art in a virtual space, announced a new AR project, "WUNDER KAMMER" in collaboration with Olafur Eliasson! https://app.acuteart.com/

--> Organized by Department of Arts Studies and Curatorial Practices, Graduate School of Global Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts Virtual Exhibition ARTISTS: Yuki Harada, Tavito Nanao, Noh Sangho, Park Sanghyun, Mio Suzuki, Yuichiro Tamura, Wayne Lim, and Yotta https://alternarratives.geidai.ac.jp/

--> Saul Leiter Foundation maintains Leiter's artwork archive, and now some are open to the public. http://saulleiterfoundation.org/

MoMA

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--> 現代美術のオンライン講座を無料配信 https://www.coursera.org/learn/contemporary-art

--> トーク、シンポジウム、ワークショップなどをオンラインで配信 https://channel.artscommons.asia/

OIL

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--> You can purchase the exhibition catalog! https://oil-catalogues.bijutsutecho.com/

--> Salon des indépendants themed in "Dark in art" started online. https://darkindependants.web.app/