UPCOMING EVENT

Oshogatsu: New Year’s Celebration

Sunday, January 26, 11:30am-3:30pm
$20 Nonmembers; $16 Members

Celebrate the New Year Japanese-style at our Oshogatsu event that’s filled with fun for the whole family! After watching a riveting Japanese taiko drum performance, kids are invited on stage for a hands-on drum mini-workshop. Families can then welcome the New Year with exciting and traditional activities like New Year’s calligraphy, lion dancing and other New Year’s-themed crafts. With such wonderful activities for the whole family, you are sure to ring in the New Year with great joy!

Japanese boxed lunches and snacks will be available for purchase on-site from BentOn. An inside picnic area is provided for eating.

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UPCOMING ASIA WEEK NEW YORK 2025 EXHIBITION

School of Kano Motonobu, Phoenix and Peacock in a Landscape, Muromachi period (1392-1573), 16th century. Right screen from a pair of six-panel screens; ink, color, and brushed gold on paper. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Promised Gift of Rosemarie Longhi, in memory of Leighton Longhi

Kotobuki: Auspicious Celebrations of Japanese Art from New York Private Collections

March 13 – May 11, 2025

Explore the auspicious theme of kotobuki, or “celebration,” through an inspired selection of paintings, calligraphy, surimono, textiles, ceramics, and baskets dating from the 12th-21st centuries. Curated by Dr. Miyeko Murase, Takeo and Itsuko Atsumi Professor Emerita of Japanese Art History at Columbia University, this joyful exhibition offers a unique opportunity to view important but rarely displayed works from significant private collections in the New York City area.

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UPCOMING SUMMER EXHIBITION

Susumu Shingu: Elated!

June – August 2025

Japan Society Gallery relaunches its summer exhibition series with a solo exhibition of the acclaimed sculptor Susumu Shingu (b. 1937). Shingu’s application of biomimicry—drawing inspiration from natural forms and processes—appears in both the form and the dynamic movement of his kinetic sculptures. His abstract organic shapes recall insects, birds, and plants; their movements are powered by the often-invisible forces of our environment: wind, heat, light, water, and gravity. The exhibition highlights inspired sculptures in various sizes, including the artist’s site-specific sculptures in New York.

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