International Museum Day on May 18 features free admission and special events at museums nationwide.SummaryMay 18 is International Museum Day, established by ICOM in 1977 under the theme
(Source：Tokyo Art Beat)
Anarchism: My Friend, Under the Oak Tree is Pleasant @ Institut Français de Tokyo
Yutaka Tsukada | Special Feature "This Illustrator is Amazing!" (Illustration June 2026 Issue [No.250] / Part 2)
Related Events for 'The Drama of 100 Years of Woodblock Prints Tracing the Life of Fukita Bunmei'
【Yteen Art Club】'Eric Carle Exhibition: The Very Hungry Caterpillar' Giveaway of Admission Tickets (Limited to 5 pairs of 10 junior high and high school students and guardians)
Lou Ye's new work "DOKU The Illusion" is released. Solo exhibition held at Louis Vuitton Space Venice
Poet Yoshizoe Gōzō Wins UK Contemporary Art Prize, Prize Money 43 Million Yen
Call for Applications | "Japan Culture Promotion and Dissemination Project" under the FY2026 Overseas Training Program for Emerging Artists
Robert Zhao Renhui "After Control" @ Kyoto City University of Arts Gallery @KCUA
Art and Music Festival 'DEFOAMAT' Returns for Second Year. Ruangrupa, Sugano Ayumi x NUTTOMICK, and Others Explore Urban Alternatives in Daikanyama
51st Toride Art Artists Exhibition (Toride Art Gallery)
（評・美術）クロード・モネ―風景への問いかけ 「突如現れた天才」ではない
10th Anniversary Exhibition for the Birth of LABUBU 'MONSTERS BY MONSTERS: NOW AND THEN' Held at Azabudai Hills. Original Art and Historical Figures Also Revealed
大友良英＋YCAM 新作展「即興！」が山口情報芸術センター［YCAM］で開催へ。18年ぶりのコラボレーション
Matsubeya | Takahiro Mizushima "Memoirs of Huandao"
中尾拓哉 | Unexpected Kairos: A London Stay
月を射る @ KAG
Art Exhibitions Closing on May 17 (Sun): High-Fidelity Reproduction of Korin's 'Chokugai Sai-e' (Tokyo National Museum) and Van Gogh Exhibition (Fukushima Prefectural Museum) etc.
山川陸｜つくる冒険 日本のアール・ブリュット45人─たとえば、「も」を何百回と書く。（後編）
Yamagawa Riku | Creating Adventure: 45 Japanese Art Brut Artists - For Example, Writing 'Mo' Hundreds of Times (Part 1)
【Tokyo】'Family Space' Opens at Tokyo National Museum
新潮社の旧出版倉庫が美術・工芸のギャラリーに──sokoがオープン
Enjoying the Beauty of Komatsu While Listening to Explanations: Komatsu Art Exhibition (Hokuetsu Shimbun)
Enjoying the Beauty of Komatsu While Listening to Explanations: Komatsu Art Exhibition
Tsukimikan: A Small Luxury Hotel Where Gems of Arts and Crafts Gather
Top 5 Exhibitions to See This Weekend. From Shimo Murakami to 90s British Art, Longzawa Rusaki and Others
Exhibition of 150 Works by Former Art Teacher Kambara from Tenryu Village in Iida
Masayuki Tanaka Appointed as New Director of the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo; He Will Hold Four Top Positions
The 5th 'Cosmology' [Professor Naoki Sato] Lessons in Art Appreciation at Tokyo University of the Arts: A New Art History Viewed Through East-West Comparison: How to Express the Invisible World...
Kobayashi Haruhito | After School 'Game Breaker' — From 'Medium and Dimension: Plastic'
Shigeru Onishi: Photography and Painting
Aoshima New | Heaven and Earth in Black Abyss — Mizuho Yasui's 'Tenpan / aśman' / Andrius Altnuian's 'Obol' (Part 1)
Memorial Exhibition for Mitsuko Tabé, Founding Member of Avant-Garde Art Group "Kyushu-ha," Featuring 40 Works Found in Her Studio After Her Death (Yomiuri Shimbun Online)
【Tokyo】Japan Sign Design Association 60th Anniversary "Grand Sign Exhibition"
Venice Biennale Opens: Arawa Nassh's 'Baby' Installation Explores Care and the Future in the Japanese Pavilion
Stilllive Documents 2019–2025 @ The 5th Floor
Concentrating the Charm of Craftsmanship Art: Calligraphy Exhibition in Oshu, Watase [Iwate]
Report: 'Posthumous 110 Years, Revolutionary of Nihonga: Imamura Shikō' (Yokohama Museum of Art). 42nd Anniversary Large Retrospective, 180 Works of the Premature Painter Gather
MoN Takanawa: The Museum of Narratives at Takao Gateway Selected for 'The World's Most Beautiful Museums 2026' List
Edo Tokyo Museum's Renovation Anniversary Special Exhibition 'Western-style Building: Meiji's Dreams and Challenges' Features Japan's First Public Display of a Rare Imperial Diet Building Design
Special Exhibition Commemorating the Renovation of Edo-Tokyo Museum: "Western-Style Architecture: Dreams and Challenges of the Meiji Era" Held. Phantom National Diet Building Plans Unveiled for the First Time in Japan