The Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum raids the collection of its near-namesake, New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art, for this nature-themed survey of the past 4,000 years of Western art. That's a lot of scope for an exhibition featuring just 130 or so pieces, the oldest of which – an ornamental bull's head for a lyre – dates back to Mesopotamia circa 2600-2350BCE. But why quibble about curatorial over-reaching when there's so much fine art on display, including the Japan debut of Vincent Van Gogh's Cypress? Why indeed.
Earth, Sea, and Sky: Nature in Western Art
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- Event website:
- met2012.jp/english.html
- Address:
- Price:
- Adults ¥1,600 (¥1,300 adv); students ¥1,300 (¥1,100 adv); high school students ¥800 (¥600 adv); junior high and under free
- Opening hours:
- Until January 4 Tue-Sun 9.30am-5.30pm (Fri until 8pm, Sat until 6pm)
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