Event
MOMAT Summer Festival 2024
Date
2024.7.12-8.25
Target
Everyone
View, listen, and relax—MOMAT in the summer is full of events!
The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo (MOMAT) in Takebashi, Tokyo presents the MOMAT Summer Festival from July through August, an event for adults and children alike that can be enjoyed both day and night.
We have prepared various events only available during the summer season, such as “Relay Talk @MOMAT Summer Festival,” alongside with the regular English program, “Let’s Talk Art!”. A food truck will serve drinks and food in the front yard of the museum, and beer, wine, and other alcoholic beverages will also be available. On Fridays and Saturdays, the museum is open until 8:00 p.m., offering discounted evening tickets to the collection exhibition.
View, listen, and relax—enjoy a variety of ways to explore the museum this summer at the MOMAT.
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Highlights
Enjoy “delicious” moments in the pleasant outdoors. A summer food truck now shows up!
The restaurant L’ Art et Mikuni will set up a food truck in the front yard. Beer, wine, and other beverages and food will be available for take-out. In addition, the special exhibition Trio: Modern Art Collections from Paris, Tokyo, and Osaka and the crafted vegan gelato brand TUTTO will be collaborating. Under the name Trio Café, the collaboration’s limited-edition gelato flavors will be available.
Enjoy a break from viewing the exhibition in the front yard with its pleasant green lawn or on the terrace overlooking the Imperial Palace.
Hours:
Tuesdays–Thursdays, Sundays and holiday Mondays: 11:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
Fridays and Saturdays: 11:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m. and 5:30–8:00 p.m. (Last orders taken at 7:00 p.m., for drinks at 7:30 p.m.)
Enjoy summer at our museum
To make visitors feel comfortable outside the building, a rest area will be set up on the second-floor terrace, and picnic sheets will be available for free loan for use on the front yard.
A resting area has been set up on the second-floor terrace for the MOMAT Summer Festival period. Take a moment to admire the surrounding greenery.
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Fujii Yuri
FUJII ARCHITECTS STUDIO
Mashimo Natsuko
mashimo architect studio
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Summer Talk Events
Let’s Talk Art!
July 25, August 7, and 21 12:00–12:30 p.m. and 1:00–1:30 p.m. (six sessions in total)
We are providing a guided museum tour of the masterpieces in the MOMAT collection.
Having some conversation together, the English-speaking volunteer will introduce and help you explore the highlight of our museum and the Japanese modern art.
*No pre-registration required. *Free with Museum admission.
Relay Talk@MOMAT Summer Festival
August 9 1:00–2:00 p.m.
Join us for a relay-style talk by three guides―a trio.
It will be presented one artwork of every floor of the MOMAT Collection that comprises from the 4th to the 2nd floors. Feel free to enjoy just one work, or continue to enjoy three works in succession, depending on the time available to you.
*No pre-registration required. *Free with Museum admission.
Special Events
Summer Evening Open-air Screenings
July 26, 27, August 2, 3, 9, 10, and 16 6:50–7:50 p.m. each day
*Additional screening event on August 23 from 6:50–7:50 p.m. (August 20 update)
Special outdoor screenings held only on summer evenings. Three videos selected from the MOMAT’s collection will be projected on the exterior walls of the museum.
Works to be screened
- Vito Acconci, Centers, 1971, 22 min. 28 sec.
- Gordon Matta-Clark, Day’s End, 1975, 23 min. 10 sec.
- Tanaka Koki, A Project, Seven Boxes and Movements at the Museum, 2021, 13 min. 33 sec.
*Offered free to all visitors. *No reservation required. *To be cancelled in case of rain.
Extended hours offered on Fridays and Saturdays
Our museum is open until 8:00 p.m. every Friday and Saturday. After 5:00 p.m., the MOMAT Collection can be viewed at a discounted evening admission. Enjoy our museum in the evening after work or on your day off, when you can spend a more relaxed time than during the day.
Hours
- Event title
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MOMAT Summer Festival 2024
- Location
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The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
- Date
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July 12–August 25, 2024
- Closed
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Mondays (except July 15 and August 12), July 16, August 13
- Time
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10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. (Fridays and Saturdays open until 8:00 p.m.)
- Last admission: 30 minutes before closing.
- Food truck hours:
Tuesdays–Thursdays, Sundays, and holiday Mondays 11:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
Fridays and Saturdays 11:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m., 5:30–8:00 p.m. (Last orders taken at 7:00 p.m., for drinks at 7:30 p.m.)
- Current Exhibition
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Special Exhibition Trio: Modern Art Collections from Paris, Tokyo and Osaka（Special Exhibition Gallery, first floor)
MOMAT Collection（Collection Gallery, from the fourth to second floors）
New Acquisition & Special Display Germaine Richier, The Ant (International Works) (Gallery 4, 2nd floor)