Inaugural Exhibition Emerging Artscape: The State of Our Collection

18 January [Sat] - 31 March [Tue], 2020

An art museum serves as a device for conveying “what it means to be human” in an easy-to-understand way through forms of ar t. Human beings have created ar t over many hundreds of millenia. It is that unbroken chain that has brought us to the present and sets us on a path to evolve into the future. Humankind has left a superlative legacy in literature, music and theater, but surely there is no other area than art where, at a glance, we can instantly feel all our capabilities and potentials. It is art that teaches us about an exceeding ability of human creativity that we all have.

While the museum has been closed, the Ishibashi Foundation collection has continued to grow and has now amassed around 2,800 works over more than 65 years. Its history of creativity, extending from antique art to the 21st century, can provide you with an environment to appreciate the moment when artists created form. Through the selected approximately 200 pieces, we invite you to experience works that weave together human history, linking the present moment with the past and the future.

Exhibition overview

Exhibition title: Inaugural Exhibition Emerging Artscape: The State of Our Collection

Exhibition period: 18 January [Sat] - 31 March [Tue], 2020

Highlight

（1）Around 30 works of art from new acquisition being shown for the first time: The Ishibashi Foundation actively works to collect works even when the museum is closed, expanding the range of the collection. In this exhibition, about 30 works from the new collection, such as Moriso, Cassat, Boccioni, Kandinsky, Giacometti, and MATSUMOTO Shunsuke will be unveiled for the first time.

（2）New perspective on our collection: Under the theme of "Creative Experience", the first part overlooks modern and contemporary art, and the second part explores the art of Kokin east and west on seven themes. Two different perspectives shed new light on collections such as Monet, Renoir, Cézanne, Matisse and Picasso, which have long been loved as representative of the Bridgestone Museum of Art.

（3）Providing a new experience in art appreciation: In addition to the exhibition area that is about twice the size of the old museum and the latest functional equipment, it has created an open space and adopted a modern and warm design. In addition, a room will be set up to display ancient Japanese artworks, following the path of human creation from ancient times to the present.

Ticket prices (incl. tax)

	On-line ticket	In-Person ticket (purchase at museum)
General	JPY 1,100	JPY 1,500
University college high school students	Free entry　Advance booking required
Disabled visitors (plus one accompanying assistant)	Free entry　Advance booking required
Children through junior high school	Free entry　Advance booking not required

* On-line tickets must be purchased up to 10 minutes before the end of each time slot.
* Same day tickets on sale at museum are available only fot time slots that have not reached full capacity.