21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa

A.Lecture addressed by Tim Ingold LINES OF ATTENTION; LINES OF CREATION: THE WORK OF ART IN A POSSIBLE WORLD

2024.10.12(Sat.)

Tim Ingold, an up-and-coming anthropologist and social scientist, has an interesting perspective on … ...

B.“meet the artists” Gallery talks by artists

2024.6.22(Sat.)

Six artists from the exhibition Lines - aligning consciousness with the flow talk about their own w… ...

New Ecology and Artistic Practice

2023.12.17(Sun.)

What is the New Ecology in the post-pandemic? How will Art respond to it? We will invite Timothy Mor… ...

That Which Bears the Supreme Name of Chocolate

Artist Talk with Stéphane Leroux

2023.10.29(Sun.)

Stéphane Leroux has won many prestigious awards in professional contests, representing Belgium and t… ...

DXP : Towards the Next Interface Special Program

IDEA - Dialogue on Love, Death, and Existence by Two Androids, Keiichiro Shibuya + Takashi Ikegami

2023.10.13(Fri.) - 2023.10.14(Sat.)

“Idea” means figure or form in Greek. Alter3 and Alter4, which represent the world of ideas and phen… ...

Kanazawa Citizens Free Art Day “Open Museum 2022”

2022.11.3(Thu.)

Held once a year, “Kanazawa Citizens Free Art Day” invites citizens of Kanazawa to view exhibitions … ...

Curators' Talk

“Why Yves Klein now? -Considering the Immateriality in the Post-Internet Era”

Saturday, October 1, 2022

This exhibition, "The Timeless Imagination of Yves Klein: Uncertainty and the Immateriality," was co… ...

Hirosaka Cinema Club

2022.4.1(Fri.)

Club activities will be launched to revisit the appeal of enjoying movies on a big screen with other… ...

La leçon de d’ élégance par Françoise Moréchand, Analyse de l’époque vol.33

2021.12.4(Sat.)

A talk series presenting snapshots of our times via Francoise Moréchand's distinctively incisive ta… ...

Marubi Cinema Paradise! vol.8

2021.11.27(Sat.) - 2021.11.28(Sun.)

This film festival lovingly assembled by youthful cinema fans ranging in age from late teens to mid-… ...

Kanazawa Citizens Free Art Day “Open Museum 2021”

2021.11.3(Wed.)

A special day for locals to encounter and enjoy art
On “Kanazawa Citizens Free Art Day” held … ...

ADACHI Tomomi　Workshop and Performance for John Cage’s "Europeras"

2021.10.5(Tue.) - 2021.10.10(Sun.)

This workshop run by performer, composer and sound poet ADACHI Tomomi is suitable for anyone with ba… ...

Director’s Talk：Room for Preparing for the Future vol.1

2021.6.15(Tue.)

Yuko Hasegawa, Room for Preparing for the Future vol.1 “Preparing for the Future of Architecture”

La leçon de d’ élégance par Françoise Moréchand, Analyse de l’époque vol.33　*Postponed

2021.5.22(Sat.)

A talk series presenting snapshots of our times via Francoise Moréchand's distinctively incisive ta… ...

La leçon d’élégance par Françoise Moréchand Analyse de l’époque vol. 32

2021.3.13(Sat.)

A series of talks by 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa advisor Françoise Moréchand.… ...

La leçon d’élégance par Françoise Moréchand Analyse de l’époque vol. 31　* Postponed

2020.5.30(Sat.)

A series of talks by 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa advisor Françoise Moréchand.… ...

Yokoso! Theater for Babies, Children and Young People　* Postponed

2020.5.23(Sat.) - 2020.5.24(Sun.)

Fun for kids of all ages! A feast of four high-profile pieces of theater from Japan and beyond
… ...

chelfitsch & Teppei Kaneuji Eraser Forest

Post-performance Talk “Akio Miyazawa × Toshiki Okada”

2020.2.8 (Sat.)

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chelfitsch & Teppei Kaneuji Eraser Forest

Post-performance Talk “Masatake Shinohara x Toshiki Okada × Teppei Kaneuji”

2020.2.7 (Fri.)

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Marubi Cinema Paradise! vol. 6

2019.11.23(Sat.) - 2019.11.24(Sun.)

Film screenings held by mainly local students, from late teenagers to middle 20’s and people of all … ...

21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa Presents

Dramatic! Bus Tour for High School Students

2019.9.22 (Sun.), 11.16 (Sat.), 12.15 (Sun.)

Watch a play and experience the human emotions that make life richer!
Another world awaits yo… ...

10 lessons that will make the art museum more interesting

2019.6.21(Fri.) - 2019.12.11(Wed.)

A lecture and workshop series for learning about the museum, art appreciation, and communication. ...

Marubi ARTS PARK2019 Welcome to Children’s Theater!

2019.4.30(Tue.) - 2019.5.5(Sun.)

Experience a “wonderland” apart from everyday life: a world of puppet plays, performances, theater, … ...

La leçon d’élégance par Françoise Moréchand Analyse de l’époque vol. 29

Sonia Rykiel: A free-thinking/sexy/elegant woman’s way of living

2019.3.2(Sat.)

A series of talks by 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa advisor Françoise Moréchand.… ...

Shakespeare’s Wild Sisters Group X Dainanagekijo Notes Exchange Vol.3

Café Lumière

2019.2.16(Sat.) - 2019.2.17(Sun.)

Japanese and Taiwanese theater companies join forces to bring the film "Café Lumière"  to the stage<… ...

2nd Interactive Projection Mapping Opera Festival Simultaneous performance of the operas Asahina and The Old Maid and the Thief

2019.1.19(Sat.) - 2019.1.20(Sun.)

Projection mapping will be used for the backdrop in this simultaneous performance of Asahina, a stor… ...

Marubi Cinema Paradise! vol. 5

2018.12.8(Sat.) - 2018.12.9(Sun.)

Film screenings organized by students from the Kanazawa College of Art and Kanazawa University film … ...

La leçon d’élégance par Françoise Moréchand Analyse de l’époque vol. 28

Faubourg, 24 Rue Saint-Honoré... Hermes 

2018.12.1(Sat.)

A series of talks by 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa advisor Françoise Moréchand.… ...

&21 joint arts exchange project

Busstrio + Matsumoto Kazuya: Black and White and Ghosts

2018.11.10(Sat.) - 2018.11.11(Sun.)

This piece for the stage consisting of a performance by unit Busstrio, and live music courtesy of Ma… ...

Kanazawa Citizens Free Art Day

Open Marubi 2018

2018.10.20(Sat.)

On Kanazawa Citizens Free Art Day local Kanazawa residents can view the museum’s exhibitions at no c… ...

Eiga no gokui (The Art of Film) vol. 19

2018.10.6(Sat.) - 2018.10.8(Mon.)

”The Art of Film” series presents screenings of films chosen according to themes including politics,… ...

Akram Khan: Chotto Desh

2018.8.17(Fri.) - 2018.8.18(Sat.)

Journey with a young boy through a mysterious, fairytale world
A summer-holiday dance treat … ...

Ito Kaori: Je danse parce que je me méfie des mots / I dance because I do not trust words

2018.8.4(Sat.) - 2018.8.5(Sun.)

Estranged father and daughter bridge a gap to reunite
"I  dance because I do not trust words"… ...

&21 joint arts exchange project

Inconsiderate produced by iaku

2018.7.28(Sat.) - 2018.7.29(Sun.)

" I will support Adeko's life, to the extent that I can."
A spring Sunday afternoon. The cher… ...

&21 joint arts exchange project

LIRY Project 01 “4 x Person”

2018.7.20(Fri.) - 2018.7.21(Sat.)

Joint performance and exhibition by four artists based in Belgium, France and Ishikawa. A workshop r… ...

&21 joint arts exchange project

Kanazawa Film Festival 2018 “Promising new directors”

2018.7.14(Sat.) - 2018.7.16(Mon.)

Independent film competition that to date has unearthed a wealth of new directing talent including N… ...

La leçon d’élégance par Françoise Moréchand Analyse de l’époque vol. 27

Saint Laurent and Paris’s “Rive Gauche” part 2

2018.5.27(Sun.)

A series of talks by 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa advisor Françoise Moréchand.… ...

ARTS PLANET 2018 Kodomo∞Discovery!

2018.5.3(Thu.) - 2018.5.5(Sat.)

A family event in which the whole of the museum will be transformed into a fun “ARTS PLANET” offerin… ...

La leçon d’élégance par Françoise Moréchand Analyse de l’époque vol. 26

Rue Saint-Honoré, Hermes and Paris’s Right Bank

2018.2.24(Sat.)

The popular talk series featuring the Museum’s International Advisor, Francoise Moréchand. Ms. Moréc… ...

International Symposium:

Thinking about the Conservation and Restoration of “Mixed Media”

2017.12.16(Sat.)

The development of industry since the beginning of the twentieth century has flooded society with a … ...

Marubi Cinema Paradise! vol. 4

2017.12.9(Sat.) - 2017.12.10(Sun.)

A program devoted to famous cinema works from Japanese film history, entirely operated and presented… ...

La leçon d’élégance par Françoise Moréchand Analyse de l’époque vol. 25

My Dior Story part2

2017.12.2(Sat.)

The popular talk series featuring the Museum’s International Advisor, Francoise Moréchand. Ms. Moréc… ...

Eiga no gokui (Art of Film) vol. 18

2017.11.17(Fri.) - 2017.11.19(Sun.)

Eiga no gokui this time looks at film in contemporary art. In connection with the Collection … ...

Kanazawa Fringe 2017

2017.11.2(Thu.) - 2017.11.5(Sun.)

“Kanazawa Fringe” is a plurality of in-residence art projects by artists and creators from Japan and… ...

Open Marubi 2017

2017.10.14(Sat.)

In conjunction with the October “Kanazawa Citizens Free Art Day” for fostering rich sensibilities th… ...

Kanazawa Kyoka Week 2017

The Castle Tower

2017.10.8(Sun.) - 2017.10.9(Mon.)

Last year, Izumi Kyoka’s The Sea God’s Villa was performed to much acclaim at Kanazawa Noh Museum. T… ...

Open Call Support Projects

Theater Troupe Shinjin Ruijinen "REPT"

2017.9.16(Sat.) - 2017.9.18(Mon.)

Formed in Kanazawa in 1986, this troupe pursues its own unique style not using words or story. Perfo… ...

Toyota Choreography Award 2016 Artist-in-Residence

HIRAHARA Shintaro new creation / performance

2017.9.9(Sat.) - 2017.9.10(Sun.)

The Toyota Choreography Award seeks to support the next generation of choreographers in their artist… ...

Open Call Support Projects

Hyakkeisya "Night on the Galactic Railroad"

2017.6.30(Fri.) - 2017.7.2(Sun.)

A troupe formed in 2000 that extends performances beyond the theater space. Currently operates a stu… ...

La leçon d’élégance par Françoise Moréchand Analyse de l’époque vol. 24

My Dior Story

2017.5.27(Sat.)

The popular talk series featuring the Museum’s International Advisor, Francoise Moréchand. Ms. Moréc… ...

ARTS PLANET 2017 Adventures for Children!

2017.5.4(Thu.) - 2017.5.6(Sat.)

For a period, the entire art museum becomes an ARTS PLANET for enjoying arts of all kinds. Events an… ...

JICHIKU 02

Talk program [In a Grove] Alfredo JAAR “IT IS DIFFICULT”

2017.4.23(Sun.)

This talk program will provide an opportunity to reconsider the artist’s public interventions around… ...

JICHIKU 01

HACHIYA Kazuhiko “OpenSky Report”

2017.4.8(Sat.) - 2017.4.15(Sat.)

Presenting the “M-02J” glider with a jet engine that successfully flew in 2016. The exhibition will … ...

La leçon d’ élégance par Françoise MORÉCHAND -Analyse de l’époque vol.22

My Chanel! Part 2

2017.3.25(Sat.)

The popular talk series offers penetrating insights into art, fashion, and contemporary society. ...

music@rt Season 10

Merry Marubi Christmas

2016.12.23(Fri.)

Along with Orchestra Ensemble Kanazawa, we will offer “new encounters between music and art” to visi… ...

La leçon d’ élégance par Françoise MORÉCHAND -Analyse de l’époque vol.21

My Chanel!

2016.12.10(Sat.)

The popular talk series offers penetrating insights into art, fashion, and contemporary society. ...

Eiga no gokui (Art of Film) vol.17

2016.12.2(Fri.) - 2016.12.4(Sun.)

Portuguese film master Manoel de OLIVEIRA, who passed away in 2015 at 106, continually made films as… ...

Cie Adrien M / Claire B

HAKANAÏ

2016.10.15(Sat.) - 2016.10.16(Sun.)

This solo choreographic performance and digital installation gives life to a space somewhere between… ...

VerTeDance, Jiří Havelka, Clarinet Factory

CORRECTION

2016.10.8(Sat.) - 2016.10.9(Sun.)

Imagine seven dancers side by side, wearing shoes nailed to the floor. Award winning contemporary da… ...

Marubi Cinema Paradise! vol.3

2016.10.1(Sat.) - 2016.10.2(Sun.)

A program offering famous cinema works from Japanese film history, operated and presented by student… ...

Wakatta- san no Cookie (Wakatta Makes Cookies)

2016.9.3(Sat.) - 2016.9.4(Sun.)

Chelfitsch leader OKADA Toshiki (script and direction) and KANEUJI Teppei (set design)— artists coll… ...

AIR21 : Kanazawa Fringe 2016

2016.6.11(Sat.) - 2016.9.11(Sun.)

"AIR21: Kanazawa Fringe" is an artist-in-residence program that ventures outside of the 21st Century… ...

La leçon d’ élégance par Françoise MORÉCHAND -Analyse de l’époque vol.20

Ladurée, a pleasure of life, a happy teatime

2016.5.21(Sat.)

The popular talk series offers penetrating insights into art, fashion, and contemporary society. ...

ARTS PLANET 2016

“It's Dark Outside” The Last Great Hunt

2016.5.4(Wed.) - 2016.5.5(Thu.)

A heartfelt exploration of dementia told through puppetry, mask, animation and live performance, thi… ...

ARTS PLANET 2016 ～Kodomo☆STAR!

2016.5.3(Tue.) - 2016.5.5(Thu.)

The entire museum will be viewed as a planet of art. Mini-SL, a handmade planetarium, tea ceremonies… ...

La leçon d’ élégance par Françoise MORÉCHAND -Analyse de l’époque vol.20

Marie Antoinette, last Queen of France part 2

2016.3.26(Sat.)

The popular talk series offers penetrating insights into art, fashion, and contemporary society. ...

Marubi Cinema Paradise! vol.2

2015.12.5(Sat.) - 2015.12.6(Sun.)

Historically renowned cinema works are programmed and presented by students fascinated by film. Held… ...

La leçon d’ élégance par Françoise MORÉCHAND -Analyse de l’époque vol.19

Marie Antoinette, last Queen of France

2015.11.28(Sat.)

The popular talk series offers penetrating insights into art, fashion, and contemporary society. ...

In Museum / Compagnie Marie Chouinard solo performance

2015.11.8(Sun.)

The iconic Canadian dance troupe Compagnie Marie Chouinard leads the contemporary dance world with i… ...

Museum × KNZ Fringe ―Meeting with the City

2015.10.9(Fri.) - 2015.10.11(Sun.)

Installation & Site-specific Performance from UK
Museum x KNZ Fringe is a four week residency… ...

Toyota Choreography Award 2014 Artist in Residency

KAWAMURA Mikiko new creation

2015.8.24(Mon.) - 2015.9.2(Wed.)

The Award seeks to support the next generation of choreographers’ artistic progress, in which KAWAMU… ...

Eiga no gokui (Art of Film) vol.16

2015.7.11(Sat.) - 2015.7.12(Sun.)

Movie works, selected under a specific theme, are presented along with talks by specialists. Through… ...

La leçon d’ élégance par Françoise MORÉCHAND -Analyse de l’époque vol.18

Paris Pluck

2015.7.4(Sat.)

The popular talk series offers penetrating insights into art, fashion, and contemporary society. ...

La leçon d’ élégance par Françoise MORÉCHAND -Analyse de l’époque vol.17

“Can elegance be learned?” “How to” version

2015.5.31(Sun.)

The popular talk series offers penetrating insights into art, fashion, and contemporary society. ...

ARTS PLANET 2015 〜Kodomo Fun-tastic!

2015.4.29(Wed.) - 2015.5.6(Wed.)

During the Golden Week holidays—a full schedule of programs in which children take the lead. The cur… ...

CORPUS “Camping Royale”

2015.4.29(Wed.) - 2015.4.30(Thu.)

During the Golden Week holidays—a full schedule of programs in which children take the lead. The cur… ...

Eiga no gokui (Art of Film), vol.15

Film Treasures from The Museum of Modern Art

2015.3.13(Fri.) - 2015.3.15(Sun.)

Featuring selected vintage prints from the collection of the New York Museum of Modern Art’s Film Li… ...

Le leçon d’ élégance par Françoise Moréchand - Analyse de l’époque vol.16

Can elegance be learned?

2015.2.28(Sat.)

The popular talk series offers penetrating insights into art, fashion, and contemporary society. ...

Plays Bösendorfer vol. 16

2014.12.20(Sat.) - 2014.12.21(Sun.)

A series featuring Theater 21’s house piano, an overhauled 1962-made Bösendorfer. To celebrate the M… ...

Le leçon d’ élégance par Françoise Moréchand

La journee d’une parisienne.

2014.11.29(Sat.)

The popular talk series offers penetrating insights into art, fashion, and contemporary society. ...

groupe ENTORSE [àut]

2014.10.4(Sat.) - 2014.10.5(Sun.)

The Japan debut of groupe ENTORSE, a performance group now enjoying critical acclaim. Their name, EN… ...

Mission:Capture the Museum!

2014.9.27(Sat.) - 2014.10.5(Sun.)

The Museum, giving maximum play to its transparency and openness, will offer visitors omnibus encoun… ...

Le leçon d’ élégance par Françoise Moréchand

Confession d’une Fashionista.

2014.5.24(Sat.)

The popular talk series offers penetrating insights into art, fashion, and contemporary society. ...

CORPUS

Les moutons

2014.4.28(Mon.) - 2014.4.29(Tue.)

Suddenly, sheep appear in the Museum’s Open Space, bleating, eating, quarreling …cute, unique, a lit… ...

Golden Marubi Week ’14

2014.4.26(Sat.) - 2014.5.6(Tue.)

During the Golden Week holidays of May, the Museum holds colorful events indoors and in its Open Spa… ...

Artist In Residence of Toyota Choreography Award 2012 Seki Kaori (Dancer, Choreographer)

2014.2.10(Mon.) - 2014.2.23(Sun.)

Toyota Choreography Award seeks characteristic choreography from the next generation beyond genre or… ...

Hiroshi Koike Bridge Project

Milky Way Train

2014.2.8(Sat.) - 2014.2.9(Sun.)

The “Hiroshi Koike Bridge Project” was launched by director KOIKE Hiroshi after the 3.11 Earthquake … ...

Japan-Korea-UK Co-production

ONE DAY, MAYBE

2013.11.28(Thu.) - 2013.12.8(Sun.)

A Japan-Korea-UK co-production presented by 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, The M… ...

Show-tent Series Vol.3 conclusion

Nameless Voice —garden of water, house of sand

2012.10.20(Sat.) - 2012.10.21(Sun.)

Noism1, a dance company led by KANAMORI Jo, offers the third and conclusion of its Show-tent series … ...

Japan-Israel 60th Anniversary of Diplomatic Relationship

Yasmeen Godder　LOVE FIRE

2012.9.29(Sat.) - 2012.9.30(Sun.)

Yasmeen Godder‒ an Israeli choreographer now in the spotlight of the international dance scene. The … ...

Museum Opening 8th Anniversary Event

Silence—Suzuki, Cage and Onward to Century 22

2012.9.15(Sat.)

A program marking the centennial of John CAGE’s birth. Cage’s works transcending borders between mus… ...

Théâtre des Confettis

Celestial Mechanics

2012.8.3(Fri.) - 2012.8.6(Mon.)

The Théâtre des Confettis, a company based in Quebec City, Canada, enthralls audiences of all ages w… ...

Eiga no gokui (Art of Film), vol.13

Isabelle Adjani, France’s Most Beloved Actress

2012.7.7(Sat.) - 2012.7.8(Sun.)

Isabelle ADJANI—the great French movie actress who made a meteoric rise to fame in the 1970s and cap… ...

Josef Nadj Choreography & Performance

Les Corbeaux

2012.3.3(Sat.) - 2012.3.4(Sun.)

The latest work by Josef NADJ, who has won many Japanese audience since his 1987 Japan debut in “Can… ...

Three Far Eastern Men in Dark Suits

Tri_K

2012.1.14(Sat.) - 2012.1.15(Sun.)

“Tri_K” examines life in contemporary society with subtle humor, from a game player’s twisted perspe… ...

music@rt SeasonV

Merry Marubi Christmas V

2011.12.25(Sun.)

The annual co-sponsorship series with Orchestra Ensemble Kanazawa (OEK)—our 5th year of offering “en… ...

Plays Bösendorfer feat. Mamiko Hirai / Yosuke Yamashita

2011.12.23(Fri.) - 2011.12.25(Sun.)

A series featuring Theater 21’s house piano, a refurbished 1962 Bösendorfer. This year, we announce … ...

Eiga no gokui (Art of Film), vol.12

Frederick Wiseman Retrospective

2011.11.18(Fri.) - 2011.11.20(Sun.)

A project by a national cinematheque network to screen rare films unable to be shown at commercial t… ...

Eiga no gokui (Art of Film), vol.11

Festival de Films Québécois

2011.7.22(Fri.) - 2011.7.24(Sun.)

From Canada—home of the internationally renowned Montreal World Film Festival, a film series introdu… ...

Artist Residency of TOYOTA CHOREOGRAPHY AWARD 2010 Yuuri Furuie (Dancer, Choreographer)

2011.6.20(Mon.) - 2011.6.27(Mon.)

A residency program inviting TOYOTA CHOREOGRAPHY AWARD winners to Kanazawa. This year, FURUIE Yuuri,… ...

Jan Fabre “Another Sleepy Dusty Delta Day”

2010.10.2(Sat.) - 2010.10.3(Sun.)

Jan Fabre “Another Sleepy Dusty Delta Day”　Japan premier

Oct 2 [Sat] Start 18:00-

“HEAR” premier by dance company KINGYO (Yukio Suzuki)

2010.8.21(Sat.) - 2010.8.22(Sun.)

Yukio Suzuki (dance) × Naoyuki Tsuji (animation) × Kazuhisa Uchihashi (music)

Aug 21 … ...

Eiga no gokui (Art of Film), vol.9

Jacques Rozier’s Vacation

2010.7.17(Sat.) - 2010.7.19(Mon.)

A series devoted to Jacque ROZIER, a standard bearer for French new wave cinema in the 1960s. We off… ...

Trésors Cachés du Cinéma Français

2009.7.18(Sat.) - 2009.7.20(Mon.)

Like opening up a precious treasure box, we will screen the French films which have rarely presented… ...

“The Edge of Words” dance company KINGYO (Yukio Suzuki)

2009.6.15(Mon.) - 2009.6.28(Sun.)

Winner of the Toyota Choreography Award 2008

Residency Period: Jun 15 [Mon] - Jun 28… ...

Open Space Events

2009.4.29(Wed.) - 2009.10.12(Mon.)

Here we offer a full selection of enjoyable outdoor events, including stage performances, a miniatur… ...