Memento Mori and Photography: What Does Death Illuminate?, TOP Collection
TOPコレクション メメント・モリと写真 死は何を照らし出すのか
2022Jun17(Fri)–Sep25(Sun)About this exhibition
This exhibition explores the relationship between "Memento Mori" (remember that you will die) and photography, featuring about 150 works from the museum's collection that examine how people have faced death and lived resiliently from the 19th century to the present.
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This exhibition has closed. Exhibitions coming up at museums within about 15 km of Tokyo Photographic Art Museum.
- マリメッコ展 模様のちから2026Oct3(Sat)–Dec20(Sun)Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museumunder1kmfrom Tokyo Photographic Art Museum
- リトアニアの手工品展（仮称）2027Jan16(Sat)–Mar28(Sun)Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museumunder1kmfrom Tokyo Photographic Art Museum
- 百花精彩 明から清までの中国陶磁2026Oct27(Tue)–2027Feb7(Sun)Matsuoka Museum of Artunder1kmfrom Tokyo Photographic Art Museum
- 粧い眠る 秋と冬の日本画名品選2026Oct27(Tue)–2027Feb7(Sun)Matsuoka Museum of Artunder1kmfrom Tokyo Photographic Art Museum
- “Ku-Ten” (Works of Meguro City Citizens)2026Sep16(Wed)–Sep27(Sun)Meguro Museum of Artunder1kmfrom Tokyo Photographic Art Museum
- 黒の躍動2026Jul17(Fri)–Nov23(Mon)Taro Okamoto Memorial Museum2kmfrom Tokyo Photographic Art Museum
- ぐるぐる展2026Mar28(Sat)–Sep23(Wed)MoN Takanawa: The Museum of Narratives3kmfrom Tokyo Photographic Art Museum
- いのちの未来＋2026Jul25(Sat)–Sep25(Fri)MoN Takanawa: The Museum of Narratives3kmfrom Tokyo Photographic Art Museum
- 森万里子展2026Oct31(Sat)–2027Mar28(Sun)Mori Art Museum3kmfrom Tokyo Photographic Art Museum
- ロン・ミュエク2026Apr29(Wed)–Sep23(Wed)Mori Art Museum3kmfrom Tokyo Photographic Art Museum
- 大志学園卒業制作展2027Feb23(Tue)–Mar7(Sun)Sato Museum of Art4kmfrom Tokyo Photographic Art Museum
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