Museum Exhibition

Yoko Matsumoto at Fuchu Art Museum

Posted: 14 April 2026

'Matsumoto Yoko: The Day I Saw the Evening Star’ at Fuchu Art Museum. © Yoko Matsumoto. Photo © Tadasu Yamamoto. Courtesy of Hino Gallery

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23 May – 12 July 2026

Tokyo

‘The Day I Saw the Evening Star’ opens at Fuchu Art Museum this May. Marking Yoko Matsumoto’s first large-scale solo exhibition in a museum, the presentation brings together around 45 works from the late 1950s to the present day.

Tracing 65 years of Matsumoto’s practice, the exhibition includes a new painting completed earlier this year, alongside a video interview with the artist.

During the exhibition, Fuchu Art Museum will host a programme of events:

Curator's Gallery Talk
23 May, 2pm

Talk: ‘Yoko Matsumoto talks with painters’
7 June, 2pm

Yoko Matsumoto Interview Video Screening
13 June, 2pm and 4pm

Lecture: ‘Yoko's 65 Years of Painting’
28 June, 2pm

Artist Talk
11 July, 2pm

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The exhibition will travel to Iwaki City Art Museum, Fukushima, Japan (September 12, 2026 ‒ November 1, 2026) followed by The Museum of Modern Art, Hayama, Kanagawa, Japan (November 28, 2026 ‒ February 28, 2027).