Manifesto accompanies The San Diego Museum of Art for the exhibition Emulation and Admiration: Two Stories of Collecting European Art - European Master Paintings from The San Diego Museum of Art and The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo.
The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo
11 March - 8 June 2025
This exhibition is a collaboration between the San Diego Museum of Art and the National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo that combines a total of 88 works from the collections of the two museums to introduce the unique charms and evolution of a wide range of Western art from the Renaissance to the nineteenth century through dialogues among the works.
This exhibition features artworks from the collections of the two museums divided into 36 sub themes consisting of pairs and small groups. It aims to provide a lucid introduction to the fascinating course of Western art history from the Renaissance to the Impressionists through comparison-based dialogues among the works. Additionally, the museums share a common ground in collecting European art despite being located in two non-European countries, Japan and the United States. The exhibition will also focus on this aspect and introduce the objectives and ideals that served as the bases for the two museums’ collection of Western paintings while comparing and contrasting masterpieces in their respective collections.
The exhibition is organised by The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo; The San Diego Museum of Art; Nikkei Inc in special collaboration with Manifesto Expo.