2026.11.14 — 2027.03.28 · Coming soon
What a Wonderful World: Masterworks from the Musée d’Orsay — Tokyo
For the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum’s 100th anniversary and the Musée d’Orsay’s 40th, the two museums stage this Orsay collection show at Tobikan from 14 November 2026 to 28 March 2027; it will not tour elsewhere. About 110 paintings, sculptures, decorative arts and photographs are arranged in seven chapters. Millet’s The Gleaners (1857) returns to Japan for the first time in 23 years, and Van Gogh’s Starry Night over the Rhône (1888) and Gauguin’s Arearea for the first time in 16. No timed booking is needed; adult tickets are JPY 2,400 (2,200 in advance), free for those 18 and under.
Millet’s The Gleaners (1857) returns to Japan after 23 years, in Chapter 2 on work and daily life.
The same chapter has Caillebotte’s The Floor Scrapers (1875) and Van Gogh’s The Siesta; the epilogue, “The world is still beautiful”, brings Van Gogh’s Starry Night over the Rhône (1888) and Gauguin’s Arearea, both back after 16 years, beside Renoir’s late Bathers.
It opens with dance: Carpeaux’s Three Graces, Degas’s rehearsal room at the old Paris Opéra and photographs of dancers from around 1900.
Five chapters follow on nature, work, daily life, Paris nights and family, with Monet’s Rue Montorgueil festival, Seurat’s study for The Circus and Bonnard interiors. All of the roughly 110 paintings, sculptures, decorative pieces and photographs come from the Orsay, the “temple of Impressionism”; the scenography is by Cécile Degos.
The show marks 40 years of the Musée d’Orsay and 100 of the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, and it will be seen only in Tokyo.
There are two free talks: Orsay senior sculpture curator Édouard Papet on opening day, and on 6 February 2027 Tobikan director Akiya Takahashi, who worked on the Orsay’s opening team, on its 40 years.
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Closed Mondays and over the New Year, so check the date before going.
There is no timed booking, so you may wait at busy times.
The best-known works draw crowds; Friday evenings tend to be easier.
Both talks need booking, 220 seats each: from 10am on 8 October for the opening talk and from 10am on 7 January for the 6 February talk.
The galleries have no fixed seats, so no seating plan is needed.
Open official guide ↗14 November 2026 to 28 March 2027, 9.30am–5.30pm, Fridays until 8pm, last entry 30 minutes before closing. Closed Mondays and on 24 November, 22 December–3 January, 12 January and 23 March; open on the Mondays of 23 November, 4 January, 11 January and 22 March.
Asia/TokyoThe Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum is at 8-36 Ueno Park, Taito-ku, Tokyo.
Free for those 18 and under and for high-school students and younger; university and vocational students are free on weekdays from 8 to 18 December. Holders of disability certificates and one companion are free. All free and reduced entry requires ID.
Adults JPY 2,200 (advance)
Confirm accessibility services and companion policies with the organiser before travel.
Dates and entry details refer to this edition; individual sessions may differ.
Jean-François Millet (Google Art Project) · Public domain Image source
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Millet, The Gleaners (1857, Musée d’Orsay), shown in this exhibition; a public-domain image.
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