All Monet Works at Hakone's Pola Museum to be Exhibited: "New Eyes — Monet and 21st Century Art" Opens This Summer, Dialoguing with 18 Contemporary Artists
Pola Museum will exhibit its entire Monet oil painting collection alongside works by 18 contemporary artists.Summary
To commemorate the 100th anniversary of Claude Monet's death and the 25th anniversary of the Pola Museum in Hakone, the exhibition "New Eyes — Monet and 21st Century Art" will open on June 17, 2025. The exhibition will feature the museum's entire collection of 19 Monet oil paintings, spanning from his realistic early works to his late style where light and color merge.
A key highlight is the "creative dialogue" between Monet's innovative expressions and the works of 18 contemporary artists from Japan and abroad. This includes artists such as Noémie Goudal and Felix Gonzalez-Torres, whose works resonate with the themes and backgrounds of Monet's paintings.
The exhibition will utilize not only the galleries but also the museum lobby and the surrounding forest, featuring diverse formats such as large-scale installations, fog sculptures, video works, and sound installations to create a new immersive viewing experience of Monet's legacy.
(Source：Tokyo Art Beat)