Exhibitions to Mark the 70^th Anniversary of the World War II

To mark the 70^th anniversary of the end of the World War II, a series of exhibitions were held across the country to reconsider the relationship between artists and the war such as, ‘1940s – rediscovery of 20^th Century Japanese Art IV’ held at the Mie Prefectural Art Museum (July 11 – September 24); ‘War and Postwar: The Prism of the Times’ held at the Izu Photo Museum (July 18 – January 31, 2016); ‘Japanese Painters under the World War II: How Did They Survive War?’ held at the Nagoya City Art Museum (July 18 – September 23); ‘Hiroshima Trilogy: 70th Anniversary of the Atomic Bombing, Part 1 Life=Work’ held at the Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art (July 18 – September 27); ‘War and Peace’ held at the Hiroshima Prefectural Art Museum (July 25 – September 13); ‘Sengo nihon bijutsu no shuppatsu 1945-1955: Gakatachi wa dō “jiyū” o hyōgen shitaka’ held at the Museum of Modern Art, Gunma (September 19 – November 3); and ‘70^th Anniversary of the End of WWII: Alternative Stories in 1940’s Art – From the Tragic War to Reconstruction and Rebirth, What did Japanese Artists’ Works During that Period Represent?’ held at the Tochigi Prefectural Museum of Fine Arts (October 31 – December 23). (Japanese)