Skip to content

REPORT: “The Life of Animals in Japanese Art” Exhibition Opens at the National Gallery of Art

© National Gallery of Art, Washington

WASHINGTON, DC, June 2, 2019 – A unique and exciting art exhibition featuring colorful and lively collections of both real and mythical animals, spanning hundreds years of Japanese art history, is on view in the nation’s capital! Of unprecedented scale and comprehensiveness, The Life of Animals in Japanese Art brings together over 300 works of art representing animals, carefully selected from significant collections in Japan and the United States.

You can read the review of the exhibition by The Washington Post here. A must-see exhibition of the summer, on view through August 18 at the National Gallery of Art.


© National Gallery of Art, Washington

© National Gallery of Art, Washington