Natsuyuki Nakanishi Devices for Gentle Gazing and Endless Lingering

【Exhibition Title】
Natsuyuki Nakanishi
Devices for Gentle Gazing and Endless Lingering

【Period】
March 14 (Sat) – June 14 (Sun), 2026
Closed on Mondays (open on May 4), and May 7

【Venue】
The National Museum of Art, Osaka
B3 Exhibition Gallery
4-2-55 Nakanoshima, Kita-ku, Osaka 530-0005, Japan

【Opening Hours】
10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
(Fridays until 8:00 PM)
Last admission 30 minutes before closing

【Organizers】
The National Museum of Art, Osaka
Yomiuri Shimbun
Museum Liaison Council

【Admission】
Adults: ¥1,500 (¥1,300)
University students: ¥900 (¥800)
Free for high school students and under

This exhibition is the first major retrospective held ten years after the death of Natsuyuki Nakanishi (1935–2016), one of Japan’s leading postwar artists. It traces his artistic trajectory from the late 1950s and explores his distinctive approach to painting.
Nakanishi’s works do not depict specific subjects and cannot be categorized as either figurative or abstract. Instead, they are grounded in fundamental questions such as how a painting emerges and where painting exists. Through this exhibition, viewers are invited to reconsider the nature and possibilities of painting in the present day.