Exhibitions & Events
Seitaro Kuroda Exhibition: What I can do with my paintings
main building
Saturday, September 20, 2025 - Sunday, November 9, 2025
This exhibition is the first large-scale solo exhibition of Seitaro Kuroda at the age of 86, who has produced over 200,000 works to date. In addition to a retrospective of Seitaro's achievements and the transition of his style through the exhibition of selected works, a number of events will be held during the exhibition period, including dialogues, screenings, and workshops for children.
- session (of a legislature)
- Saturday, September 20, 2025 - Sunday, November 9, 2025
Closed Mondays (if Monday is a national holiday, the museum will be open on Monday and closed the following Tuesday) - venue
- Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art, Main Building
- Opening Information
- 9:30-17:30 (Admission until 17:00)
- Fee for viewing
- Adults 1600 (1300) yen, High school and college students 1100 (800) yen, Elementary and junior high school students 900 (600) yen
Prices in parentheses are for advance purchase and for groups of 20 or more. Free admission for those with a physical disability certificate and one accompanying person (physical disability certificate is limited to those with grades 1-4). (For the physical disability certificate, the fee will be reduced by 20% for residents of Kitakyushu City aged 65 and over (a certificate issued by a public institution must be presented).
*Advance tickets will be available from Monday, August 18 at Online Ticket (from the museum website), Lawson Ticket (Lawson, Ministop), Ticket Pia (Seven-Eleven), Seven Ticket (Seven-Eleven), e+ e Plus (Family Mart) and major Kitakyushu Monorail stations.
*Advance tickets are available at Kokura Izutsuya and the museum from August 10.
Online tickets, Lawson Ticket, Ticket Pia, Seven Ticket, e+ e-plus Online tickets, Lawson tickets, Ticket Pia, Seven Ticket, and e+ e-plus will be sold at the same-day price during the exhibition. - Official Online Tickets
- Official Online Tickets
*0 yen handling fee, no membership registration required, smartphone display/home printing available. - Sponsor, Support, etc.
- Organized by Seitaro Kuroda Exhibition Executive Committee (Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art, Mainichi Newspapers)
Supported by Kyushu Railway Company, West Japan Railway Company, Kitakyushu Monorail, Chikuho Electric Railway Co.
Supervised by Toshiki Arai (Switch Publishing)
Planning cooperation Clevis
Supported by Shunposha Inc.
Cooperation Tokyo University of Technology Faculty of Design, Nihon Kogakuin Design College - Events
Saturday, September 20
Seitaro Kuroda Gallery Talk
No registration required, admission fee to the exhibition is required.
Date: Saturday, September 20, 13:00- (about 30 minutes)
Venue：In the exhibition hall
Taiko Performing Arts Group "Kodo" Kenta Nakagome & Seitaro Kuroda
Taiko Performance and Drawing
*0 yen handling fee, no membership registration required, smartphone display/home printing available.
*Free admission, no registration required.
Date: Saturday, September 20, 14:00- (about 30 minutes)
Venue: Entrance Hall
Seitaro Kuroda autograph session ①.
*Offered to the first 100 visitors who purchase books related to this exhibition at the Museum Shop on the day of the exhibition.
Date & Time: Saturday, September 20, 14:45~.
Venue: Entrance Hall
October 5 (Sunday)
Workshop by Seitaro Kuroda
There are so many things you can do with pictures."
*Free to attend, advance registration is required.
Date & Time: October 5 (Sun.) 14:00~ (about 90 minutes)
Venue: Education Room B
Capacity: 15 people (for 5th and 6th graders) *Selected by lottery if there are too many applications
Application Deadline:Saturday, August 30
For web applications, please contact us.this way (direction close to the speaker or towards the speaker)
*Apply by return postcard as follows
*You may apply for up to 2 persons per return postcard.
Saturday, November 1
Kotaro Sawaki & Seitaro Kuroda
Dialogue "Two, Rowing a Ship Without an Anchor"
*Free admission, advance registration is required.
Date: Saturday, November 1, 14:00- (about 90 minutes)
Venue: Annex 3F Lecture Room
Capacity: 80 people *Selection by lot if there are too many applications
Application Deadline:Tuesday, September 30
To apply on the webthis way (direction close to the speaker or towards the speaker)
Apply by return postcard as follows
*There is a limit of two participants per couple. →Up to 2 people can apply per return postcard.
Seitaro Kuroda autograph session (2)
*Offered to the first 100 visitors who purchase books related to this exhibition at the Museum Shop on the day of the exhibition.
Date: Saturday, November 1, after the event
Venue: Entrance Hall
Double feature of screening of video works
*Free to watch, you can leave during the session.
Blood of the Atom."
BS Asahi "SWITCH TV Seitaro Kuroda
Date and time: Every Saturday and Sunday in October and November, 10:00~/14:00~ (about 90 minutes each)
Venue: Education Room A
Capacity: 30 persons per session
*The event is subject to change for certain reasons.
