Gallery After Hours: Curator’s Tour of Chiharu Shiota: Two Home Countries

Japan Society Membership is excited to share that this tour—exclusively limited to Sustaining-level members—is being opened up to all members for a limited time! This is a special opportunity to experience the kind of access and benefits Sustaining+ members enjoy year-round.

Experience the powerful artistry of Chiharu Shiota at an exclusive reception and private tour for Japan Society members. Begin with premium sake, tea and light refreshments before joining Japan Society Gallery Senior Gallery Director Dr. Michele Bambling for an intimate guided exploration of this groundbreaking exhibition.

This marks internationally acclaimed artist Chiharu Shiota’s first solo museum exhibition in New York City. Known for her monumental thread installations that transform gallery spaces into immersive environments, Shiota has created a newly commissioned, site-specific work that explores wartime memories and the duality of belonging to two home countries.

Commemorating the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, the exhibition weaves together collective and personal narratives—examining themes of memory, loss, identity and mortality through Shiota’s signature installations. Discover how the artist transforms intangible emotions and experiences into tangible, breathtaking environments that envelop viewers in webs of meaning.

This special members tour offers behind-the-scenes insights into Shiota’s creative process, including exclusive access to documentation of her stage design for Japan Society’s theater commission KINKAKUJI (The Temple of the Golden Pavilion).

RSVP required. This event is exclusively for Japan Society members.

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Photo Credit © Stefanie Candelario

Chiharu Shiota: Two Home Countries is supported by The Coby Foundation, Ltd. and the Goethe-lnstitut with support from the Foreign Office of the Federal Republic of Germany.

Air travel between Berlin and New York is generously provided by Delta Air Lines.

Transportation assistance is provided by Japan Airlines, the official Japanese airline sponsor for Japan Society Gallery exhibitions.

Exhibitions and Arts & Culture Lecture Programs at Japan Society are made possible, in part, by Sompo Holdings, Inc.; the Lila Wallace-Reader’s Digest Endowment Fund; the Mary Griggs Burke Endowment Fund established by the Mary Livingston Griggs and Mary Griggs Burke Foundation; The Masako Mera and Koichi Mera, PhD Fund for Education and the Arts; Barbara Bertozzi Castelli; Peggy Danziger; Marc Mailhot; Jun Makihara and Megumi Oka; Thierry Porté and Yasko Tashiro; Japan Society Gallery Council; and other Gallery supporters. Support for Arts & Culture Lecture Programs is provided, in part, by the Sandy Heck Lecture Fund.

Japan Society programs are supported by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.

Additional support is provided by a grant from The Venable Foundation.

Japan Society’s 120th anniversary initiatives and related programs are generously supported by Champion Sponsor, MUFG Bank, Ltd.; Advocate Sponsor, Mizuho Americas; and Friend Sponsor, Mitsubishi Corporation (Americas).