The Facts
On October 23, 2026, White Cube announced that Yoko Matsumoto's touring exhibition 'The Day I Saw the Evening Star' will open at The Museum of Modern Art, Kamakura & Hayama on November 28, 2026, and run through February 28, 2027. Spanning 65 years of the artist's practice, the survey traces the evolution of her visual language, shaped by Japanese art traditions and Western abstraction. The show was previously presented at Fuchu Museum in Tokyo from May 23 to July 12, 2026, and at Iwaki City Art Museum from September 12 to November 1, 2026.
The Signal
The three-venue tour signals deepening institutional recognition of Matsumoto, placing her among post-war artists whose work bridges Eastern and Western modernist traditions. For collectors, the Kamakura presentation extends the artist's museum footprint and may drive renewed market attention, particularly for her paintings from the 1960s and 1970s, while underscoring the growing international focus on Japanese women abstractionists.
- Artists: Yoko Matsumoto
- Galleries: White Cube
- Museums: The Museum of Modern Art, Kamakura & Hayama, Fuchu Museum, Iwaki City Art Museum
- Locations: Kamakura, Tokyo, Iwaki
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