Image: Okawa Museum of Art, Kiryū
Okawa Museum of Art has announced an exhibition in Gallery 2 drawn from its collection that brings together European Surrealists and Japanese artists who were influenced by Surrealism. The museum says the presentation includes works by Max Ernst, Salvador Dalí and Joan Miró, alongside Japanese artists Fukuzawa Ichiro, Migishi Kōtarō, Kitawaki Noboru and Ei-Q.
The museum’s notice frames the display as an exploration of Surrealism’s meeting point between reality and dream, and between consciousness and the unconscious. Rather than presenting the movement as a solely European story, the exhibition places internationally known figures from the canon alongside Japanese artists associated with Surrealism’s impact in Japan.
According to the museum, the works are all drawn from its own collection. The announcement does not provide a separate exhibition title, nor does it specify a closing date, but it identifies Gallery 2 as the space for the presentation.
Max Ernst, Dalí and Miró are among the best-known names linked to Surrealism in Europe, and their inclusion signals a historical overview anchored in the movement’s major visual languages. The Japanese artists named in the post reflect the movement’s wider reach and its resonance in Japanese modern art.
Fukuzawa Ichiro, Migishi Kōtarō, Kitawaki Noboru and Ei-Q are presented by the museum as artists in Japan who were influenced by Surrealism. The notice does not elaborate on individual works or arrange the display thematically beyond the broader Surrealist framework, but it clearly positions the selection as a comparative look across European and Japanese practice.
The museum’s wording invites visitors to encounter what it calls the world of Surrealism through this group of artists. The announcement was posted by Okawa Museum of Art in Kiryū, Japan, on August 1, 2026.
