Image: Museum of Modern Art, Saitama
The Museum of Modern Art, Saitama has announced a lecture in its Museum College 2026 program tied to the special exhibition 'Hushed Beauty: All About Komura Sekitai'. The public talk, titled 'Komura Sekitai’s Travel Journals', is scheduled for August 2, 2026, from 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm.
According to the museum’s announcement, the lecture is the fourth in the series of related public programs for the exhibition. The speaker will be Mao Kikuchi, a curator at the museum, who will present the session in Japanese. The event is set to take place in the museum’s second-floor lecture hall.
The program is offered free of charge and does not require advance registration. Attendance will be limited to 80 people, with admission on a first-come, first-served basis on the day of the lecture.
The announcement places the talk within the museum’s broader interpretation of Komura Sekitai’s practice, using the exhibition framework to explore a specific aspect of his work through travel writing. By foregrounding Sekitai’s travel journals, the lecture extends the exhibition’s focus beyond objects on view to the artist’s written record and wider context.
Museum College 2026 appears to be the institution’s ongoing public lecture format, with this session presented as part of the museum’s programming around the exhibition. The museum’s notice does not include further details about the lecture’s contents beyond its title and speaker.
The lecture will be held on August 2 at the Museum of Modern Art, Saitama, in Saitama, Japan, from 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm, in the second-floor lecture hall.
