Summer Symphony: Works From Ippodo Gallery's Archive

Ippodo Gallery is pleased to present Summer Symphony: Work from Ippodo Gallery’s Archive, a new curation of artworks from Ippodo Gallery’s represented artists of Japan, from June 18 to August 8, 2026. The exhibition will include special offerings on works exhibited previous and never before seen.

As summer comes to New York, we welcome the season as a time of light, beauty, and discovery; themes that resonating through the Summer Symphony curation. Celebrating the diversity of kogei (Japanese fine art craft), the exhibition strikes a rhythm between mediums: ceramic, painting, metal, calligraphy, photography, glass. Spanning across generations and artistic practices, each work contributes its own note to create a carefully composed arrangement. 

Evoking the atmosphere of the most lively and warm season, Summer Symphony moves between moments of vibrancy and reflection. Mitsukuni Misaki’s blue vessels conjure serene ocean horizons; KAKU’s carefully folded washi spirals resemble white seashells, shaped by the wind and tide; YMER&MALTA’s lamps bring to mind shards of sunlit seaglass; Ken Matsubara’s nihonga paintings capture crashing waves on a warm summer night. Together, the works invite viewers to experience the senses of the season through the richness of Ippodo Gallery’s contemporary world of fine art and craft.