Exhibition Outline

This exhibition showcases 89 masterpieces of European art from the collection of the State Hermitage Museum of St. Petersburg, one of the world’s largest museums of art.
The exhibition includes paintings from the 16th through 20th Centuries, demonstrating the breadth and the glory of European art. The works include Henri Matisse’s timeless masterpiece Red Room (Harmony in Red), which will be shown in Tokyo and Kyoto for the first time in 30 years, and two decades in Nagoya.
Along with Matisse, the exhibition will display works by Titian, Rubens, Rembrandt, Reynolds, Renoir, Monet, Cezanne and Picasso.

Title	400 Years of European Masterpieces from the State Hermitage Museum
Period	Wednesday, April 25, through Monday, July 16, 2012
Venue	The National Art Center, Tokyo 7-22-2 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 106-8558
Opening hours	10:00 - 18:00 (Fridays 10:00 - 20:00） Last admission: 30 minutes before closing ※Opening dates and hours will possibly change without prior notice. For up-to-date information, please kindly call Hello Dial: 03-5777-8600.
Closed	Tuesdays (except May 1)
Access	・Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line, Nogizaka Station / Directly connected via Exit 6 ・Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line, Roppongi Station / 5-minute walk from Exit 4a ・Toei Oedo Subway Line, Roppongi Station / 4-minute walk from Exit 7
General information by telephone　　03-5777-8600 （Hello Dial)
Website	https://www.ntv.co.jp/hermitage2012/
Admission	General        General Advance purchase Group purchase (more than 20 people) Adults ¥1,500 ¥1,300 College Students ¥1,200 ¥1,000 High School Students ¥800 ¥600 (tax included)

＊Advance tickets on sale from February 25, through April 24, 2012
   (Advance ticket sales at the National Art Center, Tokyo ends on April 23, 2012)
＊Free admission for junior high school students and younger
＊Free admission for visitors with physical disabilities （ID required） and one accompanying adult
＊Free admission for high school students on April 28,29 and 30 （ID required）

Organized by	The National Art Center, Tokyo / Nippon Television Network Corporation / The Yomiuri Shimbun / The State Hermitage Museum
With the support of	Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan / Embassy of the Russian Federation in Japan / Rossotrudnichestvo
With the special sponsorship of    Daiwa House Industry Co., Ltd.
With the sponsorship of	Mitsumura Printing Co., Ltd. / NIPPONKOA INSURANCE CO., LTD.
With the cooperation of	Finnair / Air France / KLM Royal Dutch Airlines / Nippon Express Co., Ltd. / East Japan Railway Company / BS Nippon Corporation / CS Nippon Corporation / RF RADIO NIPPON CO., LTD. / J-WAVE, INC. / Nippon Cultural Broadcasting Inc. / Television Kanagawa Inc.

Nagoya venue	Nagoya City Art Museum Saturday, July 28, through Sunday, September 30, 2012
Kyoto venue	Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art Wednesday, October 10, through Thursday, December 6, 2012