November 5 Wed. – November 15 Sat. 2025
11:00-19:00
※Gallery closed Sun., Mon., and national holidays.
Exhibited Works: ARAKI Nobuyoshi, ISOZAKI Arata, OHTAKE Shinro, KANO Mitsuo, KUWABARA Kineo, MORIMURA Yasumasa, Andy WARHOL, Tony CRAGG, Paul KLEE, Adolph GOTTLIEB, Frank STELLA, Sebastian, Sam FRANCIS, Joseph BEUYS, Jackson POLLOCK, Robert RAUSCHENBERG, Mark ROTHKO, Joan Miró
Over 40 years ago, on January 24, 1982, an avant-garde contemporary art gallery opened in the ancient capital of Nara.
The gallery was named Nishida Gallery, which launched with “the exhibition Masakazu Horiuchi and Arata Isozaki“.
Its owner is Kousaku Nishida.
Born and raised in an old-established family in Nara, while running his own business, he took notice of the talents of artists who were little known at the time—such as Enjin, Yasumasa MORIMURA, Shinji OGAWA, and Tony Cragg—and, inspired by the collection he had assembled, decided to open a gallery.
In the Kansai region, where the contemporary art market was still far from mature, his unique perspective was truly remarkable.
Although he surely faced many difficulties in running the gallery, he eventually fell ill and passed away on September 12, 2023.
After the gallery was closed, the remaining works were made available through a bidding process, following the necessary legal procedures and with the dedicated efforts of another gallery.
Mr. Nishida had been one of our most trusted supporters and collectors since the days of the Gendai Hanga Center.
On this occasion, we are pleased to exhibit and offer for distribution a selection of posters from Mr. Nishida’s former collection, which we have recently had the good fortune to acquire.
We warmly invite you to view the exhibition and hope that you might consider enriching your own collections with these works.
【Exhibition Views】 – All works are offset prints.
From left: Mitsuo Kano ”Gaze Follow the Aching Spray” Poster 1990 103×73cm
Nobuyoshi ARAKI/ Kinoe KUWAHAR “Love You Tokyo- The Photograph Exhibition of Nobuyoshi ARAKI/ Kinoe KUWAHAR” Poster 1993 103×73cm
Robert Rauschenberg ”Robert Rauschenberg・ Ceramic Art Exhibition” Poster 1983 103×73cm
From left: Frank Stella “Frank Stella” Los Amgeles County Museum of Art Poster 1984 66×99cm
Frank Stella “Walker Art Center” Poster 1987 61×92cm
From left: Jackson Pollock “THE FIRST SHOW PAINTING AND SCULPTURE FROM EIGHT COLLECTIONS 1940-1980” Poster 1983 60×85cm
Tony Cragg “Tony Cragg Exhibition” Poster 1997 73×103cm Signed
From left: Paul Klee “Park Bel Lu(zerni) Kunstmuseum Bern” Poster 1988 91×61cm
Jackson Pollock “THE FIRST SHOW PAINTING AND SCULPTURE FROM EIGHT COLLECTIONS 1940-1980” Poster 1983 60×85cm
Tony Cragg “Tony Cragg Exhibition” Poster 1997 73×103cm Signed
From left: Joseph Beuys “Reflecting on his philosophy and art” Poster 1982 103×73cm
Shinro OTAKE、Emiko KASAHARA、Noboru TSUBAKI、Hitoshi NOMURA、SHIRO Matsui、Yasumasa MORIMURA “A Hybrid Garden – Six Contemporary Artists in Japan” Poster 1991 103×73cm
Sam Francis “Sam Francis Fra Idemitsu Museeet I Tokyo 29/11 1986-18/1 1987 Louisiana” Poster 1986 100×62cm
From left: Joseph Beuys “Reflecting on his philosophy and art” Poster 1982 103×73cm
Shinro OTAKE、Emiko KASAHARA、Noboru TSUBAKI、Hitoshi NOMURA、SHIRO Matsui、Yasumasa MORIMURA “A Hybrid Garden – Six Contemporary Artists in Japan” Poster 1991 103×73cm
Arata Isozaki 《The 4th AICA Contemporary Architecture Seminar- The era of Post Modern and Architecture” Poster 1984 73×51cm
Andy Warhol ”The Warhol Exhibition in a Vast Underground Space” Poster 1983 103×73cm
Mark Rothko 《The Art Institute of Chicago》 Poster 76×69cm
Paul Klee 《Blue Night》 Kunstmuseum Basel Poster 61×76cm
From left: Adolph Gottlieb「The Art Institute of Chicago」Poster 72×70cm
Joan Miró “Handmade Proverbs (Japanese version) ” Poster 1970 76×58cm
Andy Warhol 《1983～1984 Andy Warhol Exhibitiion》Poster（Designed by Keiichi Tanaami） 1983 103×73cm