{"id":64,"date":"2020-02-22T14:57:22","date_gmt":"2020-02-22T05:57:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yayoikusamamuseum.jp\/mw\/?page_id=64"},"modified":"2021-03-23T17:51:08","modified_gmt":"2021-03-23T08:51:08","slug":"2018first","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/yayoikusamamuseum.jp\/en\/exhibition\/past\/2018first\/","title":{"rendered":"Here, Now, I have Reached the Grandest Start of My Life | Past Exhibition"},"content":{"rendered":"            <div id=\"content_past_single\">\r\n              <div class=\"single_wrapper\">\r\n                <div class=\"mobile\">\r\n                  <h1 class=\"mobile\">Past Exhibition<\/h1>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n                <div class=\"past_single_header\"><a href=\"https:\/\/yayoikusamamuseum.jp\/exhibition#content_past\" class=\"clearfix\">Back<\/a><\/div>\r\n                <div class=\"mainimage\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/assets\/images\/exhibition\/2018_first_main.jpg\" width=\"1203\" height=\"1200\" alt=\"\">\r\n                  <p class=\"caption\"><em>THE DAY MY BODY LEAVES LIFE, THE MOON SHALL STOP ITS GLORY<\/em> 2017<br> &copy; YAYOI KUSAMA<\/p>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n                <section>\r\n                  <div class=\"section_area section_area_title clearfix\">\r\n                    <div class=\"section_title\">\r\n                      <p>Title<\/p>\r\n                    <\/div>\r\n                    <div class=\"section_content\">\r\n                      <h1>Here, Now, I have Reached the Grandest Start of My Life<\/h1>\r\n                    <\/div>\r\n                  <\/div>\r\n                  <div class=\"section_area section_area_overview clearfix\">\r\n                    <div class=\"section_title\"><\/div>\r\n                    <div class=\"section_content\">\r\n                      <p>Since childhood, Yayoi Kusama has drawn dozens of drawings everyday capturing her hallucinations. <br>This exhibition presents the starting point of the artist's creative career, showcasing her earliest drawings and watercolor works - mainly created in her hometown Matsumoto back in the 1950's. The display of these 40 paper works is divided into two viewing terms during the exhibition period. Alongside showcasing her latest canvas series <em>My Eternal Soul<\/em> and her recent <em>Infinity Mirror Room<\/em>, the exhibition introduces Yayoi Kusama's creative starting point, tracing the footprints of abundant ingenuity of an artist who continues to know no bounds, saying \"Here, Now, I have Reached the Grandest Start of My Life\".<\/p>\r\n                      <div class=\"sub_image_box clearfix\" style=\"padding-bottom:0;\">\r\n                        <div class=\"left_box\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/assets\/images\/exhibition\/2018_first_sub_left.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"837\" alt=\"\">\r\n                        <\/div>\r\n                        <div class=\"right_box\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/assets\/images\/exhibition\/2018_first_sub_right.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"814\" alt=\"\">\r\n                        <\/div>\r\n                      <\/div>\r\n                      <div class=\"image_box\" style=\"margin-bottom:2em;\"><p class=\"image_caption rightPosi\">L: <em>Phosphoresce in the Daytime<\/em> c.1950<br>R: <em>A FACE No2<\/em> 1953<br>&copy; YAYOI KUSAMA<\/p><\/div>\r\n                    <\/div>\r\n                  <\/div>\r\n                  <div class=\"section_area clearfix\">\r\n                    <div class=\"section_title\">\r\n                      <p>Dates<\/p>\r\n                    <\/div>\r\n                    <div class=\"section_content dates_box\">\r\n                      <p>Sunday, April 1 - Friday, August 31, 2018<\/p>\r\n                      <p>1st Term: Sunday, April 1  - Sunday, June 17<\/p>\r\n                      <p>2nd Term: Thursday, June 21 - Friday, August 31<\/p>\r\n                    <\/div>\r\n                  <\/div>\r\n                  <div class=\"section_area clearfix\">\r\n                    <div class=\"section_title\">\r\n                      <p>Open<\/p>\r\n                    <\/div>\r\n                    <div class=\"section_content\">\r\n                      <p>Thursdays to Sundays and National Holidays<\/p>\r\n                    <\/div>\r\n                  <\/div>\r\n                  <div class=\"section_area clearfix\">\r\n                    <div class=\"section_title\">\r\n                      <p>Closed<\/p>\r\n                    <\/div>\r\n                    <div class=\"section_content\">\r\n                      <p>Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays<\/p>\r\n                    <\/div>\r\n                  <\/div>\r\n                  <div class=\"section_area clearfix\">\r\n                    <div class=\"section_title\">\r\n                      <p>Hours<\/p>\r\n                    <\/div>\r\n                    <div class=\"section_content\">\r\n                      <p>11:00 - 17:00<\/p>\r\n                    <\/div>\r\n                  <\/div>\r\n                  <div class=\"section_area clearfix\">\r\n                    <div class=\"section_title\">\r\n                      <p class=\"pc\">Admission<\/p>\r\n                      <p class=\"pc\">Charges<\/p>\r\n                      <p class=\"pc\">(including tax)<\/p>\r\n                      <p class=\"mobile\">Admission Charges (including tax)<\/p>\r\n                    <\/div>\r\n                    <div class=\"section_content\">\r\n                      <p>Adults: JPY1,000\u3000Children aged 6 - 18: JPY600<\/p>\r\n                      <p class=\"note\">*Children under age 6 are free. <br class=\"spBr\" \/>*Group rates are not applicable.<\/p>\r\n                    <\/div>\r\n                  <\/div>\r\n                  <div class=\"section_area admission_times_box clearfix\">\r\n                    <div class=\"section_title\">\r\n                      <p>Admission Times<\/p>\r\n                    <\/div>\r\n                    <div class=\"section_content admission_times\">\r\n                      <p>\u2460 11:00 \u2013 12:30 (Enter by 11:30)<\/p>\r\n                      <p>\u2461 12:30 \u2013 14:00 (Enter by 13:00)<\/p>\r\n                      <p>\u2462 14:00 \u2013 15:30 (Enter by 14:30)<\/p>\r\n                      <p>\u2463 15:30 \u2013 17:00 (Enter by 16:00)<\/p>\r\n                      <p class=\"note\">Yayoi Kusama Museum has no designated waiting area for visitors arriving before the admission time. Please refrain from coming to the museum before your admission time.<\/p>\r\n                      <p class=\"note note_last\">All tickets must be purchased in advance online. Entry is timed and only valid for a specific 90 minute time-slot.  Tickets are non-refundable and cannot be changed. Tickets go on sale at 10 am (Japan Time) on the first of each month for entry in the month after next (for example, tickets for December 1 through December 24 go on sale from October 1). Please purchase tickets in advance from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.e-tix.jp\/yayoikusamamuseum\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"ck\">here<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\r\n                    <\/div>\r\n                  <\/div>\r\n                <\/section>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n            <\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Past Exhibition Back THE DAY MY BODY LEAVES LIFE, THE MOON SHALL STOP ITS GLORY 2017 &copy; YAYOI KUSAMA Title Here, Now, I have Reached the Grandest Start of My Life Since childhood, Yayoi Kusama has drawn dozens of drawings everyday capturing her hallucinations. This exhibition presents the starting point of the artist's creative career, &hellip; <p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/yayoikusamamuseum.jp\/en\/exhibition\/past\/2018first\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \"Here, Now, I have Reached the Grandest Start of My Life | Past Exhibition\"<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":60,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-en.php","meta":{"_locale":"en_US","_original_post":"http:\/\/yayoikusamamuseum.jp\/mw\/?page_id=62","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-64","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","en-US"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yayoikusamamuseum.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/64","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yayoikusamamuseum.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yayoikusamamuseum.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yayoikusamamuseum.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yayoikusamamuseum.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/yayoikusamamuseum.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/64\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":676,"href":"https:\/\/yayoikusamamuseum.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/64\/revisions\/676"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yayoikusamamuseum.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/60"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yayoikusamamuseum.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}