Many contemporary works from Africa represent themes of dynamic movement. The shifting perspective in contemporary art that arises from movement and exchange offers an opportunity to reexamine one's own identity and reassess the richness of human creativity.
This exhibition will not only feature contemporary arts, but also Japanese traditional folding screens from the early Edo period depicting African people.
And it shows the ancient exchange between Africa and Asia, riding the monsoons across the Indian Ocean, as Samurai Warlord Oda Nobunaga deeply connected to Gifu prefecture, had a Mozambican vassal named Yasuke in the 16th century.

Outline

Title

Blows Like a Monsoon
Contemporary Afro-Asian Arts on the Great Journey and Exchange
Venue

Gallery 3 in the Museum of Fine Arts, Gifu [address: 4-1-22 Usa, Gifu-city]
Period

Friday, March 13 - Sunday, June 14, 2026
* Every Monday (or the following weekday if Monday is a public holiday)

Opening Hours

10:00 - 18:00
* Admission to the exhibition room is until 30 minutes before closing.
*Night opening until 8:00 PM
on March 20th (Friday, national holiday), April 17th (Friday), May 15th (Friday)
Admission Fee

Adults: 1,000 yen (900 yen)
University students: 800 yen (700 yen)
( ) indicates the price for a group of 20 or more people
Free for high school students and younger
Free for those with physical or mental disability certificate and one accompanying person
Organizer The Museum of Fine Arts, Gifu

Co-Organizer

The Chunichi Shimbun
Suporter

Japan Broadcasting Corporation Gifu Station

Selected Works

Artists (In no particular order)

Titles

Years of the creation

ISHIKAWA Mao

series of “Akabanaa”

1975-77

Elias SIME

Tightrope Mobile

2009-14

Wangechi MUTU

The End of eating Everything

2013

Fiel DOS ASNTOS

Flautist

2012

Joël ANDRIANOMEARISOA

series of “Le palais des vents”

2026

CHE Onejoon

series of “Capital Black”

2021-

HASEGAWA Ai

Alt-Bias Gun

2018

YOSHIKUNI Moto

series of “MOTO MAGAZINE”

2020-

Mahdi EHSAEI

series of “Afro-Iran”

2014

Namichie

series of “Kigroom”

-

unknown

Sumō Yūrakuzu Byōbu　(Sumo Wrestling Amusement Screen)

Edo era

Related Programs

Gallery Talk [with interpretation in English]
| Friday, March 13, 2026 | 13:00-16:00 |

Artists Talk [with interpretation in English]
| Saturday, March 14, 2026 | 13:00-16:00 |