I visited the Panasonic Shiodome Museum of Art on a weekday morning for the Frank Lloyd Wright exhibition, and the show itself was excellent. The only downside was how cramped it felt once more visitors started coming in, which made it hard at times to take in the displays and read the descriptions properly. A timed entry system would probably help for popular exhibitions like this.

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I visited the Panasonic Shiodome Museum to see the Odilon Redon exhibition. According to the website, no reservation was required on weekdays, so I went directly. However, numbered tickets were distributed upon arrival, and I had to wait about 30 minutes to enter. The ticket booth was quite small, and each person had to line up and buy their ticket one at a time. The exhibition space itself was also very limited and felt closed off, which made it difficult to properly take in the artwork. It was quite crowded for such a compact space, so it was hard to enjoy the exhibition at a relaxed pace. Photography was only allowed at the panel display area near the exit. Unfortunately, the space was cramped and poorly lit, which meant the atmosphere and emotional power of the paintings didn’t come through at all. It was disappointing that the overall experience didn’t do justice to Redon’s work. Given how large the elevator hall and other non-essential areas are, I wish more of that space had been allocated to the exhibition itself.

Clean and quiet museum in a modern building. They hold exhibitions of famous artists. You need to make a reservation beforehand.

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Visited on a weekday morning. Exhibition on Frank Lloyd Wright was excellent. However, the venue was too small and cramped for the number of visitors, making it difficult to read the descriptions or look at the exhibits. There was also a lack of crowd control. I suggest a timed entry system for more popular exhibitions.

We were harassed by the female security guard throughout our visit for discussing the art at a reasonable voice level. This guard then stalked us around the gallery in an attempt to try to make us feel uncomfortable in an obsessive, discriminative manner. As seasoned visitors of art galleries around the world, we have never experienced anything quite like this, being stalked in a very obvious way. We were also told at the entrance ticket section that no English was provided whatsoever to try and deter us (which was completely untrue as there were long sections in English written at the start of each section). The individual pieces were indeed only listed in Japanese. As I provided interpretation of the German books on display from the Middle Ages to explain, we were literally discussing and appreciating the art work and were immediately targeted as if we were doing something criminal. We noticed that Japanese visitors were talking with much louder voice levels and none of them were told to be quiet. All things considered this is an extremely racist gallery. We were visiting the Viennese exhibit. Shame on this place for the harrassment we experienced by the security guard inside the exhibit. I would go so far as to say the obsessive discriminatory behaviour was completely mental. Does the Panasonic Shiodome Museum of Art make a habit of employing racist staff with mental issues who harass art historians and professional interpreters who are following all the Japanese rules? You are crying out for bad press. Respectfully, The Chartered Institute of Journalists