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Light: Works from the Tate Collection follows artistic attempts to capture, and sometimes manipulate, the intangible effects of light over the past 200 years. The exhibition begins with Tate's historic British holdings and traces the theme of light across the breadth of the international collection; from the Romantic painters' mastery of light and shadow exemplified by JMW Turner and William Blake, and the Impressionists' painting of light as subject in works by Claude Monet, to experimental photography and contemporary immersive light environments, this wide-ranging exhibition brings together over one hundred iconic works from Tate's collection across painting, watercolour, photography, sculpture and film. Historical works are placed in conversation with contemporary pieces, creating an animated conversation on the forms and possibilities of light as subject and medium. The exhibition will feature approximately 120 works on the theme of "light," carefully selected from the Tate's collection of over 77,000 works. Of these, almost 100 works are being exhibited in Japan for the first time! One such example is Light and Colour (Goethe's Theory) - the Morning after the Deluge - Moses Writing the Book of Genesis by JMW Turner, part of Turner's Bequest that was given to Tate upon his death. Throughout its global tour, this exhibition has attracted much public attention in China, Korea, Australia, and New Zealand. Twelve exclusive works by popular artists such as Edward Coley Burne-Jones and Mark Rothko, including Gerhard Richter's Abstract Painting (726) - which will be shown for the first time in Japan - will only be on display for the 2 Japanese venues. -- from National Art Center website.