THEATER PROGRAM
Fin de Siècle Vienna :
The Golden Age of Beauty
Gustav Klimt and Egon Schiele
- Artists of Light and Shadow
Immersive art
Tickets are required for this show.
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Be prepared to have your sight, hearing, and breath captivated by beauty.
Yokohama is the port town that symbolizes Japan's age of enlightenment.
Yamashita Pier Shed No.4, a historic relic of the time, is where you'll find
THE MOVEUM YOKOHAMA.
Welcome to an immersive art experience that envelops you in audiovisuals in a massive space measuring nearly 1800 ㎡.
At this opening exhibition, visitors will be treated to an amazing audiovisual experience
that weaves together beauty and decadence, innovation, and erotica against the backdrop of late 19th century Vienna,
where the forces of chaos and brilliance intersect.
A tapestry of Viennese art nouveau architecture, turn of the century woodwork,
and magnificent musical pieces accompany nearly 170 representatives works of
Klimt and about 110 of Schiele's soul-stirring masterpieces on display.
We invite you to travel to turn of the century Vienna, a journey that will transport you away from the mundane,
where the acme of beauty and aesthetics are sure to stir something deep inside your heart.
Main Exhibition
40min
Gustav Klimt :
The Golden Age
Five sequences that fuse Klimt's depictions of life, love, gold, and death, or in other words, the essence of humankind, with music, color, movement, and spatial design will take your senses on a journey. Klimt's visions, which go beyond conceptual understanding and offer a profound appeal to one's intuition and emotions, are reinterpreted in this new endeavor as a story that resonates like a symphony.
A Symphony of Sound and ColorKlimt’s art expands beyond painting into space, music, and emotion.
In late 19th-century Vienna, all forms of art converged into a unified whole.
As a young artist, Klimt began his opulent narrative with mural paintings for the Imperial Theatre.
His turn toward Symbolism marked the first major stylistic shift in his artistic journey.
The Secession RevolutionKlimt proclaimed the freedom of the arts along with the Vienna Secession. His work increasingly took on more elegant and erotic tones. During this process, he made an attempt at using traditional expressive methods, presenting a new vision of aesthetics and morals appropriate to the changing times.
Decorative Aesthetics in Everyday LifeKlimt's portraits of females embody the sensibilities and aesthetics of Vienna at the end of the 19th century. His refined art came to be used in designs for everyday items, such as interior decoration and fashions, forming the foundation of modern lifestyles.
The Golden Age and Iconic MasterpiecesKlimt, who was enchanted by music and gold, mastered iconic expression and decorative aesthetics. Representative works such as The Beethoven Frieze and The Kiss combine gold leaf and psychological symbolism, producing magnetic artistic experiences that pull the viewer in.
Unfinished Portraits and the Journey's EndIn his later years, Klimt poetically groped for the essence of humans, nature, life, death, and love. His style was heavily influenced by Japonisme and art nouveau, and even his unfinished portraits leave a deep impression on viewers, marking a peaceful end to his journey as an artist.
Special Section
12min
Egon Schiele :
In Golden Shadow
In the special section, expressionism that visualized the inner anxiety of the turbulence of turn of the century Vienna is shown with a focus on the works of Egon Schiele.
This journey takes a look at Schiele's unique sense of tension and solitude. Through dialog between artists of the same era, we can unravel the lineage of aesthetics linked to Klimt.
The Poetry of Nature and LifeThe artistic journey of Egon Schiele begins with landscape paintings of waterborne nature. The image of a boat gently rocking on the surface of mild waters evokes a quiet atmosphere that eventually transitions into a cityscape lined with colorful houses.With the strains of music by Richard Strauss in the background, pass your eyes over Schiele's paintings to observe the delicate details of the homes and the laundry flapping in the breeze.
Schiele, Klimt, ViennaEgon Schiele was a favorite student of Gustav Klimt, and together they led the charge of artistic transformation after forming the Vienna Secession.
The two artists left behind traditional painting in search of groundbreaking expressive methods, leading an aesthetic revolution. This movement spread across turn of the century Europe.
Anxious Nature and Inner SymbolsSchiele's pieces moved away from a decorative style of nature, shifting to sharp, restrained lines, reflecting inner anxiety and psychological tension.
Paintings of twisted branches and the moment a human form is frozen in time look like stop-motion in a film, capturing the moment just before an emotional outburst.
The Anatomy of Portraits and ExpressionSchiele pursued the essence of the human form using various media and methods, including sketches, gouache, and oil paint.
Unlike Klimt, who focused on femininity and sensual elements, Schiele captured the weight and anxiety of existence through the male figure in austere and sculptural poses.
Death, Dusk, RebirthIn his oil paintings, Schiele used deep colors and fierce brush strokes to blend symbolism and expressionism, depicting the decay of the bourgeois society, and the tragedy of human existence.
The poetic finish to this exhibition is the sun setting at dusk. Backed by the music of Gustav Mahler, it evokes the possibilities of rebirth and new life.
Photo credit ：
THE MOVEUM YOKOHAMA by TOYOTA GROUP
Theater Art
Project Curator
Gianfranco Iannuzzi
Gianfranco Iannuzzi is a leading figure in immersive art with over 30 years of experience.
He creates emotional, interactive environments that engage audiences at the core of the artwork.
Through his work, he continues to reinvent the way people experience art through emotion, light, and space.
Since 2010, he has contributed to the creation and development of the world's leading immersive art centers, from Paris to Seoul, Tokyo, and New York.
THE MOVEUM YOKOHAMA is his latest project to rehabilitating and sublimating Yamashita pier through digital art and offer the public a more emotional experience of art.
www.gianfranco-iannuzzi.comAcademic cooperation
SENZOKU Nobuyuki,
professor emeritus at Seijo University and
curator of the Hiroshima Prefectural Art Museum
We would like to express our heartfelt thanks SENZOKU Nobuyuki for his invaluable advice and encouragement in producing this content explanation.
- Title
Fin de Siècle Vienna : The Golden Age of Beauty Gustav Klimt and Egon Schiele - Artists of Light and Shadow
- Venue
- 279-9 Yamashita-cho, Naka-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa 231-0023, Japan @THEATER, Yokohama Yamashita Pier Shed No.4
- Schedule
- Closed
- Screening times
Hours(Sunday – Friday / National holidays) 11:00 – 18:00
(Saturdays, and May 2 (Sat) – May 10, 2026 (Sun)) 11:00 – 19:00