Exhibition on Screen: Tokyo Stories | Russell-Cotes

Exhibition on Screen: Tokyo Stories 

Director: David Bickerstaff  
Writers: David Bickerstaff 
Documentary | Art | UK | 2023 | 1hr 30 mins 
Rated: 15 

Exhibition on Screen is the award-winning production company that brings the world’s best-loved art to audiences around the globe.  Inspired by the Ashmolean’s 2021 blockbuster exhibition, Tokyo: Art & Photography, the latest release captures the exhibition for the big screen, and features interviews with contemporary artists, curators and footage shot on location in Tokyo. Tokyo Stories spans 400 years of incredibly dynamic art - ranging from the delicate woodblock prints of Hokusai and Hiroshige, to Pop Art posters, contemporary photography, Manga, film, and brand-new artworks that were created on the streets. The film uses the exhibition as a launchpad to travel to Tokyo itself, and explore the art and artists of the city more fully.

Get exclusive first-look at the Russell-Cotes upcoming exhibition:  Edo Women: Japanese Prints 1820–1900

This exhibition showcases a striking collection of prints designed, hand‑printed, and originally sold in the city of Edo (modern‑day Tokyo). Together, they illuminate the lives of Japanese women across a transformative era in the nation’s history.  From mythical creatures to samurai, from working women to the empress of Japan, these works reveal the diverse roles and experiences of women during a time of profound social change as Japan moved away from its feudal past.

Q&A with Director David Bickerstaff

David Bickerstaff is an artist and award-winning filmmaker who founded Atomictv in 1997 as an umbrella organisation for developing digital art projects and collaborations. His documentary work and video installations have been broadcast in Britain and shown in many international festivals and exhibitions.

David has also been collaborating with producer Phil Grabsky at the innovative EXHIBITION ON SCREEN, directing, filming and co-writing ten feature-length art documentaries. This popular series is distributed to 63 countries and shown in over 1500 cinemas worldwide.

‘There’s a lot to hold the interest here, with the overarching sense of a city of boundless creative energy’ (Andrew Pulver, The Guardian)

Price includes glass of wine, canapés, film & director Q&A, and entry to the exhibition.

About Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum

Located in Bournemouth, the Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum is a historic house and art gallery on Bournemouth’s East Cliff, overlooking the sea. Completed in 1901, this dream house was given by Sir Merton Russell-Cotes to his wife Annie for her 66th birthday. Called East Cliff Hall, the house was an extraordinary, extravagant birthday present, and Annie and Merton filled their exotic seaside villa with beautiful objects from their travels across the world, and lined the walls with a remarkable collection of British art, creating a unique atmosphere in a most dramatic setting.

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