Activities

13:00 - 13:45
Tickets: 12,50 (museumticket not included)
Language: English
 

On International Women's Day, Kunstmuseum Den Haag, KM21, and Fotomuseum Den Haag join forces to launch the Female Gaze tours – special tours led by women through works of art created by female artists.
 

At Fotomuseum Den Haag, the Japanese Fumiko Miura will give a unique tour of the exhibition I'm So Happy You Are Here – Japanese Women photographers from the 1950s to Now. Having grown up in Japan, Fumiko has closely experienced the position of women in Japanese society and is familiar with many of its unwritten rules. During the tour, she will introduce various artists and their works while providing deeper social context. For example, what does a class photo from an all-girls school reveal about Japan’s group-oriented society? What are 'lift girls'? And what impact did the 'hair nude' hype of the 1980s have on young women in Japan?
 

This tour offers not only a unique perspective on the work of these female photographers but also a personal and cultural dive into Japanese social themes through the eyes of Fumiko Miura.
 

Fumiko Miura is a Japanese writer who moved to the Netherlands for love more than twenty years ago. She is known for her book Polderjapanner, in which she writes about what it’s like to live in the Netherlands as a Japanese person.