HONOLULU -- Paintings that had never before been viewed outside
Japan are on display in the "Japan & Paris: Impressionism,
Postimpressionism and the Modern Era" exhibit at the Honolulu
Academy of Arts through June 6.
Included are works by Monet, Picasso, Cezanne, Pissarro,
Matisse, Modigliani, Renoir, Degas, Toulouse-Lautrec and
Gauguin.
Several French pieces in the exhibition were among those
acquired by the first Japanese collectors of Western modernism. In
addition, the works of Japanese artists who were instrumental in
the introduction of Western modes of expression to Japan will be
featured.
Admission to the exhibition is $15 for adults and $10 for
children ages 6 to 17. Children under 6 are admitted free.
For more information, call (808) 532-8719. Exhibition hours are
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays from 10 a.m. until 5
p.m.; Thursdays from 10 a.m. until 9 p.m.; and Sundays from 11 a.m.
to 5 p.m.
United Vacations has packages
HONOLULU -- United Vacations is offering packages that include
tickets to the "Japan & Paris: Impressionism, Postimpressionism
and the Modern Era" exhibit at the Honolulu Academy of Arts.
The packages also cover roundtrip air fare on United Airlines,
five-night hotel accommodations and roundtrip hotel transfers.
A package with accommodations at the Outrigger Waikiki on the
Beach, for example, begins at $799 per person, double, from San
Francisco or Los Angeles; $1,069 from Chicago or New York; and
$1,119 from Washington. Prices include the fifth night free and Big
Kahuna Vacation Values. Rates reflect Wednesday or Thursday
departures for travel through May 27.