Seeing Picasso in Tokyo? Prepare to pay more

Higher costs and visitor limits test sustainability of loans from abroad

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Tickets to "Picasso and His Time" at the National Museum of Western Art cost about $14, more than similar exhibitions before the pandemic. (Photo by Naoko Kubota)

NAOKO KUBOTA, Nikkei senior staff writer

TOKYO -- Japanese art lovers are shelling out more money for the chance to see works from the likes of the Louvre and New York's Met close to home, as rising costs and falling attendance drive museums to raise ticket prices and bring the business model of such shows into question.

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