The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo

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The First National Museum of Art in Japan

As far back as the beginning of the Meiji period, there was a movement demanding the establishment of a museum to permanently display contemporary art. Although the petition was taken up several times in parliament, a national facility for the permanent display of modern art was never realized until the opening of this Museum.
In 1952, the government purchased the premises of the former headquarters of Nikkatsu Corporation in Kyobashi, Chuo-ku. In June that year, The National Museum of Modern Art was established as an institution governed by the Ministry of Education. The architect Kunio Maekawa directed the refurbishment and the Museum was opened that December. On two later occasions, neighbouring premises were purchased and the Museum was further enlarged and reformed.

Due to the growth of the Museum Collection and the expansion of special exhibitions, the display of works gradually got restricted. Just when the Museum was considering possibilities of moving, Mr.Shojiro Ishibashi,who was a trustee from the founding of the Museum, offered to donate a new building. Thanks to this donation, it was decided that a new wing would be constructed in Kitanomaru Koen. The new building was designed by Yoshiro Taniguchi and opened in June 1969.
After 30 years since moving to the present building, it became necessary to update the facilities to meet social demand. For two and a half years from July 1999, the Museum was closed and underwent large-scale extension and renovation designed by Sakakura Associates. The exhibition galleries were enlarged, a library allowing access to the public, a restaurant and museum shop were newly established, and lounge space was increased. In addition to improving the environment for viewing the works of art,construction work to make the building more earthquake-proof was carried out. The renovation work was completed in August 2001 and, in January 2002, an exhibition entitled The Unfinished Century: Legacies of 20th Century Art was held to commemorate the renewal and restart of activities anew.

Künstler der Galerie bzw der Sammlung

Magdalena Abakanowicz     Henri-Georges Adam     Blanka Adensamova     Masayoshi Aigasa     Ikuhiko Akabori     Shimpei Akabori     Yasunobu Akagi     Yusai Akaji     Unrei Akamatsu     Hiroshi Akana     Yuji Akatsuka     Fuku Akino     Miho Akioka     Issei Akiyama     Nobuko Akiyama     Josef Albers     Lewin Alcopley     Pierre Alechinsky     Henrik Allert     Hokajiro Amada     Kazumi Amano     Kunihiro Amano     Ryuichi Amano     Keiko Amemiya     Shodo Anayama     Shinji Ando     Sokei Anzai     Shigeru Aoki     Shigemichi Aomine     Takeichi Aono     Nobuo Aoyagi     Kumaji Aoyama     Yoko Aoyama     Yoshio Aoyama     Karel Appel     Hirokata Arai     Shori Arai     Tatsuo Arai     Terutaro Arai     Toyozo Arakawa     Shusaku Arakawa     Jippo Araki     Takako Araki     Diane Arbus     Satoe Arima     Saichi Arimichi     Toshio Arimoto     Ichiro Arioka     Ikuma Arishima     Armando     Willem Johan Cornelis Arondeus     Jean Arp     Benji Asada     Takashi Asada     Kiyotaka Asahara     Masahide Asahi     Yasuto Asahina     Chu Asai     Fumio Asakura     Kyoko Asakura     Setsu Asakura     Ryuzo Asami     Yae Asano     Sosen Asao     Kaji Aso     Saburo Aso     Eugène Atget     Gyokushi Atomi     Yutaka Atomi     Masakichi Awashima     AY-O     Umetaro Azechi     Hekiu Azuma     Sadami Azuma     Ken Azuma     Kenjiro Azuma     Takemi Azumaya     Akira Baba     Kashio Baba     Francis Bacon     Liliana Baczewska     Olle Bærtling     Jozsef Bakallar     Kokan Bannai     Alexander Baranowsky     Edmund Bartlomiejczyk     Georg Baselitz     Otto Baumberger     Herbert Bayer     Aubrey Beardsley     Max Beckmann     Hans Bellmer     Ira Jean Belmont     Bertozzi & Casoni     Bien-U Bae     Yutaka Bito     Karl Blossfeldt     Lorenzo Bonechi     Robert Bonfils     Varvara D. Boubnova     Sandro Bracchitta     Johannes Brauer     Anne Breivik     Jaroslava Brychtová     Fritz Buhler     Shunkai Bundo     Daniel Buren     Will Burtin     Sophie Calle     Sara Carone     Lawrence Carroll     Ayres Armindo Carvalho     Edouard Cazaux     Lee Chesney     Zenjiro Chikaoka     Shigeru Chino     Witold Chmielewski     Seiji Chokai     Abraham David Christian     Halina Chrostowska     Seymour Chwast     Arnaud Claass     Raphael Collin     Peter Collingwood     Robert Couturier     Tony Cragg     Dan Dailey     Hanne Darboven     Lawrence Daws     Roseline Delisle     Jean Despres     Anna Maria Dickinson     Tom Dixon     Tadeusz Dominik     Ken Domon     Hisao Domoto     Yuumi Domoto     Jean Dupas     Koichi Ebizuka     Katsumi Eguchi     Shu Eguchi     Akiko Endo     Toshikatsu Endo     Shoe Enokido     Chikatoshi Enomoto     Sayoko Erfi     Jumpei Eto     Georg Ettl     Kohei Ezaki     Francisco Farreras Ricart     Manuel Felguérez     Alan Fletcher

Roland Flexner     Jerzy Flisak     Arthur Flory     Frederick Franck     Lee Friedlander     Tokan Fudeya     Toshihisa Fudezuka     Shigeya Fudo     Shin Fujihira     Koyu Fujii     Tatsukichi Fujii     Eiko Fujikawa     Yuzo Fujikawa     Ako Fujiki     Hiroshi Fujimatsu     Toichiryo Fujimoto     Reiko Fujimura     Rieko Fujinami     Noboru Fujinuma     Ryushiro Fujio     Jun Fujita     Ryuji Fujita     Toshiaki Fujita     Yoshika Fujita     Ken Fujiwara     Shiho Fujiwara     Tsunenobu Fujiwara     Jusuke Fukami     Sueharu Fukami     Takashi Fukami     Koko Fukazawa     Yukio Fukazawa     Fumiaki Fukita     Koko Fukuda     Sakumi Fukuda     Keiichi Fukuda     Kiju Fukuda     Katsuji Fukuda     Shigeo Fukuda     Kintaro Fukuhara     Nobumitsu Fukui     Ryonosuke Fukui     Shigeki Fukumoto     Sho Fukumoto     Shihoko Fukumoto     Horin Fukuoji     Seiran Fukuoka     Tomohiko Fukuoka     Hamish Fulton     Shizuho Funaki     Saburo Funakoshi     Morio Funakushi     Seiichi Furuya     Gérard Garouste     Hubertus Giebe     Antony Gormley     Gaku Goto     Koho Goto     Koshi Goto     Andreas Gursky     Hiroshi Hamaya     Eisaku Hasegawa     Naoya Hatakeyama     Sheila Hicks     Rieko Hidaka     Ikuo Hirayama     Eikoh Hosoe     Hachiro Iizuka     Ryoji Ikeda     Leiko Ikemura     Miyako Ishiuchi     Yukihisa Isobe     Masami Isoi     Kizan Itaka     Yoshihiko Ito     Teizo Ito     Makoto Ito     Motohiko Ito     Hiroshi Ito     Keiji Ito     Koji Iwakura     Takuro Iwamoto     Soo-Cheon Jheon     On Kawara     Mokuma Kikuhata     Kimsooja     William Klein     Masato Kobayashi     Shigeaki Koeda     Michiko Kon     Josef Koudelka     Hiroji Kubota     Otto Künzli     Yayoi Kusama     Tadaaki Kuwayama     Ugo la Pietra     Wolfgang Laib     Colin Lanceley     Bertrand Lavier     Richard Long     Markus Lüpertz     Sally Mann     Brice Marden     Enzo Mari     Naofumi Maruyama     Taiji Matsue     Silvio Merlino     Keiko Minami     Ryuji Miyamoto     Aiko Miyawaki     Hisayuki Mogami     Daido Moriyama     Saburo Muraoka     Tadayoshi Nakabayashi     Yoshinobu Nakagawa     Hiroshi Nakamura     Kimpei Nakamura     Natsuyuki Nakanishi     Asako Narahashi     Katsuhito Nishikawa     Kozo Nishino     Rika Noguchi     Hitoshi Nomura     Oscar Oiwa     Martin Parr     Giuseppe Penone     Otto Piene     Gerhard Richter     Bridget Riley     Michael Rowe     Félix Rozen     Sebastião Salgado     Christian Schad     Michael Schmidt     Kurt Schwitters     Nobuo Sekine     Richard Serra     Raymundo Sesma     Toshio Shibata     Osamu Shiihara     Toko Shinoda     Kazuo Shiraga     Jutta Sika     Aaron Siskind     Martin Smith     François Stahly     Alfred Stieglitz     Niklaus Stoecklin     Yang Gyu Cho     Misao Yokoyama