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The {{nihongo|'''Mori Art Museum'''|森美術館|Mori Bijutsukan}} is a [[contemporary art]] museum founded by the real estate developer [[Minoru Mori]] (1934–2012). It is located in the [[Roppongi Hills Mori Tower]] in the [[Roppongi Hills]] complex, a commercial and cultural mega-complex in [[Tokyo]], [[Japan]]. The museum's primary focus is largescale international exhibitions of contemporary art, though it also has a permanent collection that comprises around 460 works (as of January 2023) and largely consists of art from Japan and the Asia Pacific region.<ref name="1" /> |
The {{nihongo|'''Mori Art Museum'''|森美術館|Mori Bijutsukan}} is a [[contemporary art]] museum founded by the real estate developer [[Minoru Mori]] (1934–2012). It is located in the [[Roppongi Hills Mori Tower]] in the [[Roppongi Hills]] complex, a commercial and cultural mega-complex in [[Tokyo]], [[Japan]]. The museum's primary focus is largescale international exhibitions of contemporary art, though it also has a permanent collection that comprises around 460 works (as of January 2023) and largely consists of art from Japan and the Asia Pacific region.<ref name="1" /> |
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The museum was founded and developed based on Mori's belief that "culture shapes a city's identity,"<ref name="2">{{cite journal |title=Mori Art Museum to Reopen after Extensive, Four-Month Renovation |journal=China Weekly News |date=25 April 2015}}</ref> and as a result offers a varied programming that works to cater to a wide-ranging and diverse audience, "from children to older adults, and from locals to international visitors."<ref name="3">{{cite web |last1=Mori |first1=Minoru |title=Statement on the Mori Art Museum |url=https://www.mori.art.museum/en/about/index.html |website=Mort Art Museum Official Website |access-date=23 November 2023}}</ref> In 2015, the museum underwent major renovations, and simultaneously revised its Mission Statement in an effort to reflect the expansion and changing landscape of the 'Global art' scene in the previous decade. At the same time, the museum introduced several new program series to supplement the existing rotation of internationally contemporary-themed exhibitions: named MAM Collection, MAM Screen, and MAM Research.<ref name="2">{{cite journal |title=Mori Art Museum to Reopen after Extensive, Four-Month Renovation |journal=China Weekly News |date=25 April 2015}}</ref> |
The museum was founded and developed based on Mori's belief that "culture shapes a city's identity,"<ref name="2">{{cite journal |title=Mori Art Museum to Reopen after Extensive, Four-Month Renovation |journal=China Weekly News |date=25 April 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |title=Mori Art Museum to Reopen after Extensive, Four-Month Renovation |journal=China Weekly News |date=25 April 2015}}</ref> and as a result offers a varied programming that works to cater to a wide-ranging and diverse audience, "from children to older adults, and from locals to international visitors."<ref name="3">{{cite web |last1=Mori |first1=Minoru |title=Statement on the Mori Art Museum |url=https://www.mori.art.museum/en/about/index.html |website=Mort Art Museum Official Website |access-date=23 November 2023}}</ref> In 2015, the museum underwent major renovations, and simultaneously revised its Mission Statement in an effort to reflect the expansion and changing landscape of the 'Global art' scene in the previous decade. At the same time, the museum introduced several new program series to supplement the existing rotation of internationally contemporary-themed exhibitions: named MAM Collection, MAM Screen, and MAM Research.<ref name="2">{{cite journal |title=Mori Art Museum to Reopen after Extensive, Four-Month Renovation |journal=China Weekly News |date=25 April 2015}}</ref> |
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Since opening in 2002, the Mori Art Museum has held exhibitions featuring a number of internationally renowned artists from Japan and beyond, including Yayoi Kusama, Ai Weiwei, Bill Viola, Cao Fei, . The Museum is singular among major museums in Tokyo for its late opening hours, part of its effort to make arts and culture accessible and enjoyable to the wider public. In 2018, visitors after 5 p.m. accounted for 30 percent of the museum's overall visitorship.<ref name="2">{{cite journal |title=Mori Art Museum to Reopen after Extensive, Four-Month Renovation |journal=China Weekly News |date=25 April 2015}}</ref> |
Since opening in 2002, the Mori Art Museum has held exhibitions featuring a number of internationally renowned artists from Japan and beyond, including Yayoi Kusama, Ai Weiwei, Bill Viola, Cao Fei, . The Museum is singular among major museums in Tokyo for its late opening hours, part of its effort to make arts and culture accessible and enjoyable to the wider public. In 2018, visitors after 5 p.m. accounted for 30 percent of the museum's overall visitorship.<ref name="2">{{cite journal |title=Mori Art Museum to Reopen after Extensive, Four-Month Renovation |journal=China Weekly News |date=25 April 2015}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 23:56, 28 November 2023
The Mori Art Museum (森美術館, Mori Bijutsukan) is a contemporary art museum founded by the real estate developer Minoru Mori (1934–2012). It is located in the Roppongi Hills Mori Tower in the Roppongi Hills complex, a commercial and cultural mega-complex in Tokyo, Japan. The museum's primary focus is largescale international exhibitions of contemporary art, though it also has a permanent collection that comprises around 460 works (as of January 2023) and largely consists of art from Japan and the Asia Pacific region.Cite error: The <ref> tag name cannot be a simple integer (see the help page).
The museum was founded and developed based on Mori's belief that "culture shapes a city's identity,"Cite error: The <ref> tag name cannot be a simple integer (see the help page).[1] and as a result offers a varied programming that works to cater to a wide-ranging and diverse audience, "from children to older adults, and from locals to international visitors."Cite error: The <ref> tag name cannot be a simple integer (see the help page). In 2015, the museum underwent major renovations, and simultaneously revised its Mission Statement in an effort to reflect the expansion and changing landscape of the 'Global art' scene in the previous decade. At the same time, the museum introduced several new program series to supplement the existing rotation of internationally contemporary-themed exhibitions: named MAM Collection, MAM Screen, and MAM Research.Cite error: The <ref> tag name cannot be a simple integer (see the help page).
Since opening in 2002, the Mori Art Museum has held exhibitions featuring a number of internationally renowned artists from Japan and beyond, including Yayoi Kusama, Ai Weiwei, Bill Viola, Cao Fei, . The Museum is singular among major museums in Tokyo for its late opening hours, part of its effort to make arts and culture accessible and enjoyable to the wider public. In 2018, visitors after 5 p.m. accounted for 30 percent of the museum's overall visitorship.Cite error: The <ref> tag name cannot be a simple integer (see the help page).
History
The Mori Art Museum was founded in 2003 as part of the much larger Roppongi Hills, a development project that sought to integrate work, leisure and living spaces into one mega complex. This project was the brainchild of Minoru Mori, an influential business tycoon, who had been developing Roppongi Hills for 17 years prior to its opening. He envisioned this metropolitan complex as a step toward utopia in which commuting times were shortened and more time could be devoted to family, community, and leisure time, with a particular focus on cultural pursuits. REFERENCE 4
At the center of this project was Mori Tower, on top of which Mori established the Mori Art Museum as a reflection of his societal vision. In a statement on the museum, Mori wrote:
'The MAM strives to be a place for enjoyment, stimulation, and discussion -- a place where what is important in our culture and society is open debated, not only through the exhibitions that are shown there but also through a wide range of learning programs'.Cite error: The <ref> tag name cannot be a simple integer (see the help page).
The first director of Mori Art Museum was David Elliott (2003-2006), followed by Fumio Nanjo (2006-2019). At the end of 2019, chief curator Mami Kataoka was announced as the successor to Fumio Nanjo.Cite error: The <ref> tag name cannot be a simple integer (see the help page).
In 2015, three years after Minoru Mori's death, MAM underwent significant renovations, after which new programming was introduced to supplement its existing rotation of largescale exhibitions. Today, MAM is one of Tokyo's most popular art museums, and in 2018 had brought in 13.5 million visitors from around the world.Cite error: The <ref> tag name cannot be a simple integer (see the help page).
Museum Layout
The Mori Art Museum is located on the 53rd and 54th floors at the top of Mori Tower in Roppongi Hills. It is part of the Mori Arts Center, which includes Tokyo Center View (a rooftop observatory deck), the Mori Arts Center Gallery, a Museum Shop, and a Museum Cafe & Restaurant.Cite error: The <ref> tag name cannot be a simple integer (see the help page).
Visitors enter the museum on the 2nd floor of Roppongi Hills Mori Tower through the "Museum Cone," an elliptically- shaped structure that encircles a high speed elevator that visitors can take to the 52nd floor (which houses the MAC Gallery, the Tokyo City view shop, and the restaurant) and the 53rd floor (home to the Mori Art Museum). The latter floor serves as the museum's primary exhibition space, and and also includes an auditorium and additional shop. The museum galleries themselves are also arranged in an elliptical formation, with a set of stairs to going up to the Sky Deck in the center of the floor.Cite error: The <ref> tag name cannot be a simple integer (see the help page).
Major Exhibitions
The museum's first major exhibition was 'Happiness: A Survival Guide for Art and Life', co-curated by guest curator Pier Luigi Tazzi and David Eliot.Cite error: The <ref> tag name cannot be a simple integer (see the help page).
Further demonstrating its ambitions for a wide-ranging international scope, the museum collaborated with the Museum of Modern Art, New York, in 2004 for 'Roppongi Crossing: New Visions of Japanese Art 2004'.Cite error: The <ref> tag name cannot be a simple integer (see the help page).
In 2017, MAM collaborated with the National Art Center in Tokyo to put on 'Sunshower: Contemporary Art from Southeast Asia, 1980s to Now'. Billed as the "largest-ever" exhibition of contemporary Southeast Asian Art, the show comprised around 190 works by eighty-six artists exhibited across the two sites for six months.Cite error: The <ref> tag name cannot be a simple integer (see the help page).
Collection
The Mori Art Museum has a collection which includes artworks by Ai Weiwei, Makoto Aida, Jananne Al-Ani, Tarek Al-Ghoussein, Halim Al-Karim, Poklong Anading, Satoru Aoyama, Bae Young Whan, Cao Fei, Chen Chieh-Jen, Chen Wenbo, Chiba Masaya, Chim↑Pom, Gohar Dashti, Romain Erkiletlian, Etsuko Fukaya, Shilpa Gupta, Laurent Grasso, Ham Jin, Handiwirman Saputra, Maiko Haruki, Naoya Hatakeyama, Satoshi Hirose, Hoang Duong Cam, Ho Tzu Nyen, Mako Idemitsu, Manabu Ikeda, Takashi Ishida, Takahiro Iwasaki, Jakarta Wasted Artists, Teppei Kaneuji, Mari Katayama, Mika Kato, Tsubasa Kato, Sachiko Kazama, Kensaku Yuree, Tomoko Kikuchi, Takehito Koganezawa, Akino Kondoh, Tomoko Konoike, Sutee Kunavichayanontv, Yayoi Kusama, Jompet Kuswidananto, Dinh Q. Lê, Lee Bul, Lee Wen, Lim Sokchanlina, Fuyuko Matsui, Tomona Matsukawa, Prabhavathi Meppayil, Futoshi Miyagi, Ryuji Miyamoto, Mariko Mori, Ruriko Murayama, Mwkaiyama Kisho, Nobuhiro Nakanishi, Kohei Nawa, Jun Nguyen-Hatsushiba, Yoshinori Niwa, Hitoshi Nomura, Motohiko Odani, Yuki Okumura, Yoko Ono, Oiwa Oscar, Tatsumi Orimoto, Tsuyoshi Ozawa, Jagannath Panda, Pangrok Sulap, Po Po, Chatchai Puipia, Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook, Navin Rawanchaikul, RongRong & inri, Hrair Sarkissian, Momoko Seto, Hiraki Sawa, Shao Yinong / Mu Chen, Taro Shinoda, Motoyuki Shitamichi, Song Hyun-Sook, Suh Do Ho, Yukihiro Taguchi, Koki Tanaka, Nobuyuki Tanaka, Rodel Tapaya, Tateishi Tiger, Teruya Yuken, Tromarama, Tsai Charwei, Tsang Kin-Wah, UJINO, Kazuki Umezawa, Vandy Rattana, Wang Qingsong, Entang Wiharso, Weng Fen, Won Seoung Won, John Wood and Paul Harrison, Aki Yahata, Akira Yamaguchi, Takayuki Yamamoto, Chikako Yamashiro, Miwa Yanagi, Haegue Yang, Yee I-Lann, Yin Xiuzhen, Shizuka Yokomizo, Yuichi Yokoyama, Tomoko Yoneda, Ken + Julia Yonetani, Yoo Seungho, Yuan Goang-Ming, Zhang O, Zhou TiehaiCite error: The <ref> tag name cannot be a simple integer (see the help page).
- ^ "Mori Art Museum to Reopen after Extensive, Four-Month Renovation". China Weekly News. 25 April 2015.
External links
- Mori Art Museum website (in English)