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Hara Museum of Contemporary Art

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The Hara Museum of Contemporary Art is one of the oldest museums of contemporary art in Japan.[1] The museum is in the Roppongi district, in the Akasaka area of Tokyo.

The building was originally built as a private home. It was designed by Jin Watanabe and completed in 1938, making it a rare example of early Shōwa period architecture. In 1979, it was converted to a museum. It underwent a major renovation in 2008, including a new lighting system designed by Shozo Toyohisa.[2]

The museums permanent collection includes works by Karel Appel, Alexander Calder, Buckminster Fuller, Yves Klein, Yayoi Kusama, Surasi Kusolwong, Aiko Miyawaki, Yasumasa Morimura, Daisuke Nakayama, Maruyama Ōkyo, Jackson Pollock, George Rickey, Mark Rothko, Cindy Sherman, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Jason Teraoka, Zhou Tiehai, Lee U-Fan, Andy Warhol, and Miwa Yanagi.[3]

Its street address is: 4-7-25 Kitashinagawa, Tokyo 140-0001.

Footnotes

  1. ^ Museum press release 2011
  2. ^ Museum press release 2011
  3. ^ Museum press release 2011

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