Contemporary Art Museum, Kumamoto
熊本市現代美術館
This art museum offers diverse exhibitions and community spaces, including a library and children's playroom.
What it is
- Art gallery and community space.
- Features leading Japanese and international artists.
- Includes a library, children's playroom, and café.
What to see
- Permanent collection by artists like Yayoi Kusama.
- Magnificent main gallery with high ceilings.
- Around five special exhibitions annually.
- Exhibitions have included Ghibli Studio drawings.
- Exhibition room for local artists-in-residence.
When to go
- Evenings for piano recitals in the library.
In detail
The Contemporary Art Museum, Kumamoto is both an art gallery and a community space. There is a small permanent collection with works by leading Japanese and international artists such as Yayoi Kusama, Tatsuo Miyajima, James Turrell, and Marina Abramović. Interspersed among the artworks are public spaces, including a well-stocked library where piano recitals are given in the evenings, a children’s playroom, and a café. The magnificent main gallery, with its polished wooden floor, 4.5-meter-high ceilings, and movable partition walls, hosts around five special exhibitions every year. The museum seeks to connect with the broadest possible audience, and recent exhibitions have included the drawings of the animation company Ghibli Studio, the flower pictures of Ninagawa Mika, and the private art collection of pop artist Takashi Murakami. At the far end of the museum is an exhibition room where local artists, craftspeople, and designers are featured as artists-in-residence, creating works onsite and displaying them with the support of the museum’s curators.
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Where it is
〒860-0845 熊本県熊本市中央区上通町2-3 Open in Google Maps
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