Kyoto National Museum of Modern Art

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Front of the National Museum of Modern Art in Kyoto.

The National Museum of Modern Art Kyōto ( Japanese 京都 国立 近代 美術館, Kyōto kokuritsu kindai bijutsukan ) was founded in 1967. MoMAK (from the National Museum of Modern Art, Kyōto ) is used as a short form of the name .

The Kyōto Art Museum is in the immediate vicinity .

history

The previous facility was opened in 1953 on the Higashiyama side of Kyoto on the edge of Ozaki Park . At the time, the museum was a branch of the National Museum of Modern Art in Tokyo . As part of the strengthening of the profile of the prefectures, the museum became an independent institution in 1967 under its current name. In 1984 the old museum was demolished and replaced in 1986 by a new building, which opened with the exhibition Kyōto School of Nihonga .

collection

The MoMAK collects and exhibits works from the 20th century with a proportion of foreign art from this period. One focus is painting in and around Kyoto. It presents works of modern art from Germany and abroad in exhibitions.

Common catalog

There is a joint catalog of the collections of the National Museums of Modern Art.

The following museums are involved:

Artist (selection)

Foreign artists:

literature

  • Japan All Museum Council (Ed.): Guide to Art Museums in Japan . Publishing house Bijutsu Shuppan-sha, Tokyo 1981. (Japanese)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. momak official website
  2. ^ IAI-National Museums of Art union catalog

Coordinates: 35 ° 0 ′ 44.6 ″  N , 135 ° 46 ′ 55 ″  E