Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art
The Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art is an art museum founded in 1989. It is in Hijiyama Park in Hiroshima, Japan. The building was designed by architect Kisho Kurokawa.
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Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art
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- 1989
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- Japan
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The Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art is an art museum founded in 1989. It is in Hijiyama Park in Hiroshima, Japan. The building was designed by architect Kisho Kurokawa.
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Overview
It was the first public contemporary art museum to open in Japan, and its exhibitions focus on post-1945, contemporary emerging artists and artworks that link contemporary art with Hiroshima. • Illustration — Entrance
Key facts
Key facts
• Established — 1989 • Location — 1-1 Hijitama-kōen, Minami-ku, Hiroshima • Director — Junji Teraguchi • Curator — Naoko Sumi • Website — www.hiroshima-moca.jp/en/
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• Hiroden Hijiyama-shita Station
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• Works — Artist • The Arch, Atom Piece — Henry Moore • Flower Garden — Oscar Oiwa • Akino Tsubasa — Kiichi Sumikawa • Tea time in the midnight — Akinori Sako • Marilyn — Andy Warhol • Raqqa I, Talladega Three II — Frank Stella • untitled — Donald Judd • Wine — Morris Louis • Sakanano Atama (The head of a Fish) — Aimitsu • Fukugo gattai 401 Hiroshima — Yoshishige Saito • Dome — Isamu Wakabayashi • Čovek sa mrtvim detom (Man with a dead child) — Jovan Soldatović
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