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Japan's first public museum devoted to contemporary art, on a hilltop in a Kurokawa building of tile and aluminium.
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The Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art (広島市現代美術館, Hiroshima-shi Gendai Bijutsukan) is an art museum founded in 1989. It is in Hijiyama Park in Hiroshima, Japan. The building was designed by architect Kisho Kurokawa. 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.
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Source ja.wikipedia.org ↗Key facts
Founded / opened：1989 Architect / artist：Kisho Kurokawa Highlights / collection：Artists awarded the Hiroshima Prize, Exhibition wings around a circular plaza Genre：Contemporary art, Architecture
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