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MIMOCA

Kagawa · Marugame · Art & Crafts

Japanese name: 丸亀市猪熊弦一郎現代美術館

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WHAT TO DOMIMOCA

Twenty seconds from the station: a white Taniguchi box with the artist's own mural hung across its face.

WHEREKagawa

Chusan · Marugame

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Twenty seconds from the station: a white Taniguchi box with the artist's own mural hung across its face.

About this place

Marugame Genichiro-Inokuma Museum of Contemporary Art (丸亀市猪熊弦一郎現代美術館, Marugame-shi Inokuma Genichirō Gendai Bijutsukan) (MIMOCA) opened in Marugame, Kagawa Prefecture, Japan, in 1991. Architect Yoshio Taniguchi designed the museum building. The museum collection comprises some twenty thousand works donated by artist Gen’ichirō Inokuma. Special exhibitions of works by other contemporary artists are also staged.

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Founded / opened:1991 Architect / artist:Yoshio Taniguchi Highlights / collection:20,000 works by Genichiro Inokuma, Standing in front of the station, Facade with a mural Genre:Contemporary art, Western-style painting, Architecture

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