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Forty years from conception to opening; a black box hollowed out at its centre, with the galleries hung in the void.
About this place
Nakanoshima Museum of Art, Osaka (大阪中之島美術館, Ōsaka Nakanoshima Bijutsukan) opened in Nakanoshima, Kita-ku, Osaka, Japan in 2022. The museum is located in the central Nakanoshima district of Osaka. It is one of Japan's newest and most important art museums, with a collection of over 6,000 works of modern and contemporary art and design from the mid-19th century to the present day. Highlights include works by international artists such as Amedeo Modigliani, Salvador Dalí, René Magritte, Jean-Michel Basquiat and Frank Stella, as well as major Japanese artists such as Yuzo Saeki and Jiro Yoshihara, founder of the avant-garde Gutai Art Association. Of particular note is the extensive collection of works by Saeki Yūzō, an artist with close ties to Osaka.
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Source ja.wikipedia.org ↗Key facts
Founded / opened:2022 Architect / artist:Katsuhiko Endo Highlights / collection:Oil paintings by Yuzo Saeki, Modigliani, Black rectangular architecture Genre:Western-style painting, Western art, Architecture
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