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The first public museum in Japan to make art brut a collecting pillar - work by makers who never trained, taken seriously.
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Shiga Museum of Art (滋賀県立美術館, Shiga Kenritsu Bijutsukan) opened under the former name Museum of Modern Art, Shiga (滋賀県立近代美術館) in Ōtsu, Shiga Prefecture, Japan in 1984, changing its name to broaden its scope on 1 April 2021. As of 31 March 2024, the collection numbered some 2,589 works, including a Brâncuși Bird in Space, paintings by Rothko and Yukihiko Yasuda, and art brut.
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Source ja.wikipedia.org ↗Key facts
Founded / opened：1984 Highlights / collection：Nihonga by Yuki Ogura, Art Brut collection, Postwar American art Genre：Nihonga (Japanese-style painting), Art Brut, Contemporary art
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