National Museum of Modern Art Kyoto
The National Museum of Modern Art Kyoto 京都国立近代美術館
Overview
National Museum of
Modern Art Kyoto
The National Museum of Modern Art Kyoto (MoMAK) was originally created as an Annex Museum to the National Museum of Modern Art in Tokyo.
MoMAK was established on the Okazaki, Kyoto, site on March 1, 1963.
The current building, designed by Pritzker Prize winning architect Fumihiko Maki, opened in 1986.
The National Museum of Modern Art Kyoto follows a broad mandate but places an emphasis on artists or artistic thought emanating out of Kyoto.
The gallery owns works of Japanese-style painting (nihonga), Western-style painting (yoga), prints, sculpture, crafts (ceramics, textiles, metalworks, wood and bamboo works, lacquers and jewelry) and photography from the museum collection, rotating the works on display approximately twenty times a year.
It is directly across the street from the Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art.
There is a large vermillion torii gate between the two leading up to Heian Shrine.
Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art has put on shows in recent years by Yayoi Kusama, William Kentridge, Galleria Borghese, and many many more.
The galleries are bright and spacious.
Relevant Routes
The National Museum of Modern Art Kyoto is on the Okazaki Route.
Address
Okazaki Enshoji-cho Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8344
Tel: 075 761 4111
Hours
9:30AM–5:00PM (admission until 4:30PM)
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