MOMAT Collection
Welcome to the MOMAT Collection! The museum opened on December 1, 1952, and will celebrate its 70th anniversary during the current term (October 12, 2022 鈥� February 5, 2023).
To briefly introduce some features of the museum鈥檚 exhibitions of works from the collection: First, its scale is one of the largest in Japan, displaying approximately 200 works from the museum鈥檚 holdings of over 13,000 works collected over the course of 70 years. Furthermore, it is the only exhibition of its kind in Japan, tracing the arc of Japanese modern and contemporary art from the end of the 19th century to the present day through a series of 12 rooms, each with its own specific theme.
A highlight of this term is Playback: The Abstraction and Fantasy Exhibition (1953鈥�1954), on view in Rooms 7 and 8 on the 3rd floor on the occasion of the museum鈥檚 70th anniversary. It is a challenging project that utilizes VR and other technologies to recreate an exhibition that marked the museum鈥檚 first anniversary. Also on the 3rd floor, in Room 9, is Gifts, which showcases distinctive works donated during the museum鈥檚 70-year history of art acquisitions.
Our hope is that as you view the exhibition, you will sense the depth and breadth of the museum鈥檚 70 years of activities, as well as the ways in which art has evolved over the past century.
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Welcome to the MOMAT Collection! The museum opened on December 1, 1952, and will celebrate its 70th anniversary during the current term (October 12, 2022 鈥� February 5, 2023).
To briefly introduce some features of the museum鈥檚 exhibitions of works from the collection: First, its scale is one of the largest in Japan, displaying approximately 200 works from the museum鈥檚 holdings of over 13,000 works collected over the course of 70 years. Furthermore, it is the only exhibition of its kind in Japan, tracing the arc of Japanese modern and contemporary art from the end of the 19th century to the present day through a series of 12 rooms, each with its own specific theme.
A highlight of this term is Playback: The Abstraction and Fantasy Exhibition (1953鈥�1954), on view in Rooms 7 and 8 on the 3rd floor on the occasion of the museum鈥檚 70th anniversary. It is a challenging project that utilizes VR and other technologies to recreate an exhibition that marked the museum鈥檚 first anniversary. Also on the 3rd floor, in Room 9, is Gifts, which showcases distinctive works donated during the museum鈥檚 70-year history of art acquisitions.
Our hope is that as you view the exhibition, you will sense the depth and breadth of the museum鈥檚 70 years of activities, as well as the ways in which art has evolved over the past century.
Artists on show
- Aaron Siskind
- Ai Mitsu
- Albert Gleizes
- Alec Soth
- Alfred Stieglitz
- Ansei Uchima
- Ansel Adams
- Berenice Abbott
- Brett Weston
- Chikuha Otake
- Chimei Hamada
- Diane Arbus
- Eitaro Ishigaki
- Fernand Léger
- Frank Gohlke
- Garry Winogrand
- Gentaro虅 Komaki
- Helen Levitt
- Henry Sugimoto
- Henry Wessel
- Hideo Noda
- Hogai Kano
- Hyakusui Hirafuku
- Ikko Narahara
- Iwane Sumiya
- Judith Joy Ross
- Kaita Murayama
- Katsuhiro Yamaguchi
- Kazunori Ishibashi
- Keiichiro Kume
- Kigai Kawaguchi
- Kikuji Yamashita
- Kokei Kobayashi
- Kunitaro Suda
- Kurt Schwitters
- Lee Friedlander
- Leonard Tsuguharu Foujita
- Louis Faurer
- Masanari Murai
- Michael Spano
- Minoru Kawabata
- Morie Ogiwara
- Nicholas Nixon
- Okoku Konoshima
- On Kawara
- Philip-Lorca diCorcia
- Ralph Steiner
- Robert Adams
- Ryohei Koiso
- Ryushi Kawabata
- Ryuzaburo Umehara
- Saburo Miyamoto
- Saburosuke Okada
- Sanzo Wada
- Seiho Takeuchi
- Seiji Togo
- Shinsen Tokuoka
- Shoji Sekine
- Sh艒z艒 Kitadai
- Shunkyo Yamamoto
- Shunso Hishida
- Shunsuke Matsumoto
- Sol LeWitt
- Stephen Shore
- Suematsu Masaki
- Tai Kambara
- Taikan Yokoyama
- Takumi Shinagawa
- Tatsuoki Nambata
- Tetsugoro Yorozu
- Tetsuro Komai
- Thomaz Farkas
- Toki Okamoto
- Tomioka Tessai
- Tomoyoshi Murayama
- Toshiko Okanoue
- Toshinobu Onosato
- Walker Evans
- Wasaburo Itozono
- William Eggleston
- Yasuo Kuniyoshi
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