Miyanomori Art Museum

Miyanomori Art Museum
Established 2006
Location Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
Website miyanomori-art.jp

Miyanomori Art Museum (宮の森美術館 Miyanomori Bijutsukan) is a museum of contemporary art located in Sapporo, Japan, that was established in April 2006.

Presentation

The Miyanomori Art Museum is the main contemporary art museum in Hokkaido. It presents works from the contemporary international and Japanese art scene.

Collection

The collection features works of Japanese modern and contemporary art from the 1950s to the 1970s. From the Museum own estimation, it also has the largest collection of works by Christo and Jeanne-Claude in Asia and Oceania. The museum collection also includes about 3000 photographs from the artist Daidō Moriyama, which were taken since the 1950s, as well as works by such artists as Lucio Fontana, Frank Stella, Jasper Johns, Yoshishige Saito, Lee Ufan, Guillaume Bottazzi, Sadamasa Motonaga, Takeo Yamaguchi, and Kumi Sugai.

Exhibitions

Editions

Coordinates: 43°3′25.78″N 141°18′8.82″E / 43.0571611°N 141.3024500°E / 43.0571611; 141.3024500

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