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The National Art Center, Tokyo

Coordinates: 35°39′55″N 139°43′35″E / 35.66528°N 139.72634°E / 35.66528; 139.72634
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The National Art Center of Tokyo
国立新美術館
The museum from the outside
Map
LocationRoppongi, Minato, Tokyo, Japan
Visitors2.0 million (2013)[1]
Ranking 20th globally (2013)[1]
DirectorHideki Hayashida
Websitewww.nact.jp

The National Art Center (国立新美術館, Kokuritsu Shin-Bijutsukan) (NACT) is a museum in Roppongi, Minato, Tokyo, Japan. A joint project of the Agency for Cultural Affairs and the National Museums Independent Administrative Institution, it stands on a site formerly occupied by a research facility of the University of Tokyo and is adjacent to the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies.

The building has been designed by Kisho Kurokawa. It is one of the largest exhibition spaces in the country.[2] Access is from Nogizaka Station on the Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line.

Unlike Japan's other national art museums, NACT is an 'empty museum', without a collection, permanent display, and curators. Like Kunsthalle in German-speaking regions, it accommodates temporary exhibitions sponsored and curated by other organizations.[3] The policy has been successful. In its first fiscal year in 2007, it had 69 exhibitions organized by arts groups and 10 organized by NACT. Its Monet exhibition, held between 7 April and 2 July 2007, was the second most visited exhibition of the year, not only in Japan but in the world.[3]

Its graphic visual identity was developed by graphic designer Kashiwa Sato of Tokyo-based Samurai Inc.

  • Lobby
    Lobby
  • Brasserie Paul Bocuse Le Musée
    Brasserie Paul Bocuse Le Musée
  • Courtyard
    Courtyard
  • Stairs
    Stairs

Notes

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  1. ^ a b Top 100 Art Museum Attendance, The Art Newspaper, 2014. Retrieved on 13 July 2014.
  2. ^ "Things to Do | Travel Japan | JNTO". Japan National Tourism Organization (JNTO).
  3. ^ a b Dr Masaaki Morishita (28 December 2012). The Empty Museum: Western Cultures and the Artistic Field in Modern Japan. Ashgate Publishing. p. 12. ISBN 978-1-4094-9263-4.
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