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contemporary art Contemporary art is the art of today, produced in the second half of the 20th century or in the 21st century. Contemporary artists work in a globally influenced, culturally diverse, and technologically advancing world. Their art is a dynamic com ...

museum founded by the real estate developer

Minoru Mori was considered to be one of Japan's most powerful and influential building tycoons. He joined the real estate business of his father, Taikichiro Mori, after graduating from Tokyo University and was president and CEO of Mori Building, of which h ...

(1934–2012) in the

Roppongi Hills Mori Tower is a 54-story mixed-use skyscraper in Roppongi, Minato, Tokyo. Completed in 2003 and named after builder Minoru Mori, it is the centerpiece of the Roppongi Hills urban development. It is the sixth-tallest building in Tokyo at . The tower has a ...

in the

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complex both of which he built in

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Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

. The exterior architect of the museum's galleries on the 35th floor of the 45 -story tower in which the museum is housed is

Richard Gluckman Gluckman Tang Architects, (previously Gluckman Mayner Architects), is a New York City based architecture firm providing services in architecture, planning, and interior design. Established by Richard Gluckman in 1977, the firm is known for mini ...

Gluckman Mayner Architects Gluckman Tang Architects, (previously Gluckman Mayner Architects), is a New York City based architecture firm providing services in architecture, planning, and interior design. Established by Richard Gluckman in 1977, the firm is known for mini ...

. The museum does not exhibit a permanent collection but rather temporary exhibitions of works by contemporary artists. Artists whose work has been exhibited at the museum include

Ai Weiwei Ai Weiwei (, ; born 28 August 1957) is a Chinese contemporary artist, documentarian, and activist. Ai grew up in the far northwest of China, where he lived under harsh conditions due to his father's exile. As an activist, he has been openly c ...

, Gohar Dashti,

Tokujin Yoshioka is a Japanese designer and artist. He is active in the fields of design, architecture and contemporary art, and he is internationally acclaimed for his works dealing with light and nature. Many of his works chosen as part of permanent collect ...

and

Bill Viola Bill Viola ( , ; born 1951) is an American contemporary video artist whose artistic expression depends upon electronic, sound, and image technology in new media. His works focus on the ideas behind fundamental human experiences such as birth, d ...

. The museum's founder Minoru Mori died in March 2012. The museum focuses on contemporary art and primarily exhibits works of Asian artists. It also features the MAM project which exhibits solo shows on a smaller scale in the museum space. In 2015 the museum exhibited Dinh Q. Lê's solo exhibition.

Museum Directors

The first director of Mori Art Museum was David Elliott (2003-2006), followed by

Fumio Nanjo is a curator and art historian. Since 2006 he has been the director of the Mori Art Museum in Tokyo. A graduate of Keio University, Nanjo was previously Director of the Institute of Contemporary Arts in Nagoya (1986–1990) and served as commissio ...

(2006-2019). At the end of 2019, chief curator

Mami Kataoka Mami Kataoka (Japanese: 片岡真実) is an art curator and writer. Early life and education Kataoka was born in 1965 in Nagoya. She received a BA from Aichi University of Education in 1988. Career Since 2003, Kataoka has been the Chief Curator o ...

was announced as the successor to Fumio Nanjo.

Collection

The Mori Art Museum has a collection which includes artworks by

Makoto Aida is a Japanese contemporary artist known for his provocative works of manga, painting, video, photography, sculpture, and installation. Though less well known internationally than Takashi Murakami or Yoshitomo Nara, he is recognized in Japan as ...

Jananne Al-Ani Jananne Al-Ani (born 1966) is an Irish-Iraqi artist. Personal life Al-Ani was born in Kirkuk, Iraq in 1966 to an Iraqi father and Irish mother. She studied Fine Art at the Byam Shaw School of Art and graduated with an MA in Photography from the ...

, Tarek Al-Ghoussein,

Halim Al-Karim Halim or Haleem ( ar, حليم ) is an Arabic masculine given name which means gentle, forbearing, mild, patient, understanding, indulgent, slow to anger.Golziher, Ignaz, ''Muslim Studies'', ed. S.M. Stern (Albany: State University of New York Pre ...

Poklong Anading Poklong Anading (born August 1, 1975, Manila, Philippines) is a contemporary artist. He works in various mediums including photography, video, painting, sculpture and installation. He is the recipient of the 2006 Ateneo Studio Residency Grant in Aus ...

, Satoru Aoyama, Bae Young Whan,

Cao Fei Cao Fei ( zh, 曹斐; born 1978) is a Chinese multimedia artist born in Guangzhou, China, Guangzhou. Her work, which includes video, performance, and digital media, examines the daily life of Chinese citizens born after the Cultural Revolution. Her ...

, Chen Chieh-Jen, Chen Wenbo, Chiba Masaya, Chim↑Pom, Gohar Dashti, Romain Erkiletlian,

Etsuko Fukaya Etsuko (written: 悦子, 英津子, えつ子, えつこ in hiragana or エツコ in katakana) is a feminine Japanese given name. The most common meaning is joy child. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese football player *, Japanese c ...

Shilpa Gupta Shilpa Gupta (born 1976) is a contemporary Indian artist, she lives and works in Mumbai, India where she has studied sculpture at the Sir J. J. School of Fine Arts from 1992 to 1997.She had solo shows at Contemporary Arts Center in Cincinnati ...

Laurent Grasso Laurent Grasso (born 1972) is a French conceptual artist living and working in Paris. Biography Laurent Grasso is the recipient of the esteemed Order of Arts and Letters by the French Ministry of Culture and the prestigious Marcel Duchamp P ...

, Ham Jin, Handiwirman Saputra,

Maiko Haruki A is an apprentice geisha in Kyoto and Their jobs consist of performing songs, dances, and playing the or other traditional Japanese instruments for visitors during banquets and parties, known as . are usually aged between 17 to 20 years ...

, Naoya Hatakeyama, Satoshi Hirose, Hoang Duong Cam,

Ho Tzu Nyen Ho Tzu Nyen (; born 1976) is a Singaporean contemporary artist and filmmaker whose works involve film, video, performance, and immersive multimedia installations. His work brings together fact and myth to mobilise different understandings of S ...

Mako Idemitsu is a pioneer Japanese media artist, known for her experimental video art and film works. Life and family Mako Idemitsu was born in Ōta-ku, Japan and is the daughter of Japanese businessman and art collector Sazō Idemitsu, founder of Idemits ...

, Manabu Ikeda, Takashi Ishida, Takahiro Iwasaki, Jakarta Wasted Artists, Teppei Kaneuji,

Mari Katayama is a Japanese multimedia artist known for her sculpture and photography work. Her work focuses on themes such as body image, identity, and her experience as an amputee. Early life Katayama was born 1987 in Saitama Prefecture, Japan. She later m ...

, Mika Kato, Tsubasa Kato, Sachiko Kazama, Kensaku Yuree, Tomoko Kikuchi, Takehito Koganezawa, Akino Kondoh, Tomoko Konoike, Sutee Kunavichayanontv,

Yayoi Kusama is a Japanese contemporary artist who works primarily in sculpture and installation, and is also active in painting, performance, video art, fashion, poetry, fiction, and other arts. Her work is based in conceptual art and shows some attributes ...

, Jompet Kuswidananto, Dinh Q. Lê,

Lee Bul Lee Bul ( ko, 이불, born in Yeongju, Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea in 1964) is a contemporary sculpture and installation artist who appeared on the art scene in the late 1980s. Her work questions patriarchal authority and the marginalization of ...

, Lee Wen, Lim Sokchanlina,

Fuyuko Matsui is a female contemporary Japanese artist, specialized in ''Nihonga'' paintings. She is known for her "new Kusozu" series. Matsui has been making her works based on her psychoanalysis results, putting heavy weight on her feelings and interests i ...

, Tomona Matsukawa, Prabhavathi Meppayil,

Futoshi Miyagi is an Okinawan artist and writer. He works in various mediums, such as photography, objects, video and text, to construct narratives on the subjects of sexual minorities and untold stories in history, often in relation to Okinawa. Much of Miyagi's ...

, Ryuji Miyamoto,

Mariko Mori is a Japanese multidisciplinary artist. She is known for her photographs and videos of her hybridized future self, often presented in various guises and featuring traditional Japanese motifs. Her work often explores themes of technology, spirit ...

, Ruriko Murayama, Mwkaiyama Kisho, Nobuhiro Nakanishi, Kohei Nawa, Jun Nguyen-Hatsushiba, Yoshinori Niwa, Hitoshi Nomura, Motohiko Odani, Yuki Okumura, Yoko Ono, Oiwa Oscar, Tatsumi Orimoto, Tsuyoshi Ozawa, Jagannath Panda, Pangrok Sulap, Po Po, Chatchai Puipia, Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook, Navin Rawanchaikul, RongRong & inri, Hrair Sarkissian, Momoko Seto, Hiraki Sawa, Shao Yinong / Mu Chen, Taro Shinoda, Motoyuki Shitamichi, Song Hyun-Sook, Suh Do Ho, Yukihiro Taguchi, Koki Tanaka (artist), Koki Tanaka, Nobuyuki Tanaka, Rodel Tapaya, Tateishi Tiger, Teruya Yuken, Tromarama, Tsai Charwei, Tsang Kin-Wah, UJINO, Kazuki Umezawa, Vandy Rattana, Wang Qingsong, Entang Wiharso, Weng Fen, Won Seoung Won, John Wood and Paul Harrison, Aki Yahata, Akira Yamaguchi, Takayuki Yamamoto, Chikako Yamashiro, Miwa Yanagi, Haegue Yang, Yee I-Lann, Yin Xiuzhen, Shizuka Yokomizo, Yuichi Yokoyama, Tomoko Yoneda, Ken + Julia Yonetani, Yoo Seungho, Yuan Goang-Ming, O Zhang, Zhang O, Zhou Tiehai

References

External links

Mori Art Museum website
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