Nagoya City Art Museum, Sakae Naka Ward Nagoya 2022

The is located in the city of

Nagoya is the largest city in the Chūbu region, the fourth-most populous city and third most populous urban area in Japan, with a population of 2.3million in 2020. Located on the Pacific coast in central Honshu, it is the capital and the most pop ...

in central

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 museum building itself was constructed by

Kisho Kurokawa (April 8, 1934 – October 12, 2007) was a leading Japanese architect and one of the founders of the Metabolist Movement. Biography Born in Kanie, Aichi, Kurokawa studied architecture at Kyoto University, graduating with a bachelor's d ...

, one of the leading Japanese architects, from 1983 to 1987. Works by the surrealist Kansuke Yamamoto,

Sean Scully Sean Scully (born 30 June 1945) is an Irish-born American-based artist working as a painter, printmaker, sculptor and photographer. His work is held in museum collections worldwide and he has twice been named a Turner Prize nominee. Moving fro ...

, and

Alexander Calder Alexander Calder (; July 22, 1898 – November 11, 1976) was an American sculptor known both for his innovative mobiles (kinetic sculptures powered by motors or air currents) that embrace chance in their aesthetic, his static "stabiles", and his ...

belong to its permanent collection. Artists such as

Hakuyō Fuchikami __NOTOC__ (November 14, 1889 – February 8, 1960) was one of the most prominent Japanese photographers in the first half of the 20th century. Biography Fuchikami was born in Kumamoto Prefecture and studied in Saga and Nagasaki. In 1922 Fuc ...

Nakaji Yasui (15 December 1903 – 15 March 1942) was one of the most prominent photographers in the first half of the 20th century in Japan. Life Yasui was born in Osaka and became a member of the Naniwa Photography Club (, ''Naniwa Shashin Kurabu'') in ...

and

Jean-Michel Othoniel Jean-Michel Othoniel (born 27 January 1964) is a French contemporary artist. He has worked in a variety of artistic media, including film, installation, photography and sculpture. In 2000 he designed a new entrance for the Palais Royal–Mus� ...

have exhibited their works there.

External links

Homepage of the Nagoya City Art Museum
Art museums and galleries in Nagoya Kisho Kurokawa buildings {{japan-museum-stub