Nagoya City Art Museum

Overview

The Nagoya City Art Museum is an art museum in Naka-ku, Nagoya, located in Shirakawa Park. It opened on 22 April 1988 and was designed by the architect Kisho Kurokawa. The building is celebrated as one of his representative works.

Highlights

• ●A building renowned as a representative work of Kisho Kurokawa
• ●A design drawing on the motifs of Nagoya's traditional architecture
• ●A setting within Shirakawa Park
• ●A collection developed around several principal areas of art

History

The museum was planned in the early 1980s, and collection building began in 1983. Kurokawa, a native of the region, incorporated motifs from Nagoya's traditional buildings into the design. It opened on 22 April 1988. Its collection has developed around four principal areas: local art from the Nagoya cultural region, the École de Paris, the Mexican Renaissance, and postwar and contemporary art.

Map

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Suggested itinerary

1. 1View the exterior and architectural design by Kisho Kurokawa
2. 2Appreciate the works in the permanent collection
3. 3Examine the details drawn from Nagoya's traditional architecture
4. 4Take a stroll through Shirakawa Park

Did you know?

💡 Kurokawa, a native of the Nagoya region, wove motifs of the city's traditional architecture into the design.

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