National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto facts for kids
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| Established | 1 March 1963 |
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| Location | Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan |
| Type | Art museum |
| Visitors | 326,288 (2016) |
| Architect | Fumihiko Maki |
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The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto (also known as MoMAK) is a cool art museum in Kyoto, Japan. It's a place where you can see amazing modern art from Japan and around the world.
History of MoMAK
The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, started as a smaller part of a museum in Tokyo. It was first set up in Kyoto on March 1, 1963. The building it used was an old exhibition hall that was fixed up for the museum.
A few years later, on June 1, 1967, it officially became the National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto. Later, the old building was taken down. A famous architect named Fumihiko Maki designed the new building. This new museum opened its doors to the public on October 26, 1986. It has lots of space for showing art.
MoMAK's Art Collections
MoMAK is a special place that collects and keeps artworks from the 20th century. It focuses on art from Japan and other countries. The museum especially highlights artists and art styles from Kyoto and the Kansai area in western Japan. This includes traditional Japanese-style paintings.
The museum's galleries often change their displays. You can see different types of art like Japanese-style paintings (nihonga) and Western-style paintings (yōga). They also show prints, sculptures, and crafts. These crafts include ceramics, textiles, metalworks, wood, bamboo, lacquers, and jewelry. Photography is also a big part of their collection.
MoMAK also displays important modern art from Japan. You can also find modern and contemporary art from Europe and America here. The works on display change about 20 times a year, so there's always something new to see!
Art Museum Catalogs
There's a special online catalog called the Union Catalog of the Collections of the National Art Museums, Japan. This catalog helps you find artworks from four national art museums in Japan. MoMAK is one of them!
The four museums are:
- National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto (MoMAK)
- National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo (MOMAT)
- National Museum of Art, Osaka (NMAO)
- National Museum of Western Art (NMWA)
Right now, this online catalog is still being built. So, only some of the artworks are available to view online.
Featured Artists at MoMAK
- Yaacov Agam (born 1928), Israel
- Pierre Alechinsky (born 1927), Belgium
- Jean Arp (1886–1966), France
- Georges Braque (1882–1963), France
- André Breton (1896–1966), France
- Marc Chagall (1887–1985), France
- Dale Chihuly (born 1941), US
- Max Ernst (1891–1976), Germany
- Tsuguharu Fujita (1886–1968), Japan
- David Gilhooly (1943–2013), US
- Sibyl Heijnen (born 1960), Netherlands
- Barbara Hepworth (1903–1975), UK
- Kaii Higashiyama (1908–1999), Japan
- Shunso Hishida (1874–1911), Japan
- David Hockney (born 1937), UK
- Oda Kaisen (1785–1862), Japan
- Wassily Kandinsky (1866–1944), Rumania
- Tomioka Tessai (1837–1924), Japan
- Ayako Tsuru (born 1941), Mexico City
- Frank Lloyd Wright (1867–1959), US
