Okayama
Art & Design

Nagi Town Museum of Contemporary Art

Japan, 708-1323 441 Toyosawa, Nagi-cho, Katsuta-gun, Okayama Prefecture

Three groups of artists were commissioned to create gigantic works, and the works and the entire space were turned into architecture, making it the world's first art museum as a public building where the works and the building are semi-permanently integrated. It consists of three exhibition rooms named ``Sun,'' ``Moon,'' and ``Earth.'' The cylindrical exhibition room ``Taiyo'' displays works by Japan's leading contemporary artists Shusaku Arakawa and Madeline Gins, which can be viewed in a mysterious sloping space. Architect/Year of completion: Arata Isozaki/1994 Regarding tours and photography: Photography in the exhibition room is permitted.

Business Time

9:30-17:00 (Admission until 16:30) Closed: Mondays, the day after public holidays

Telephone number 0868-36-5811
Website http://www.town.nagi.okayama.jp/moca/
Access
  • Approximately 20 minutes from Mimasaka IC or Tsuyama IC on the Chugoku Expressway Parking: 30 regular cars, 2 buses 30 minutes by bus bound for Namegata/Makuwa from JR Tsuyama Station, get off at "Nagi Terrace", then walk about 5 minutes
Language 日本語
Other Fees: General/university students 700 yen, high school students 500 yen, elementary/junior high school students 300 yen

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