THE NATIONAL ART CENTER TOKYO

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Essentials about the National Art Center Tokyo in brief

Art fans should definitely pay a visit to the National Art Center during a trip to Tokyo. Opened in 2007, the exhibition building in Tokyo’s Minato district is one of Japan’s most important art galleries. Although the futuristic art center does not have a collection of its own, around three million visitors come every year to see the interesting temporary exhibitions. A look at the program of the National Art Center is more or less obligatory for art lovers.

The buildings of the National Art Center Tokyo

The National Art Center building is one of the most beautiful and impressive in all of Tokyo. The building is one of the last works of the famous Japanese architect Kishō Kurokawa. It consists of a box-like building section that houses the exhibition rooms on three floors. Set in front of it is a glass façade some 22 meters high and 160 meters wide, which provides space for two mushroom-like towers housing a restaurant and a café.

The exhibitions at the National Art Center Tokyo

There are 10 halls with 1,000 square meters each available for exhibitions. Balconies at the back of the building allow a view outside without leaving the exhibition. In addition, there are two more halls with 2,000 square meters each for special exhibitions. A lecture hall, seminar rooms, an art library and sales booths complete the facilities.

With its spacious exhibition areas, the National Art Center Tokyo relieves the burden on other art museums in the Japanese capital, which have only limited space for presenting their own collections during special exhibitions.

Together with the nearby Mori Art Museum and the Suntory Museum of Art, the National Art Center forms the so-called “Roppongi Art Triangle”.