Toyota Municipal Museum of Art

Toyota Municipal Museum of Art
豊田市美術館
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Established1995 (1995)
LocationToyota, Aichi, Japan
TypeArt museum
ArchitectYoshio Taniguchi
Public transit accessToyotashi Station
Websitewww.museum.toyota.aichi.jp

The Toyota Municipal Museum of Art (豊田市美術館, Toyota-shi Bijutsukan) is an art museum located in the city of Toyota, Aichi Prefecture, Japan.

History and collection

The Toyota Municipal Museum of Art opened in 1995.[1] The museum building was designed by Yoshio Taniguchi while the landscape was designed by Peter Walker. It cost $122 million to build and was entirely paid for by Toyota city. Standing by the entrance to the museum are a simple cubic sculpture by Sol Lewitt and a sculpture of rusted, curved steel plates by Richard Serra.[2]

The museum "aims to create a collection that provides an overview of art after modernism, both from Japan and other countries".[3] The collection of European modern art include works by Gustav Klimt, Egon Schiele, Oskar Kokoschka, Rene Magritte, Max Ernst, Jean Arp, Salvador Dali, Constantine Brâncuşi, and Alberto Giacometti. The collection of Japanese modern art includes works by Shunso Hishida, Taikan Yokoyama, Kanzan Shimomura Shiko Imamura, Mifune Hayami, Yukihiko Yasuda, Hako Irie,Ryusei Kishida, and Toji Fujita.[3]

Artists who have exhibited include Leiko Ikemura.[citation needed]

Public transport is with the Mikawa Line to Toyotashi Station.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ Noriaki, Kitazawa; Takemi, Kuresawa; Yuri, Mitsuda (2023-03-20). History of Japanese Art after 1945: Institutions, Discourse, Practice. Leuven University Press. p. 208. ISBN 978-94-6270-354-4.
  2. ^ "Toyota Municipal Museum of Art". Architecture. 85 (10): 100–104. 1996-10-01.
  3. ^ a b "About Collection | 豊田市美術館". 豊田市美術館 | (in Japanese). 2019-04-15. Retrieved 2025-11-12.

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