Designed by Tadao Ando
Kagawa
Japan
Fukutake Foundation announces the opening of the Naoshima New Museum of Art, located on a hilltop near the Honmura district of Naoshima and with Akiko Miki as director.
Naoshima New Museum of Art, designed by Tadao Ando, will be his tenth architectural work for Benesse Art Site Naoshima. It will exhibit and build a collection of major works, including newly commissioned, site-specific pieces by artists and groups from the Asian region. The works will be displayed across four gallery spaces in a three-story building that houses two basement levels and a ground floor, as well as in the café area and outdoor grounds. The inaugural exhibition will feature works by eleven artists and groups, including Makoto Aida, Martha Atienza, Cai Guo-Qiang, Chim↑Pom from Smappa!Group, Heri Dono, indieguerillas, Takashi Murakami, N. S. Harsha, Sanitas Pradittasnee, Do Ho Suh, and Pannaphan Yodmanee.
The museum will feature both permanent exhibits and those that change periodically at a gradual rate. Unlike previous facilities at Benesse Art Site Naoshima, which focus more on permanent exhibitions, this approach aims to create dynamic yet unhurried artistic engagement, offering visitors something new with each visit. In addition to special exhibitions, the museum will host a range of public programs such as talks and workshops designed to convey diverse perspectives, expressions, and multilayered messages about contemporary society. This evolving experience is expected to make it a place where visitors return time and again, encouraging rich exchanges and connections with people from both on and off the island.
As the new museum interconnects with the existing art facilities on the island, this constellation of venues will offer more integrated art encounters, deeply resonant with the surrounding nature and communities. As the first museum to bear the name of Naoshima, it aims to further explore what it means to be a museum profoundly connected to the spirit of the local community, creating an even greater harmony between art, architecture, nature, and daily life on the island.
Learn more about the Naoshima New Museum of Art in the full press release.
