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Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art

The Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art is an art museum founded in 1989. It is in Hijiyama Park in Hiroshima, Japan. The building was designed by architect Kisho Kurokawa. It was the first public contemporary art museum to open in Japan, and its exhibitions focus on post-1945, contemporary emerging artists and artworks that link contemporary art with Hiroshima.

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1989

Minami-ku, Minami-ku, Japan

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Kisho Kurokawa

1934-2007 · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

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Kisho Kurokawa was a leading Japanese architect and one of the founders of the Metabolist Movement.

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Kisho Kurokawa Architect & Associates

practice · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

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