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WATARI-UM, The Watari Museum of Contemporary Art

WATARI-UM, The Watari Museum of Contemporary Art

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About WATARI-UM, The Watari Museum of Contemporary Art

WATARI-UM, The Watari Museum of Contemporary Art opened as a private art museum in September 1990.
Our first director Shizuko Watari (1932-2012) organized Gallery Watari there from 1972 to 1988, and was one of the first to introduce the world’s leading contemporary artists to Japan, including Andy Warhol, Keith Haring, Donald Judd, and Sol LeWitt. The WATARI-UM collections are based on the works collected in the 1980s through these activities.

In the terms of exhibitions, WATARI-UM has been hosting international contemporary art exhibitions since its opening, inviting Harald Szeemann and another legendary curator Jan Hoet as guest curators. We have also featured the figures who have supported Japanese culture, such as Kumagusu Minakata and Tenshin Okakura, from a unique perspective. Furthermore, since the 1990s, we have also focused on introducing young Japanese contemporary artists, thereby expanding the fan base of contemporary art.

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Tokyo 3 Chome-7-6 Jingumae, Shibuya-ku
WATARI-UM The Watari Museum of Contemporary Art contemporary art institution in
WATARI-UM, The Watari Museum of Contemporary Art
3 Chome-7-6 Jingumae, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Japan

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Tuesday – Sunday
11am – 7pm

Closed Monday

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