Overview:
Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art was established on November, 1933 and it was the second largest public museum after Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum because of Enthronement of the Japanese Emperor in 1928. After the Second World War the museum was held by SCAP which returned it to the city with the name as known Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art.
Website:
https://www.city.kyoto.jp/bunshi/kmma/en/index.html
Location:
Okazaki Park, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8344, Japan
Established:
1933
Collection:
Art works in modern times
【Special Exhibition】
Traveling Exhibition of René Magritte
René Magritte was one of outstanding artists in the 20th century, and he painted unique objects beyond what and how we think and take an action. This is the exhibition with his 130 works together in Kyoto where the last one held 44 years ago, and Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium and Fondation Magritte help us have the exhibition of his early and late works. Visitors could track him through those works to know his creation and thoughts.
Date July 17th, 2015
