This spring, Hara Museum ARC will present Masako Ando: Ordinary Days in its special exhibition space Kankai Pavilion. Centered on an installation of approximately 150 small raku-fired pieces entitled The New Normal (2024), this exhibition showcases recent paintings (including workView More >
In 1979, in a quiet residential area of Shinagawa, Tokyo, the Hara Museum of Contemporary Art opened its doors. Ensconced within an enclave of rich greenery, the modernist building—formerly the residence of the Hara family–became the stage for the museum’sView More >
We dream not only when we sleep, but also when we are awake or even while taking a walk. Our perception of things—colors, sounds, weight, temperature—can vary greatly despite the general consensus on their existence. For someone to whom somethingView More >
Is Hara Museum ARC not a work of temporal art? In spring, flower petals dance and birds chirp. In early summer, plants sprout, rainbows arc across the eastern sky after a sudden shower and rays of sunlight burst through cloudView More >
Gallery A at Hara Museum ARC, designed by Arata Isozaki, is a space illuminated by natural light pouring in through a 12-meter-high skylight supported by four cedar pillars, the intensity modulated by the passing clouds. Although the gallery embodies theView More >
Welcome to a blissful experience of art! The industrialist Rokuro Hara collected traditional Asian art during the early Meiji period. Over a century later, his great grandson Toshio Hara amassed over a thousand pieces of contemporary art. These works spanningView More >
Hara Museum ARC organizes exhibitions each year that are thematically linked with some aspect of the museum’s unique role in the dissemination ofView More >
Starting next spring, Hara Museum ARC will present the exhibition Opposite the Sun Is Where the Blue Sky Lies in which selected works from the Hara Museum Collection of contemporary art and the Hara Rokuro Collection of traditional East AsianView More >
The Hara Museum ARC Membership Program is designed for those who want to broaden their experience of contemporary art while supporting the museum at the same time. Benefits include free admission for the member and up to one guest atView More >
Dates : Part I: April 24 (Saturday) – September 5 (Sunday), 2021 Part II: September 11 (Saturday), 2021 – January 10 (Monday/national holiday), 2022 A Nexus of Rainbows is the first collection exhibition to be held at the newlyView More >
On January 11, 2021, the Hara Museum of Contemporary Art closed its doors. But museum activities will continue anew at Hara Museum ARC this spring. All museum operations are being consolidated at the venue in Gunma. Message from Toshio HaraView More >
This video is a record of the last concert held at the Hara Museum, a pioneering institution in contemporary art and modernist architecture that will soon call a close to its activities in Tokyo. It was given by the firstView More >