The “Collection Highlights” program will showcase selected works that are representative of the museum’s collection, while “Collection Relations” will feature different guest artists, related materials, and special exhibits with each edition. These programs are aimed at expanding the museum’s presentationView More >
Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art
The 11th Hiroshima Art Prize Alfredo Jaar
Jaar’s first full-fledged museum exhibition ever held in Japan! Established in 1989 by the City of Hiroshima, site of the first atomic bombing in human history, the Hiroshima Art Prize aims to appeal to a wider world about the “SpiritView More >
Special Reopening Exhibition Before/After
It is with great pleasure that the Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art presents Before/After, a special exhibition commemorating the completion of a major renovation project at the museum that was conducted over a period of some two years andView More >
Announcement of Closing for Renovation *Closed for COVID-19
【Announcement of Closure】 The museum is currently closed due to the recent COVID-19 situation. The museum will enter its renovation closure afterward from Dec 28. For our activities during the closure, please check the museum’s SNS and website. View More >
Announcement of Reopening
Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art will reopen from May 19, 2020. Galleries and Sculpture Park will reopen while other facilities remain closed. For your health and safety, please follow our protective measures when visiting the museum. [ Exhibitions onView More >
Announcement of Closure
To prevent the Coronavirus (COVID-19) from further spreading, the museum will stay temporarily closed from February 29 to March 19, 2020. Decisions regarding the reopening and museum schedule from March 20 onward will be considered accordingly and updated on ourView More >
A Bright Home
In 1939, A Happy Home is published. The book explained a variety of things that women could do to maintain a cheerful domestic environment. An anecdote at the beginning relates how a concubine convinced the legendary shogun Tokugawa IeyasuView More >
Collection Highlights & Special Feature: An Inner LandscapeⅡ―Symbols and Abstractions
The exhibition consists of two parts, the first entitled “Collection Highlights,” and the second a Special Feature titled “An Inner LandscapeⅡ: Symbols and Abstractions.” “Collection Highlights” introduces important works that are representative of the collection, or exemplify its characteristics, fromView More >
Open Program: Carp Swim
This year marks 400 years since Asano Nagaakira (the first head of the Asano clan and lord of the Hiroshima Domain) assumed control of Hiroshima Castle. As part of a variety of events that are being held to commemorate thisView More >
IMPOSSIBLE ARCHITECTURE: ANOTHER HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE
As you look back at the history of architecture, you discover a host of outstanding concepts that never reached completion and stimulating ideas that were deliberately limited to proposals. Focusing on unfinished architecture projects by about 40 Japanese and foreignView More >