Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art marks the third anniversary of its reopening this year. Under the annual theme The Time of the Museum, this year’s collection exhibitions introduce works from the collection alongside the activities of the museum across three chapters. The second chapter, A Bundle of Time, explores the diverse ways in which time is experienced, represented, and accumulated through works in the collection and the museum’s activities.
Chapter 1: Time Machines [June 27–September 23, 2026]
Chapter 2: Bundles of Time [October 10, 2026–January 24, 2027]
Chapter 3: Time Flows Here [February 27–June 13, 2027]
Even a single artwork can contain many layers of time: connections between different periods that emerge when artists refer and respond to earlier works and forms of expression; the time through which a work passes from person to person and place to place, preserved, restored, and passed on; and the time accumulated through the museum’s own activities, including exhibitions and collecting.
In this exhibition, we consider the ways these different times overlap and come together within artworks and the collection as “bundles of time.” We focus on the time that artworks have carried with them, and on the new relationships that emerge as these times come together here and now. As you move through the exhibition, we hope you will enjoy traveling through the many layers of time.
1．Reference and Response
Artist *In order of appearance in the gallery
Yokoo Tadanori, Kato Ryu, Yokoyama Nami, Okazaki Kazuo, Morimura Yasumasa, Marcel Duchamp
2．The Time Artworks Carry
Artist *In order of appearance in the gallery
Kurt Schwitters, Maruki Iri, Maruki Toshi, Toya Shigeo, Akasegawa Genpei, 1,000-Yen Note Incident Round-Table Conference, Takemura Kei, Oki Hiroyuki
Interlude
Artist *In order of appearance in the gallery
Komori Haruka + Seo Natsumi, Inoue Bukichi
3．Looking Back: The Hiroshima Art Prize and Theme “Hiroshima”
Artist *In order of appearance in the gallery
Tonoshiki Tadashi, Arpana Caur, Nancy Spero, Oscar Oiwa, Yoshida Hodaka, Matsumoto Eiichiro, Aoki Noe, Kitayama Yoshio, Tada Minami, Kurosaki Akira, Paul Davies, Anthony Green, Fang Li-jun, Shirin Neshat
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Collection Exhibition 2026-Ⅱ
The Time of the Museum_Chapter 2: Time Bundles of Time
Period: October 10, Sat, 2026 —January 24, Sun, 2027
Opening Hours: 10:00–17:00 ※Admission until 30 minutes before closing
Closed: Mondays (except October 12, November 23 and January 11), October 13, November 24, December 27— January 1 and January 12
Venue: Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Gallery A
Admission: Adults 350 (250) yen, University Student 250 (150) yen, High School Students and Seniors 150 (100) yen
*Free for children under Junior High School age
*Price in ( ) shows the group rate over 30 persons.
Hello! Collection Day
The Collection Exhibition is free on the 3rd Sunday of the month.
Nov 3 Culture Day
Free for everyone
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///Concurrent exhibition///
The 12th Hiroshima Art Prize
Mel Chin
July 25, Sat—October 12, Mon, 2026
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Senzaki Chieo: Toward the Depths of the Gaze
October 24, Sat—December 13, Sun, 2026
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Tangled Scenery: Hirai Koki
October 24, Sat, 2026—January 24, Sun, 2027
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Biennial of Illustrations Bratislava in Japan 2026-27
November 14, Sat, 2026—January 24, Sun, 2027
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Imagery of Birds in Contemporary Art (tentative)
January 9, Sat—April 11, Sun, 2027
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