The sauna is said to have originated in Finland more than 2,000 years ago. In Finland, ancient folk beliefs still live on, and it is believed that welcoming the spirit dwelling in the sauna brings prosperity to the household. AsView More >
Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art
Collection Exhibition 2025-Ⅲ Highlights＋Relations [Guest Artist: Hirano Kaoru]
This exhibition aims to familiarize visitors with the qualities of the museum’s collection and introduce them to related themes. In Galleries 1 through 3, under the theme “Highlights,” we will showcase outstanding works that exemplify the characteristics of our collection,View More >
Screening of Gordon Matta-Clark
In conjunction with Collection Exhibition 2025-III, we present screenings of video works by Gordon Matta-Clark (1943-1978). Matta-Clark studied architecture at Cornell University and later engaged with literature and contemporary thought at the Sorbonne in Paris, where he was deeply influencedView More >
Hiroshima MoCA FIVE 25/26
Since the Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art first opened in 1989, the museum has held a series of open-call exhibitions with the aim of supporting artists’ creative activities. While also striving to create exhibitions that are attractive to visitors,View More >
Adrian Berg: The Infinite Garden
The Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art is pleased to present “Adrian Berg: The Infinite Garden,” the first solo exhibition in Japan showcasing the works of Adrian Berg (1929-2011). Berg consistently pursued landscape painting throughout his career and is particularlyView More >
Screening of Dennis Oppenheim
November 18, 2025 – February 1, 2026
In conjunction with the Collection Exhibition 2025-II, we present a screening of video works by Dennis Oppenheim. The work exhibited in this exhibition was created in the late 1960s, a period when the artist established his style of documenting LandView More >
Screening of Yokoo Tadanori, Mirror Myth
In conjunction with the exhibition Collection 2025–II, we are pleased to present the screening of Mirror Myth , a video documenting the making of Yokoo Tadanori’s Cave of Heaven (1985), featured in the same exhibition. Since his so-called “Declaration asView More >
Collection Exhibition 2025-Ⅱ
The “Collection Exhibition 2025-Ⅱ” will introduce works through four keywords assigned to each gallery space, centred on the theme of “Everyday Life”, to familiarise visitors with the unique characteristics of our collection. The exhibited works will extend beyond the collectionView More >
Takano Ryudai: kasubaba Living through the ordinary
Takano Ryudai (b. 1963) is a photographer and artist who won the 31st Kimura Ihei Award for his photobook IN MY ROOM (2005) and continues to be active both in Japan and internationally. In addition to his works exploring themes of sexuality,View More >
Between Memories and Objects: Monuments, Museums, and Archives
June 21 – September 15, 2025
This exhibition deals with the relationship between memories of the war and the atomic bomb, and objects such as artworks. We consider the formation, loss, and reconstruction of memories as they relate to, among other things, the bronze statue thatView More >
mocaken Exhibition Touch, Untangle, Tones!
Presented in conjunction with the “mocaken” program, this exhibition features four artists—Osaki Haruchi, MAGNET, Fukuda Megumi and Zhdanova Alina—whose works highlight the richness and diversity found in every person’s unique perspective. We hope this will be an opportunity to exploreView More >
“Hiroshima Appeals” Posters 1983-2024
The Hiroshima Appeals Posters project was launched in 1983 as a new campaign aspiring for peace and conveying the spirit of Hiroshima to people all over the world through graphic design. The first poster, Burning Butterflies, by Kamekura Yusaku, then-presidentView More >