Museum · Kiyosumi-Shirakawa / Kiba

Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo (MOT) 東京都現代美術館

Tokyo's biggest contemporary art museum, in the leafy Kiba Park neighbourhood, with a 5,500-work collection, ambitious exhibitions and a vast, light-filled atrium.

About

MOT reopened in 2019 after renovation and is the city's main public venue for postwar and contemporary art. The long, steel-and-glass building in Kiba Park has an enormous entrance atrium, a sunken courtyard and very high-ceilinged galleries that suit large installations. The MOT Collection rotates works from Japanese postwar avant-gardists (Gutai, Mono-ha) to Roy Lichtenstein's Hair with Ribbon and contemporary Japanese and international artists, while big temporary exhibitions have covered everything from Hayao Miyazaki-adjacent animation art to Christian Dior and David Hockney. It is a great anchor for a day exploring Kiyosumi-Shirakawa's cafes and galleries.

Highlights

• MOT Collection spanning Gutai, Mono-ha and global pop art
• Huge glass atrium and a sunken water courtyard
• Large-scale contemporary exhibitions
• Art library with 270,000 catalogues
• Setting beside Kiba Park's lawns and trees

Tips

• The collection exhibition is inexpensive and often included with special exhibition tickets.
• Walk the 10 minutes from Kiyosumi-Shirakawa via Fukagawa Edo Museum and Blue Bottle's first Japan store.
• Big shows sell timed tickets online at weekends, book ahead.

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Nearby

• Kiba ParkPark · 430 m away
• Koffee Mameya KakeruCafé & Sweets · 540 m away
• Fukagawa Edo MuseumMuseum · 760 m away
• Coin Lockers · Kiyosumi-shirakawa StationLuggage Storage · 950 m away
• Blue Bottle Coffee Kiyosumi-Shirakawa FlagshipCafé & Sweets · 980 m away
• Kiyosumi Shophouse Row (Former Tokyo City Shophouses)Photo Spot · 990 m away
• Kiyosumi GardensGarden · 1.0 km away
• KoukaibouRamen & Noodles · 1.0 km away