Finally! After three decades and 35 billion yen ($289 million), The National Art Center, Japan's newest and biggest art museum is open. And on view right now, Skin + Bones: Parallel Practices in Fashion and Architecture (June 6 - August 13), the exhibition presenting recent trends in fashion and architecture.
In the middle of Roppongi, Tokyo’s artistic and cultural district, the massive Center is Japan’s first national art institution without a permanent collection, instead housing a wide variety of exhibits in its astounding 517,000 square feet of floor space.
And if you can’t find an exhibition to suit you, the building is a work of art itself. With a striking facade of waves of glass (designed by award-winning Japanese architect Kisho Kurokawa) and an interior combining traditional Japanese lighting and natural wood flooring, the museum is a subtle blend of old and new Japan. Who said national institutions can’t be cool?
