The National Museum of Art Cooperative Program
To expand opportunities for people to experience art in their local communities and to enhance the vitality of museum exhibitions and research activities, the National Art Museums and the National Center for Art Research (NCAR) work in collaboration with museums and related institutions across Japan on two partnership projects that make active use of the National Art Museums’ collections.For museums wishing to collaborate with the National Art Museums, we promote exhibitions that shed new light on each institution’s collection and lead to the discovery of new appeal.
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Collection Dialogue
The "Collection Dialogue" initiative aims to create new discoveries by organizing exhibitions that combine works from the host museum's collection with works from the National Art Museums.By fostering a dialogue between the two collections, the program seeks to shed new light on the artworks and reveal previously unnoticed.
Each year, one of the following National Art Museums becomes the partner institution:The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo;The National Crafts Museum;The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto;The National Museum of Western Art;and The National Museum of Art, Osaka.Museums across Japan are invited to submit exhibition proposals that incorporate works from their own collection together with works from the National Art Museums.
Selected proposals are realized as exhibitions hosted by the applicant museum. NCAR covers part of the associated costs, such as transportation expenses.
One proposal is selected each year based on the submitted plans and the suitability of the facilities. The final exhibition content is determined through discussions between the selected museum and the National Art Museum in charge for that fiscal year.
Collection Plus
The "Collection Plus" initiative aims to enhance collection exhibitions across Japan by collaborating with museums nationwide.
Through this program, museums are invited to develop thematic exhibitions that incorporate one or more works from the National Art Museums' collections into their own collection displays. Selected proposals are realized as exhibitions hosted by the applicant museum. NCAR covers part of the associated costs, such as transportation expenses.
By adding one or several works from the National Art Museums' collections to the host museum's display, the program seeks to create small thematic exhibitions with a higher level of conceptual depth, developed collaboratively between the two institutions.
One proposal is selected each year based on the submitted exhibition plan and the suitability of the facilities. The final exhibition content is determined through discussions between the host museum and the National Art Museum in charge for that fiscal year.
Past Exhibitions
These are the exhibitions that have been held to date as part of the "Collection Plus" and "Collection Dialogue" programs.
