Artizon Museum , until 2018 , is an art museum in Tokyo, Japan.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Museums" in Japan Encyclopedia, pp. 671-673.
The museum was founded in 1952 by the founder of Bridgestone Tire Co., Ishibashi Shojiro. The museum's collections include Impressionists, Post-Impressionists and twentieth-century art by Japanese, European and American artists, as well as ceramic works from Ancient Greece. The museum is located in the Museum Tower Kyobashi, a 25 floor office building in the Yaesu-Kyobashi area of Tokyo.
History
The museum was founded in 1952 by Ishibashi Shojiro, founder of Bridgestone Tire Co. (his family name means stone bridge).
The museum hosted the first major retrospective in Japan dedicated to Italian architect Ettore Sottsass in 2026.
Closure and eventual reopening The museum was located in the headquarters of the Bridgestone Corporation in Chūō, Tokyo. This building was demolished in 2015 and the Museum Tower Kyobashi was erected in its place.
The museum closed its doors on 18 May 2015 and reopened again in January 2020. The museum's new name was announced in 2018, combining the words "art" and "horizon". During the long-term closure, various items from the museum's collection have been loaned out for display in other institutions.
Selected artists
Edgar Degas Pierre-Auguste Renoir Camille Pissarro Édouard Manet Vincent van Gogh Paul Gauguin Gustave Moreau Paul Cézanne Claude Monet Amedeo Clemente Modigliani Maurice Denis Georges Rouault Pablo Picasso Paul Klee Narashige Koide Tsuguharu Foujita Fujishima Takeji Shigeru Aoki
Selected collection highlights
Ishibashi Foundation Art Research Center The opened in Machida in 2015 as a research facility for the Artizon Museum. Focused upon the research, storage, and preservation and restoration of the collection, since 2017 school groups have been welcomed, there are also lectures and workshops for the public, and a library open to researchers.
Publications The museum has published a number of books about its collection and special exhibitions.
See also List of Cultural Properties of Japan - paintings (Tōkyō) Ishibashi Museum of Art
References
External links Artizon Museum former Bridgestone Museum of Art Artizon Museum within Google Arts & Culture