This month, the National Art Research Center will be established as the first comprehensive base in Japan to promote Japanese art and strengthen its ability to disseminate information internationally.
The National Art Research Center will be established on the 28th of this month by the Independent Administrative Institution National Museum of Art, which operates national art museums such as the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo.
At the press conference held at the National Art Center, Tokyo on the 8th, Director General Shunichi Tokura of the Agency for Cultural Affairs and Director Mami Kataoka of the Mori Art Museum, who will assume the position of Director of the Center, attended and explained the role of the Center. .
According to this,
▽ the center will have about 30 staff members,
▽ promote cooperation between the seven national museums nationwide and domestic museums, etc., to make effective use of each other's collections, and ▽
Japan We will collect and research information on the arts of the world, disseminate it internationally,
and
support ▽ artists.
This is the first time that a comprehensive base for the promotion of art in Japan has been established.
At the press conference, Mami Kataoka, who will be appointed as the director of the center, said, "Until now, we can't do things in the form of art museums gathering and stabbing each other, but we will start as a unity. I would like to make it a platform for discussing museum policies in Japan, while also taking into account trends."