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The history of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo's collection dates back to 1926 when the Tokyo Prefectural Art Museum first opened in Ueno Park. The activities of this institution were inherited by the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, which built up a collection of approximately 3,000 art works that was in turn passed on to the Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo when it opened. Today, this collection, together with other newly acquired numerous works, from both Japan and abroad, is utilized as the 'MOT Collection'. In addition to systematically collecting postwar art from a historical viewpoint, we also work positively to gather works by young artists that provide a well-defined view of current trends in art, and the collection currently contains as many as 5,500 works. One of the greatest attractions of the MOT Collection is that it focuses on pioneering works that created the innovative trends in different periods. To collect works on a regular basis and preserve them for future generations can be said to be one of the fundamental activities of a museum.
AI-MITSU
1941
Francis ALŸS
2008
ASAKURA Setsu
1963
Arnaldo POMODORO
1988
Ay-O
1956
Christian BOLTANSKI
1990
Anthony CARO
1991
Richard DEACON
1987-96
Marlene DUMAS
1996
FUJIMAKI Yoshio
1929
FUKUSHIMA Hideko
1958
FUNAKOSHI Katsura
1992
Peter HALLEY
1986
Mona HATOUM
2007
David HOCKNEY
1967
HOMMA Takashi
1995-98
IKEDA Ryoji
2009
ISHIUCHI Miyako
1991-93
Donald JUDD
1973
KANOKOGI Takeshiro
n.d.
KATSURA Yuki
1952
KAWARA On
1981
KAZAMA Sachiko
2012
KIKUHATA Mokuma
1961/1983
KISHIDA Ryusei
1912
KOBAYASHI Masato
2000
KUDO Tetsumi
1958-59
KUSAMA Yayoi
1960
LEE Ufan
1973
Roy LICHTENSTEIN
1965
An-My LÊ
2009
Mark MANDERS
2011-15
Mario MERZ
1972/1998
MISHIMA Kimiyo
1971
MIYAJIMA Tatsuo
1998
MORIMURA Yasumasa
1988
NAKAHARA Minoru
1924
NAKAMURA Hiroshi
1955
NARA Yoshitomo
2006
NAWA Kohei
2009
OHTAKE Shinro
1987
Oscar OIWA
2000
ONCHI Koshiro
1931
Olafur ELIASSON
2019
Chatchai PUIPIA
1995
Gerhard RICHTER
1965
SEJIMA Kazuyo + NISHIZAWA Ryue / SANAA
2010
SHIOYASU Tomoko
2012
SHIRAGA Kazuo
1962
Schahzia SIKANDER
2009
SUGA Kishio
1982
SUGITO Hiroshi
1996-97
SUZUKI Akio
2018-2019
TADA Minami
1965
TAKADA Akiko & Masako
2014
TANAKA Atsuko
1963
TANAKA Koki
2006
TATSUNO Toeko
1990
TEZUKA Aiko
2008
TOMII Motohiro
2006
TOYA Shigeo
1989
TSURUOKA Masao
1949
Claude VIALLAT
1979
YOKOO Tadanori
2001
YOSHIHARA Jiro
1962
