Panasonic Shiodome Museum of Art, Art museum in Higashi-Shinbashi, Japan.
The Panasonic Shiodome Museum of Art occupies the fourth floor of the Panasonic Tokyo Shiodome Building in Higashi-Shinbashi, in Tokyo's Shiodome Sio-Site district. It opened in April 2003 and holds 191 oil paintings and prints by Georges Rouault, making it effectively a museum devoted to him. It also stages exhibitions on housing, lighting and ceramics.
The museum opened in April 2003 as the Matsushita Electric Works Shiodome Museum. It was renamed Panasonic Electric Works Shiodome Museum on 1 October 2008, then Panasonic Shiodome Museum after the merger into Panasonic. On 20 February 2019 the Tokyo Metropolitan Board of Education designated it a museum-equivalent facility, and on 1 April 2019 it took its current name.
The museum presents rotating exhibitions that connect photography with fine art, reflecting how Japanese visual expression has evolved through different artistic mediums. Visitors can see how traditional forms interact with contemporary works on display.
The museum is on the fourth floor of the Panasonic Tokyo Shiodome Building in the Shiodome Sio-Site district of Higashi-Shinbashi, Minato-ku. It is a participant in the Tokyo Museum Grutto Pass. The building also houses the Panasonic Living Showroom Tokyo.
The collection holds 191 oil paintings and prints by Georges Rouault, including "The Courtroom" (1909), "Miserere" (1917) and "The Circus of the Flowing Stars" (1930), making it effectively a Rouault specialist museum. It won the 17th Western Art Foundation Prize's Cultural Promotion Award for its activities.
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