Menard Art Museum, Art museum in Komaki, Japan.
The Menard Art Museum is an art museum in Komaki, a city north of Nagoya, holding a collection of European and Japanese paintings from the 19th and 20th centuries. The European side leans toward post-impressionist work, while the Japanese section covers several schools and periods of traditional painting.
The museum was founded by the owners of the Nippon Menard Cosmetic Company and opened in 1987. It was one of the first institutions in the Nagoya area to bring together European and Japanese art under one roof.
European paintings and Japanese works hang in the same galleries, which creates an unusual dialogue between two very different artistic traditions. The exhibitions rotate often, so visitors who return a few months later will find a different selection on the walls.
The exhibitions change roughly every two months, so it is worth checking what is on display before you go. The museum is in Komaki and easy to reach by train from central Nagoya.
Among the European works is a painting by Édouard Manet from 1881 and one by Van Gogh from 1889, which is unusual for a museum outside a major city. Because the collection rotates, these works are not always on view, so their presence during any given visit depends on the current exhibition.
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