The 2024 Collection 2 exhibition focuses on the way artists undo and redo existing materials, structures, and history along with the state of their works. As a starting point, we look at pieces by Louise Bourgeois and Leonor Antunes that were acquired by the museum in 2023, and a work by Ruth Asawa that was acquired in 2024 and is being shown here for the first time in Japan. The exhibition also includes many other recent acquisitions.
The exhibition title was inspired by I Do, I Undo, I Redo, a work by Bourgeois that was shown in Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall in 2000, and the creative activities of artists such as Aiko Tezuka, two of whom’s works were added to the museum collection in 2023.
Artists:
Louise BOURGEOIS, Ruth ASAWA, Leonor ANTUNES, Tetsumi KUDO, Shigeo ANZAÏ, Sopheap PICH, Yoko TERAUCHI, Chiharu SHIOTA, Zon ITO, Izumi KATO, Tomoaki ISHIHARA, Kei TAKEMURA, Rei NAITO, Yayoi KUSAMA, Ryoko AOKI, Mari KATAYAMA, BuBu de la Madeleine, Miyako ISHIUCHI, Saori AKUTAGAWA(MADOKORO), Tiger TATEISHI(Koichi・Taigaa), Tadanori YOKOO, Miran FUKUDA, Akira SHIMIZU, Pei-Shih TU, Sterling RUBY, Aiko TEZUKA
Jiro TAKAMATSU, Henry MOORE, Marino MARINI, Joan MIRÓ, Alexander CALDER, Yoshihiro SUDA, Mark MANDERS
*Exhibits are subject to change.
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Louise BOURGEOIS, Couple, 1996, The National Museum of Art, Osaka
Photography by Kazuo Fukunaga
©The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY/JASPAR, Tokyo 2025 E5874 -
Ruth ASAWA, Untitled (S.317, Wall-Mounted Tied-Wire, Open-Center, Five-Pointed Star with Overlapping Branches)
c. 1965, The National Museum of Art, Osaka, Photography by Kazuo Fukunaga
© 2025 Ruth Asawa Lanier, Inc./Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Courtesy David Zwirner -
Leonor ANTUNES, Michiko #6, 2023, The National Museum of Art, Osaka
Photography by Kazuo Fukunaga -
Yoko TERAUCHI, Hot-Line89, 1987, The National Museum of Art, Osaka
Photography by Kazuo Fukunaga -
Kei TAKEMURA, For E.K., 2015
The National Museum of Art, Osaka
Photography by Kazuo Fukunaga -
BuBu de la Madeleine, A Mermaid’s Territory – Flags and Internal Organs, 2022
The National Museum of Art, Osaka, Photography by Kazuo Fukunaga
© BuBu de la Madeleine -
Aiko TEZUKA, Ghost I met, 2013, The National Museum of Art, Osaka
Photo by Lepkowski Studios, Berlin
- Period
- February 15–June 1, 2025
- Opening Hours
- 10:00–17:00 (10:00–20:00 on Fridays and Saturdays).
*Last admission 30 minutes before closing. - Closed
- Mondays (except February 24 and May 5) and February 25 and May 7.
- Organized by
The National Museum of Art, Osaka
- Sponsored by
Daikin Foundation for Contemporary Arts
- Admission
Adults University students 430 (220) yen 130 (70) yen - ( ) admission for groups of more than 20 people.
- Admission free for visitors under 18, those 65 and over, and visitors with disabilities and one attendant (proof required).
- Tickets for “No Boundaries” (February 22–June 1, 2025) also entitle the holder admission to the collection exhibition.
- Night discount (applicable after 17:00 on Friday and Saturday)
Adults: 250 yen, University students: 70 yen. - Free admission days: February 15, March 1, April 5, May 3 and 18.