[Image: Keizaburo Okamura "Shishi 08-1" 2006, Courtesy of Kobayashi Gallery, Photo by Mareo Suemasa]

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[Image: Nobuo Sekine "Mythos" 1989 © Nobuo Sekine Estate, Photo by Keizo Kioku]

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[Image: Takuro Kuwata, "Chawan"" 2010 © Takuro Kuwata, Courtesy of Kosaku Kanechika, Photo by Keizo Kioku]

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[Image: Masayasu Mitsuke "Untitled" 2022 © Masayasu Mitsuke, Courtesy of Ota Fine Arts]

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[Image: Tomoko Konoike "Untitled" 2010 © Tomoko Konoike]

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[Image: Tenmyouya Hisashi, “Robot Myouou" 2015 © Tenmyouya Hisashi]

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WHAT Museum is pleased to present a special exhibition featuring works from the Ryutaro Takahashi Collection. The Ryutaro Takahashi Collection is a contemporary art collection established in 1997 by psychiatrist Ryutaro Takahashi, one of Japan's foremost art collectors, which currently owns over 3,000 works. This exhibition explores what contemporary artists have discovered in traditional Japanese culture and art and how they have sublimated it into their own expression. 

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WHAT Museum, operated by Warehouse Terrada, is a unique museum that only a warehouse company could create—transforming warehouse space into a place for encountering contemporary art and architecture. The name of WHAT (Warehouse of Art Terrada) implies the cultural value which is gleaming quietly in the warehouse, and the museum exhibits two- and three-dimensional works as well as architectural models, photographs, films, literature and installations. By showcasing artworks entrusted to Warehouse Terrada by collectors and artists, the museum bridges artwork storage, exhibition, and engagement. Moreover, as a hub of the international art district, Tennoz, Tokyo, it serves as a nucleus for the local art community, bringing art and culture from the warehouse space to the world.

Ryutaro Takahashi Collection "Art de Cha Cha Chaー Exploring the DNA of Japanese Contemporary Art" Exhibition

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