The Toyota Municipal Museum of Art opened in 1995. The museum building was designed by
Yoshio Taniguchi while the landscape was designed by
Peter Walker. It cost $122 million to build and was entirely paid for by
Toyota city. Standing by the entrance to the museum are a simple cubic sculpture by
Sol Lewitt and a sculpture of rusted, curved steel plates by
Richard Serra. To commemorate the museum's 20th anniversary, it was renovated in 2015, under supervision from Taniguchi. The museum "aims to create a collection that provides an overview of art after modernism, both from Japan and other countries". The collection of European
modern art include works by
Gustav Klimt,
Egon Schiele,
Oskar Kokoschka,
Rene Magritte,
Max Ernst,
Jean Arp,
Salvador Dali,
Constantine Brâncuşi, and
Alberto Giacometti. The collection of Japanese modern art includes works by
Shunso Hishida,
Taikan Yokoyama,
Kanzan Shimomura Shiko Imamura,
Mifune Hayami,
Yukihiko Yasuda,
Hako Irie,
Ryusei Kishida, and
Toji Fujita. Artists who have exhibited include
Leiko Ikemura. Public transport is with the
Mikawa Line to
Toyotashi Station. == References ==