Mori Art Museum

[1] The museum was founded and developed based on Mori's belief that "culture shapes a city's identity,"[2] and as a result offers varied programming that works to cater to a wide-ranging and diverse audience, "from children to older adults, and from locals to international visitors.

"[3] In 2015, the museum underwent major renovations, and simultaneously revised its mission statement in an effort to reflect the expansion and changing landscape of the 'Global art' scene in the previous decade.

[2] Since opening in 2003, the Mori Art Museum has held exhibitions featuring a number of internationally-renowned artists from Japan and beyond, including Yayoi Kusama, Ai Weiwei, Bill Viola, Cao Fei, Anish Kapoor, and Jeff Koons.

[3] The Mori Art Museum was founded in 2003 as part of the much larger Roppongi Hills, a development project that sought to integrate work, leisure and living spaces into one mega complex.

[6] In 2015, three years after Minoru Mori's death, MAM underwent significant renovations, after which new programming was introduced to supplement its existing rotation of largescale exhibitions.

[9] The show featured the works of globally-renowned artists such as Anish Kapoor, Heri Dono, Jeong So-yoon, and Jeff Koons, combining contemporary installation, sculpture, and paintings with pieces of classic Asian art, primarily from Japan and China.

[9] This exhibition featured examples of contemporary of East Asian (primarily Japanese) art, architecture, and design, exploring how these genres intersected and interacted to become an "indispensable part of everyday life.