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Japan · Naoshima
Benesse House
ベネッセハウス
Staying at Benesse House is integrated with high art and hospitality, described by Pico Iyer as 'the most stylish (and unforgettable) hotel I’ve encountered in Japan or almost anywhere else I’ve been over 51 years of constant travel.'
Hours, tickets and current exhibitions are on the official site.
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The Benesse House (ベネッセハウス) is an art museum and hotel on Naoshima, an island of Japan, designed by Japanese architect Tadao Ando. It opened in 1992 and was an early effort of the Benesse Art Site's activities to revitalize Naoshima into an art haven. Since then, Ando has expanded it and combined it with other parts of the Benesse Art Site, such as the Valley Gallery and the Hiroshi Sugimoto Gallery, both of which were opened in 2022.
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Notable Works
- Seen/Unseen Known/UnknownMuseum PDFWalter De Maria
- Gua-GuaMuseum PDFJean-Michel Basquiat
- 100 Live and DieMuseum PDFBruce Nauman
- PumpkinMuseum PDFYayoi Kusama
Museum basics
- Founded
- 1992
- Architect
- Tadao Ando
- Building completed
- 1992
- Renovated
- 2025
- Director
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- Operated by
- Benesse Holdings, Inc.
- Annual visitors
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- National treasures
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- Important cultural properties
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- Site area
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- Floor area
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- Exhibition area
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- Architectural features
- 「ミュージアム」「オーバル」「パーク」「ビーチ」の4つの宿泊棟から構成される
- Four hotel areas: the Museum, the Park, the Beach, and the Oval
- Accreditations
- Travel + Leisure (one of the first examples of the "art hotel" in the world)
- Casa Brutus (best museums in Japan)
- Awards
- 第35回BCS賞 (1994)
Visit info
- Hours
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- Tickets
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- Avg. visit time
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- Reservation
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- Nearest station
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- Address
- 〒7613110 Naoshima Gotanji, Naoshima, Kagawa
Rules & amenities
- Photography
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- Audio guide langs
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- Wheelchair
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- Kid-friendly
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- Café
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- Shop
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Collection
- Collection size
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- Top departments
- 直島の自然環境に応答して制作された作品や、建築空間に触発されたサイトスペシフィックな作品
- Featured artists
- 杉本博司
- 宮島達男
- 大竹伸朗
- フランク・ステラ
- ジャン・ミッシェル・バスキア
More info
- Official site
- benesse-artsite.jp/en/stay ↗
- Wikipedia
- Read on Wikipedia ↗
Sources
— Official website — benesse-artsite.jp ↗ · Wikipedia (Japanese) ↗ (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Wikipedia (English) ↗ (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Wikidata — Q11337013 ↗ (CC0) · Official PDF — ・Media Kit ( General ) ↗ (80 pages)artible is an independent guide and is not affiliated with this museum. Facts are surfaced with attribution to the sources below.
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