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Japan · Naoshima
Benesse House
ベネッセハウス
English writer Pico Iyer called it "the most stylish (and unforgettable) hotel I’ve encountered in Japan or almost anywhere else I’ve been over 51 years of constant travel."
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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)
Museum basics
- Founded
- 1992
- Architect
- 安藤忠雄
- Building completed
- 1992
- Renovated
- 2025
- Director
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- Operated by
- Benesse Holdings, Inc. and Fukutake Foundation
- 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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Sources
The structured data and prose on this page are grounded in the following primary 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
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