Kurume City Art Museum Opened

On November 19, the Kurume City Art Museum (Director: NARAHARA Toshinori) opened in Kurume City, Fukuoka Prefecture, taking over the building and activities of the Ishibashi Cultural Center, which closed on August 28. The Ishibashi Foundation, which operated and managed the Ishibashi Cultural Center and housed the collection of ISHIBASHI Shōjirō, decided to centrally manage the collection in Tokyo, together with that of the Bridgestone Museum of Art, also operated by the Foundation. As a result, the Kurume City Art Museum would be operated by the Kurume Cultural Promotion Association. The exhibition titled ‘Western Painting in Kyushu’ (November 19, 2016 – January 22, 2017) was held to celebrate the opening of the museum. (Japanese)