21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa.

Information

Period:

2026.10.31 (Sat.) – 2027.4.18 (Sun.)

Venue:

21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa
Gallery 4

Admission:

Free (a same-day admission ticket for From Today to Tomorrow: On the Stewardship of a Work is required).

About

Gallery 4, the Stewardship Lab, is designed to resemble the museum’s behind-the-scenes areas or the anteroom of its collection storage facility. Alongside works from the collection, the gallery will display archival materials, storage boxes, and documentation of inspection, research, and recordkeeping processes, offering a look at aspects of conservation and restoration that are not normally visible to the public. In collaboration with Kaori Taguchi (Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto University), a specialist in conservation and restoration, and Yuichiro Taira (The Center of Creative Inheritance for the Future, Tokyo University of the Arts), who researches the re-creation and reinstallation of works, the museum will bring together the knowledge and experience of artists and specialists from various fields. The works on view will change over three phases, giving visitors insight into the decisions involved in the stewardship of works.

Period

Phase 1:
Sat., October 31–Sun., December 20, 2026
Nobuyuki Tanaka, Mika Tajima, Minako Nishiyama, YANTOR, Tsuyoshi Ozawa, Sayako Kishimoto, Kiyoshi Awazu, Jan Fabre

Phase 2:
Tue., December 22, 2026–Sun., February 21, 2027
Shinji Ohmaki, Shugoro Hasuda, Yoshitomo Nara, Rhizomatiks, Jan Fabre, Kiyoshi Awazu

Phase 3:
Tue., February 23 (national holiday)–Fri., April 18, 2027
Otobong Nkanga, Kenji Yanobe, Atsuko Tanaka, Ernesto Neto, Yuko Mohri, Kiyoshi Awazu, Jan Fabre

*The works on display are subject to change. In some cases, only part of a work may be exhibited.

“The Stewardship Lab” Research Cooperation

Kaori Taguchi

Kaori Taguchi (b. 1981 in Tokyo) specializes in conservation and restoration, art history, and the study of culture and representation. She studied painting conservation at Università Internazionale dell’Arte, Firenze, before working as a restorer at a studio in Florence. She subsequently held several academic posts, including one as an associate professor at Tokai University. In 2023, she joined the Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, as an associate professor. Taguchi’s research focuses on the materiality of works and the changes they undergo over time, the ethics of interventions undertaken during conservation and restoration, and questions of authenticity. Combining approaches from aesthetics and art history with scientific analysis, she investigates how works were made and traces their subsequent histories. Her major publications and translations include Techniques and Theories of Conservation-Restoration: From Classical Antiquity and the Renaissance to Contemporary Art (Heibonsha, 2015/2024), Looking at Paintings, Caring for Paintings: Inside the World of Conservation-Restoration (Kaisei-sha, 2024), and Doyatte bijutsuhin o mamoru? Hozon shufuku no sekai o nozoite miyo (How Do We Protect Works of Art? A Look Inside the World of Conservation-Restoration) (Sogensha, 2025).
Yuichiro Taira

Yuichiro Taira (b. 1982 in Fukuoka Prefecture) studies how works of art are preserved for future generations, with a particular interest in questions of identity and authenticity that arise when cultural properties and contemporary art are restored, re-created, or reconstructed. In recent years, he has promoted the idea of creative archives in art education: using records of how works are made, the circumstances surrounding their creation, tools, and practical know-how as starting points for new artistic work and ideas. He is also exploring research projects that encourage people to quote and adapt material from these archives in creating new work. He is currently an associate professor at the Center of Creative Inheritance for the Future, Tokyo University of the Arts, and holds a doctorate in cultural property studies. His major recent projects include the exhibitions Re-Display: Instruction and Protocol (University Art Museum, Tokyo University of the Arts, 2021), Touching Qe (Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, 2025), and Treading the Traces of the Hand: Nakanishi Natsuyuki Archive (Chinretsukan Gallery, University Art Museum, Tokyo University of the Arts, 2026).

Credit

Organized by：

21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa

Supported by：

HERMÈS JAPON CO., LTD.

In Cooperation with：

OMO5KanazawaKatamachi by HoshinoResorts , LINNAS Design Inc.,West Japan Railway Company

Patronized by：

THE HOKKOKU SHIMBUN

Supported by: