Teshima Art Museum

photo by Kentaro Ohno from Tokyo, Japan · CC BY 2.0

photo by Bea Phi · CC BY-SA 4.0

A 40x60-metre concrete shell without a single pillar, shaped like a drop of water.

The concrete shell, without columns, covers a space of about 40 by 60 metres with a maximum height of 4.3 metres, and two large oval openings let in wind, light and the sounds of the island. On the floor, the permanent installation by the artist Naitō Rei makes droplets of water rise from the concrete itself; they move, merge and disappear following the slope of the ground: the work changes every day and is never the same twice.

Designed by the architect Nishizawa Ryūe with the artist Naitō Rei, and opened in 2010 for the first Setouchi Triennale, on Karato hill in Teshima.

ℹ️ Open 10:00–17:00 March–October, 10:00–16:00 November–February (last entry 30 minutes before closing). Closed on Tuesdays (March–November), Tuesday–Thursday (December–February). Online booking with date and time slot. Tickets 1,570 yen on site; free for under-15s. Photography, filming and drawing are not allowed inside.

🚉 豊島美術館前 · 4 min walk

Sources: benesse-artsite.jp

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