Benesse House on Naoshima in Kagawa, Japan, was designed by Tadao Ando. Tetsuhiko Fukutake, founder of Fukutake Publishing, and Naoshima mayor Chikatsugu Miyake envisioned the project in 1985. It opened in 1992. The article names no owner or style and gives no materials or dimensions.
It combines a museum and a hotel. Four hotel areas, called Museum, Park, Beach and Oval, face the mountains of Shikoku, and there are Japanese and French restaurants. Ando expanded the site over the years. The Valley Gallery and the Hiroshi Sugimoto Gallery, both his designs, opened in 2022.
Artworks include pieces by Shinro Ohtake, Jean-Michel Basquiat and David Hockney. A pumpkin sculpture by Yayoi Kusama stands outdoors by the ocean. The article describes exhibition updates in 2024 and 2025. It gives no hours or admission.
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