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Shimane Prefectural Art Museum

Shimane Prefectural Art Museum

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An art museum in Matsue City, Japan.

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Long ago, this building was constructed as a place for education. Since then, the footsteps of many people have continued to pass through it, but it has now become a space filled with the breath of art. The scenery unfolding beyond the windows creates a stillness as though blooming from within a painting. The dark depths of abstract art and the warm light of traditional painting coexist here, drawing visitors briefly away from the flow of everyday life. Here flows a time devoted entirely to facing art. Not a panorama of emotion, but within a flow of stillness, visitors come into harmony with their own inner selves.

Shimane Art Museum, Matsue-Kashima-Mihonoseki Line, Saiwaicho, Matsue, Shimane Prefecture, 690-0064, Japan

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