A Message from the Director General

My name is Sugaya Tomio, and I took up the position of Director General of the National Art Center, Tokyo in April 2026.
The NACT, which opened in January 2007, marks its 20th anniversary this fiscal year. While we are delighted to celebrate this milestone, the social conditions surrounding art museums, and indeed all of us, have grown increasingly unstable in recent years, making this a challenging time to operate an institution such as ours.

The Center has focused on four core activities: (1) exhibitions, (2) collecting and disseminating information and resources, (3) educational activities and (4) international partnerships. Across a wide range of fields, including modern and contemporary art as well as design, fashion, architecture, manga, and anime, these activities reflect our commitment to sharing new artistic practices, values, and information with a broad audience, and to fulfilling the mission of a national art center in the most literal sense.

Building on the achievements and reputation the Center has established over the past 20 years, we will remain attuned to the times while pursuing new initiatives, working to make the National Art Center, Tokyo a place that offers richer artistic experiences to an ever wider public.