Permanent artworks

The works on display are deeply concerned with the characteristics of Echigo-Tsumari’s climate and culture, or allow the viewer to experience the transformation of space and time of the place where the work is exhibited.

[Artists]
Asai Yusuke/ Leandro Erlich / Ilya & Emilia Kabakov / Carlos Garaicoa / Kuwakubo Ryota / Kurita Koichi / Nicolas Darrot / Marnix de Nijs / Nakatani Michiko / Nawa Kohei/ Carsten Nicolai / Massimo Bartolini feat. Lorenzo Bini / 目［mé］/ Gerda Steiner & Jörg Lenzlinger

Special Exhibitions (recent years)

• Summer/Autumn 2021:
  “To Nirvana and Back: The Real Lear in Echigo-Tsumari” (Artist: Moriyama Daido)
• Winter 2022:
  “Hokuetsu Seppu Adventure” (Artists: Takahashi Kyota, Hara Rintaro + Hara Yu, Fukasawa Takafumi, KOSUGE1-16)
• Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale 2022:
  “Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale 2000-2022 Memorial Exhibition Series”
  “Women in black against the war” (Artist: Ekaterina Muromtseva)
• Winter 2023:
  “Echigo-Tsumari : The Aspects of Snow Ⅰ“(Artists: Kato Yu, Komatsu Kosei, Hongo Yoshiya, Mochida Atsuko)
• Exhibition Series 2023：
  Vol.1「Shop KATAKISHI in Tokamachi Branch & Dormant Data GP 2022-2023 Archive Exhibition」
  Vol.2 Matsumoto Haruka”Graphcast Shiftpast”
  Vol.3 Takezaki Kazuyuki + Nishimura Yu “The Sequel: Twin Boat Songs – Verdigris Vessel”
  Vol.4  Tanaka Ai “Reverse String”

MonET Museum Shop

This is the largest store in Echigo-Tsumari selling the ETAT goods. Official▽ logo goods, artist goods, terraced rice, originally designed sake and sweets, and many other local specialties are also available. Paintings, sculptures, and other small works by related artists are also on display and for sale. Take home a variety of “art” as a souvenir of your trip. Goods are also available in the online store (except for some items).

*MonET admission fee is required to use the store.

Planning and Exchange Space

“Salon MonET” with tea ceremony and library functions is also available. In the theater, video works, documentary films, and feature films related to Echigo-Tsumari are screened. In the corridor, a community space designed and supervised by Ryohin Keikaku Co. The aim is to create an open creative space where local residents and visitors can interact and inspire each other.

History of the Museum

Completed in 2003, it opened as the “Echigo-Tsumari Exchange Center / KINARE,” a base facility dealing with local products and tourism. The “Echigo-Tsumari Satoyama Museum of Contemporary Art / KINARE” was created during renovations in 2012. In 2021, the museum underwent another major interior renovation and was re-launched as “Museum on Echigo-Tsumari, MonET”.