In March 2021, the Yokohama Museum of Art began renovations to repair its aging facilities and refurbish its spaces. A few days ago on March 15, a part of the renovated museum opened to the public to coincide with the opening of the 8th Yokohama Triennale 2024 (2024.03.15-2024.06.09). Currently, the museum is greeting visitors as the main exhibition space for the Triennale. The rest of the space will gradually open to the public until its completion in February 2025.

The Yokohama Museum of Art was designed in 1989 by Kenzo Tange (1913-2005), a leading Japanese modernist architect who also designed the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park. Since then, the museum has become one of the largest art museums in Japan with a collection of more than 14,000 modern and contemporary artworks. The reopening of the museum with its new logo will feature colorful furniture to soften the austere atmosphere of the original functionalist architecture. Signages will also be redesigned to make the museum more accessible to visitors, and the reopened museum will include more space for citizens and children.