Kurume City Art Museum is continuing to collect works in order to build a comprehensive collection of Western-style paintings by artists from Kyushu. We have just renewed part of the altogether 200 works deposited with our Museum by the Ishibashi Foundation.

We chose “growing” in the present progressive form for the exhibition title to indicate that our collecting is ongoing. The second installment of this Growing Collection series introduces works from our own Collection which are being shown here for the first time and those on deposit. It also focuses on the Museum’s activities such as restoration and framing.

Through approximately 100 works from our further enriched Collection and works on deposit, we hope you will enjoy the “growing”which continues not only in quantity but also in the refinement of the quality of the works after they enter our Collection.