Mori Art Museum Chairperson Emerita Mori Yoshiko Dies at 85
Mori Yoshiko, Chairperson Emerita of the Mori Art Museum and director of the Mori Building Company, died of pneumonia at 9:27 am on December 23. She was 85.
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Mori Yoshiko, Chairperson Emerita of the Mori Art Museum and director of the Mori Building Company, died of pneumonia at 9:27 am on December 23. She was 85.
Mori Art Museum announced on October 23, 2024, that current Chairperson Mori Yoshiko will retire on December 31, 2024. Mori Kyoko, a member of the museum's Board of Trustees since June 2019, will assume the role of Chairperson on January 1, 2025.

Mori Yoshiko, Chairperson Emerita of the Mori Art Museum and a member of the Board of Directors of Mori Building Company, has been awarded an Honorary OBE (Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) by His Majesty King Charles III.

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The Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, presents Mariko Mori: All That Shines from October 31, 2026 to March 28, 2027. The exhibition is the first major retrospective of the artist in Japan since 2002 and is organized in collaboration with The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation.

On June 14, 2026, the Mori Art Museum in Roppongi, Tokyo, opened a major exhibition of 11 sculptures by U.K.-based Australian artist Ron Mueck, presented in collaboration with the Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain. The show runs through Sept.
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