大阪国立国际美术馆是日本的国家美术馆，建于1977年。建馆初期的首要目标是收藏、保存和展示日本国内外当代艺术品以及举办相关研究活动。大阪美术馆所用场地是1970年日本大阪万国博览会所建的造型艺术博物展览馆，继承此馆，大阪美术馆继续在推动日本当代艺术发展中发挥重要作用。

    在建馆30年的时候，由于年久失修和一些其他原因，大阪美术馆决定迁入新址。新馆位于大阪中山岛西区，是一处完全处于地下的建筑。

    在以展示当代艺术为工作目标的基础上，新馆除了开展一系列满足公众需求的活动之外，还
向观众介绍日本国内外更为广泛的艺术潮流。

    新馆的外建筑设计灵感来源于竹子旺盛的生命力，同时也受到当代艺术发展的启发。新馆将提供给观众一个更加舒适的欣赏环境，激发观众对艺术的互动。多年来，美术馆所在的中也岛始终具特殊的文化及历史意义。而作为中也岛上一个新的文化中心，新的大阪国立国际美术馆将成为人们熟知并喜爱的艺术殿堂。

National Museum of Art, Osaka, Japan

The National Museum of Art, Osaka was opened in 1977 with the primary aim of collecting, storing and displaying both Japanese and foreign contemporary art as well as conducting related research activities. By making use of the Expo Museum of Fine Arts, which had been built for Expo '70, the museum facility continued to encourage development in Japanese contemporary art.

Some thirty years after its construction, as a result of aging and other problems, it was decided to relocate the museum and build a new structure in the form of a completely underground facility in the western section of Osaka's Nakanoshima district.

The new museum, while continuing to pursue its original goal of presenting contemporary art, will introduce an even wider range of foreign and domestic art trends in addition to engaging in activities that correspond to a variety of public needs and expectations.

With an exterior design inspired by the life force of bamboo and the development and cultivation of contemporary art, the new facility will serve as a public space that creates interaction between people and art, and provides an even more comfortable environment to appreciate art. As a new hub of culture in Nakanoshima, the site of special historical and cultural significance over the years, it is our hope that the museum will become a familiar destination for everyone.