大山崎山莊美術館（09-06）

This art museum has a very small addition designed by Ando. I am amazed by the art collection housed in this new building--master pieces by Monet and Miro. Two statues by Miro are as cute as other works of his. There are statues no larger than 30cm by 30cm by 30cm. Four water lilies by Monet reminded me of a special trip to Chicago in around 1996 with the CMU gangs.

In addition to the master art work, the coffee here is the best I've had in the past 6 days in Japan.

Also in display in the museum are design drawings of this art museum. Here the design process (alternative proposals) were displayed. The initial design had the existing building encicled by new addition. It was not as elegant as the current solution.