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School-turned-French art museum opens in Hokkaido

NIIKAPPU, Japan - French artist Gerard Di-Maccio (L) stands in front of his 9-meter-tall oil painting at the Di-Maccio Visionary Art Museum in the rural Hokkaido town of Niikappu on Aug. 5, 2010. The museum, using buildings of the closed Taiyo Elementary School, opened the same day featuring some 250 pieces of his artwork.

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School-turned-French art museum opens in Hokkaido

SAPPORO, Japan - This June 2, 2009 file photo shows the closed Taiyo Elementary School in the rural Hokkaido town of Niikappu. The buildings were renovated as a museum featuring the works of French artist Gerard Di-Maccio, which opened Aug. 5, 2010.

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School-turned-French art museum opens in Hokkaido

SAPPORO, Japan - This June 2, 2009 file photo shows the closed Taiyo Elementary School in the rural Hokkaido town of Niikappu. The buildings were renovated as a museum featuring the works of French artist Gerard Di-Maccio, which opened Aug. 5, 2010. (Kyodo)

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School-turned-French art museum opens in Hokkaido

NIIKAPPU, Japan - French artist Gerard Di-Maccio (L) stands in front of his 9-meter-tall oil painting at the Di-Maccio Visionary Art Museum in the rural Hokkaido town of Niikappu on Aug. 5, 2010. The museum, using buildings of the closed Taiyo Elementary School, opened the same day featuring some 250 pieces of his artwork. (Kyodo)