【New Book Releases】This Month's Must-Reads! From Kengo Kuma to Western Art History, Politics and Design (September 2026 Edition)
Summary
Tokyo Art Beat's September 2026 new book roundup features seven titles spanning architecture, literature, art history, music culture, manga history, political design, and art publishing. Highlights include Kengo Kuma's latest monograph "Architecture of Place" documenting 40 projects (2011–2024); Miranda July's second novel "All Fours," exploring a midlife crisis; Yumi Matsui's introductory lecture series on medieval to modern French art; Jace Clayton's investigation into music's shifting "place" in the digital age; Goichi Yumoto's history of Japanese manga magazines from the Bakumatsu period to postwar; Noémie Bisseton's "Superstorm" analyzing 60 years of political visual culture; and a 15-year retrospective of Tokyo art book shop POST's publisher features and interviews.
(Source:Tokyo Art Beat)