【New Book Releases】This Month's Must-Reads! From Kengo Kuma to Western Art History, Politics and Design (September 2026 Edition)

Tokyo Art Beat
Tokyo Art Beat highlights seven new art and culture books releasing in August-September 2026, covering architecture, literature, art history, music, manga, politics, and art books.

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.

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Exhibition by artist Yu Matsumoto, who is also active as a courtroom artist, held at Kurobe City Museum of Art. Evoking imagination for the invisible

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First Held in Tokyo's Waterfront Area: International Art Exhibition "TOKYO ATLAS" Opens, Intervening in Urban Landscapes and Awakening History and Memory

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Hokusai's "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji" All 46 Prints Gather at MOA Museum of Art, Including "The Great Wave off Kanagawa" and "Red Fuji" in High-Definition Video

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Entangled Landscapes: Koki Hirai

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"MEET YOUR ART FESTIVAL 2026" Opening Report: Directed by Mirai Moriyama, Over 150 Artists Gather.

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Special Exhibition "Double Body: Eikoh Hosoe and Ken Domon" (Ken Domon Museum of Photography) Report: The Aesthetics of Two Masters Seen Through the "Body"

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International Art Exhibition "TOKYO ATLAS" to Be Held, Painting Tokyo's Bay Area with Art

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News | [Baekje Temple and Buddhist Art of Omi] Special Feature Web Edition Released

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Opening on October 10! International Art Exhibition "TOKYO ATLAS" Announces All Artists and Program!

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"null²" from the Expo Is "Reborn" in Yokohama: What Kind of Place Is Yoichi Ochiai's Permanent Museum Theater "null²ⁿ"?

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The National Art Center, Tokyo to Hold 20th Anniversary Exhibition, Featuring Works from National Museum Collections Across Japan

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Harachikei | The Miracle of the Gaze: Adventures of Japanese Women Photographers

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First International Art Exhibition in Tokyo's Waterfront Area Opens on the 10th... Including Works by Yayoi Kusama; Governor Koike Eager to Support Artists

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[Nara] Related Events for Hanako Murakami "Laboratory: For Another View"

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Top 15 Exhibitions to See This Weekend: From TOKYO ATLAS to Mel Chin and Azamino Contemporary

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Two-Person Exhibition by Kei Imazu and Bagus Pandega to Be Held at Naoshima New Museum. Opens This December

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【Opening】"International Art Exhibition TOKYO ATLAS" at Various Venues in Tokyo's Bay Area from October 10 to December 20: A Large-Scale International Art Festival Launches in Tokyo, Including Yayoi Kusama's Last Coordinated Work, Free Art Tour

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[Kansai Report] "Kanei Imperial Visit and the Cultural Figures of the Flower Capital" at Sen-oku Hakuko Kan, Kyoto until October 18: Unraveling the "Missing Link" of Art History

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The 47th Chuo Ward Citizens' Cultural Festival "Art Exhibition" will be held! [2026]

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[Autumn 2026] Free admission too! 3 notable art exhibitions in Tokyo to enjoy with children (Thank you!)

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Exploring the Appeal of the First Setouchi Industrial Art Festival 2026: From Disposal Sites to Battery Factories, into the Industrial Sites That Support Our Lives

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[Fukuoka] "How to Walk Through Asian Art: South Asia Special Edition" Exhibition Related Events

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What Do We Call Value? Reexamining the Meaning of "Economy": The 18th Lyon Biennale

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First Large-Scale International Art Exhibition in Tokyo Waterfront Area: "TOKYO ATLAS" Opens on October 10 | News | Internet Museum

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Opening Report: "Marimekko Exhibition: The Power of Patterns" (Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum), Experiencing Marimekko's Aesthetics in a Mansion

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"Suddenly light appeared, sparkling, and various things became visible." (Yayoi Kusama Museum) Opening Report: Reading Yayoi Kusama's Art through "Light"

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Open Call | Asian Cultural Council (ACC) 2027 Grant Programs

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Musashi Gakuen and Nezu Museum Joint Forum to Be Held on November 7: Thinking about Gardens and Nature from Eastern and Western Cultures

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Aoyama Shin | Yonezawa Shu "Characters of Voiceless Voices" (Part 2)

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Aoyama Shin | Shu Yonezawa: "Characters of Voiceless Voices" (Part 1)

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"Akira Yamaguchi: See/Society/Things" to Be Held at the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo in June 2027; New Works Also to Be Unveiled

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Aya Fujioka Solo Exhibition "Forget Me Not"

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Honoring Okakura Tenshin, the "Father of Modern Japanese Art": Tenshin Summit Held in Akakura | Joetsu Myoko Town Information

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Yuriko Takagi "chaoscosmos vol.3 — visible viscosity" Opening Report: How Does Photography Capture the "Invisible Nature"?

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Reading the Biblical World Through Images [Part 1: First Half]: Tracing 100 Years of Christian Art in Japan

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Interview with Dadaru's Emi Oishi: Excess and Desire, Toward the First Outdoor Performance of 'Yodare Kansha' (Interviewer: Sachi Nishimura)

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Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo "Minami Tada: Light, Sublimely Swaying" Ticket Giveaway

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Hikorohi's Stroll Art Program "Hikorohi to, Yaesu de Shashin Miru" Airs on TOKYO MX

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"Milton Avery" Exhibition (Working Title) to Be Held at the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo in October 2027

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Is Well-being Something to Aim For, or Something We Create? Considering Future Well-being through the "International Conference 2026: Connecting Everyone through Culture" (Interviewer: Nakajima Haruya)