Inside the Venue! A Full Reveal of All Booths at "Art Exhibition Navi Fest 2026" (Part 1): Touring the Booths of New Exhibitors

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A tour of the new exhibitor booths and featured goods at Art Exhibition Navi Fest 2026, held on September 29, 2026.

Summary

Art Exhibition Navi Fest 2026 was held on September 29, 2026, at the Yomiuri Otemachi Small Hall in Tokyo, with a record 27 institutions participating. This article is the first in a series introducing all booths, focusing on this year's new exhibitors. The Osaka City Museum of Fine Arts offered acrylic keyholders of the Daruma netsuke, goods based on the bronze gilt-silver winged figure, and items inspired by the lacquered puppy incense container. The Matsuoka Museum of Art featured a plush toy of Diego Giacometti's Cat Waiter Head and Eastern ceramics coasters. The Morohashi Museum of Modern Art drew attention with its sold-out Hige-beko, the limited Hige-kokeshi "Dormant" available during closure, and Dali-related goods. The Hiroshima Museum of Art presented coaster sets that form Van Gogh's Garden at Dauvigny when connected, alongside other Impressionist collection goods. The Miyagi Museum of Art showed Kandinsky tenugui and a brooch originally modeled by Churyo Sato. The Yamato Bunkakan offered a miniature folding screen of the national treasure Women Playing in an Interior and a replica of Nonomura Ninsei's Colorful Mandarin Ducks Incense Container. The Sannomaru Shozokan featured postcard sets of Ito Jakuchu's national treasure Colorful Realm of Living Beings. The Tokyo National Museum displayed over 20 books and catalogs, highlighting the newly published "National Treasures of the Tokyo National Museum."

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