Casa BRUTUS September 2025 Issue "Japan's BEST Art Museums"

THE BEST MUSEUMS 2025
Japan's BEST Art Museums

The latest museums & art experiences you want to try now!

Naoshima, world-famous as a sacred place for architecture and art.
At its dawn, starting with the opening of the in 1992, the 10th facility designed by Tadao Ando, who has worked on many buildings in Naoshima, the —the first to include "Naoshima" in its name—will open at the end of May 2025.
It is the most notable museum now, exhibiting works by world-renowned Asian artists such as Takashi Murakami, Cai Guoqiang, Do Ho Suh, Chim↑Pom from Smappa!Group.
The , held on the islands of the Seto Inland Sea, will also be held for the first time in three years.
The prefectural museum , "almost the last" designed by Fumihiko Maki, will open, and the masterpiece by Kenzo Tange will reopen after a long renovation period.
This summer of 2025, Casa BRUTUS brings you a museum special for the first time in five years!

【SETOUCHI】
NAOSHIMA NEW MUSEUM OF ART
Tadao Ando’s latest, the Naoshima New Museum of Art, is born!
Tadao Ando / Do Ho Suh / Chim↑Pom from Smappa!Group / Takashi Murakami / Cai Guoqiang

SETOUCHI TRIENNALE
The Setouchi International Art Festival 2025 will be held!
255 works will appear in 17 areas.

Sho Sakurai’s architecture learning trip. [Special Edition]
An art trip on Shodoshima, full of hot new works.

SETOUCHI TRIENNALE NEW WORKS
Teshima, Megijima, Ogijima, Takamatsu, Uno.
A must-see list of new works!

PRADA INUJIMA PROJECT
Kazuyo Sejima builds a new pavilion!
A museum as a new environment called Inujima.

【OKAYAMA】
RABBIT HOLE
A museum that will be dismantled over 20 years.
What is Okayama’s Rabbit Hole?

OKAYAMA ART SUMMIT
Is the theme of Okayama Art Exchange green soybeans!?
Towards a city where reality and creation merge.

【HIROSHIMA】
SIMOSE ART MUSEUM
A colorful box standing on a water basin,
the Shimose Museum designed by Shigeru Ban.

HIROSHIMA ARCHITECTURE EXHIBITION
Luxuriously enjoy architecture and exhibitions,
the Hiroshima International Architecture Festival begins.

NEW MUSEUM
The latest museums leading new experiences.
Tottori Prefectural Museum
UESHIMA MUSEUM
Hyper Museum Hanno
Nagano Prefectural Museum
Hachinohe City Museum

MASTERPIECE
The revival stories of museums by masters.
Yokohama Museum of Art × Kenzo Tange
Shimane Prefectural Museum × Kiyokuni Kikutake
Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art × Kisho Kurokawa
Kasumikaikan Memorial Gakushuin Museum × Kunio Maekawa

REBORN
Museums with renewed space and functions.
Ebara Hatakeyama Museum
Osaka City Museum of Fine Arts
Mitsubishi Ichigokan Museum
Mie Prefectural Museum
Sen-oku Hakukokan Museum

Regulars
Takashi Homma TOKYO NEW SCAPES
Princess Akiko Modern Architecture Tour
East and West Kashiyuka Shop
Tomoki Yuzuma MIRACLE CLOSET
Tomomi Nagayama Design Hunter
Keiko Kotera Restaurant Forecast
Yoriko Hoshi Casa’s Cat Village
Chill CARS Cars with good design loved across eras.