{"id":363078,"date":"2026-10-02T18:56:55","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T18:56:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/363078\/"},"modified":"2026-10-02T18:56:55","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T18:56:55","slug":"brooklyn-museums-new-exhibit-art-of-manga-spotlights-hundreds-of-hand-drawn-works-of-japanese-comics-and-graphic-novels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/363078\/","title":{"rendered":"Brooklyn Museum\u2019s new exhibit \u2018Art of Manga\u2019 spotlights hundreds of hand-drawn works of Japanese comics and graphic novels"},"content":{"rendered":"

Just ahead of Comic-Con, the Brooklyn Museum is welcoming its newest exhibition, \u201cArt of Manga,\u201d this weekend.\n<\/p>\n

Curated by Nicole Coolidge Rousmaniere, \u201cArt of Manga\u201d highlights over 600 works by prominent manga artists, showcasing the vital roles that manga artists play not just in Japan\u2019s culture, but art as a whole. The exhibition is laid out so you follow the exhibits from right to left, just like how manga is meant to be read.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhy wouldn\u2019t we put manga on display? I think manga is a fabulous contemporary artwork that\u2019s reaching out across the globe. It\u2019s become a global phenomenon, and the artwork itself, the original drawings, are very rarely seen,\u201d Rousmaniere told amNewYork. \u201cIt\u2019s almost impossible to see the works that the artists use with the printers to publish their works, but when you see the actual drawings, you see so much more. You see what the artist intends, their line quality, the editor\u2019s comments, it just takes you into a whole another aspect of manga, and they deserve to be seen.\u201d<\/p>\n

The addition of \u201cArt of Manga\u201d follows a successful run at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, also curated by Rousmaniere.\n<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Brooklyn Museum has a long history of finding strong visual art connections to other elements of culture. We\u2019ve done shows about David Bowie, and we\u2019ve done shows about Spike Lee, a lot of fashion shows. So it made sense to look at print media like this, to find the visual arts element in it, and honestly, this show really focuses on the art of manga, so it\u2019s a perfect link for us,\u201d said Joan Cummins, Curatorial Chair and Selz Senior Curator, Asian Art at the Brooklyn Museum.<\/p>\n

The artists featured in the exhibition include Chiba Tetsuya (\u201cAshita no Joe Notari Matsutar\u014d\u201d), Akatsuka Fujio (\u201cTensai Bakabon\u201d), Araki Hirohiko (\u201cJojo\u2019s Bizarre Adventure\u201d), Oda Eiichiro (\u201cOne Piece\u201d), Takahashi Rumiko (\u201cKatte na Yatsura,\u201d \u201cInuyasha\u201d), Tagame Gengoroh (\u201cThe Toyed Man\u201d), Taniguchi Jir\u014d (\u201cThe Times of Botchan,\u201d \u201cGar\u014dden\u201d), Yamazaki Mari (\u201cThermae Romae\u201d), Yamashita Kazumi (\u201cThe Life of Genius Professor Yanagizawa\u201d), and Yoshinaga Fumi (\u201cTamaki & Amane\u201d). Each section includes a selection of hand-drawn works (with some digital drawings mixed in) highlighting the process in which manga is published, as well as never-before-seen works that haven\u2019t been published or displayed before.<\/p>\n

\"An<\/a>An installation view of \u201cArt of Manga.\u201dPhoto by Paula Abreu Pita \"An<\/a>An installation view of \u201cArt of Manga.\u201dPhoto by Paula Abreu Pita<\/p>\n

The exhibition also features drawings by It\u014d Junji, Agi Tadashi and Okimoto Sh\u016b, and Tori Miki, in collaboration with Yamazaki Mari. The center of the exhibition includes a selection of physical manga books by the featured artists, sponsored by the bookstore Kinokuniya, allowing museum-goers can experience manga in their hands.<\/p>\n

Both Rousmaniere and Cummins have seen over the years that some people write off manga as comics for kids, and want to show what a deep impact manga actually has, not just on media, but on those who read it.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think that people say it\u2019s just comics, and then that gets not to denigrate comics, but manga is much more. These are immersive storytellings that have real meaning for the people that are reading them,\u201d said Rousmaniere. \u201cOftentimes they are long-running series; \u2018One Piece\u2019 has been going on for almost 30 years, Araki\u2019s \u2018Jojo\u2019s Bizarre Adventure,\u2019 almost 40. People have stuck through that and it becomes part of their life. It\u2019s not just the story, it\u2019s the characters. The characters take on a life of themselves and they become important. Manga isn\u2019t just an illustration \u2014 it\u2019s a way of visually communicating through image and text that really reaches into the readers themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI think people think of [manga] as sort of mass-produced. It\u2019s certainly circulated to a wide circulation, but behind every manga is a hand drawing made by an artist. I think people also think that it\u2019s maybe for kids or at least for teenagers, but the manga readership has grown and grown up, and when I talked about this exhibition, the people that I met who were the most excited about it were a couple of 55-year-old guys,\u201d said Cummins. \u201cThere is a manga for everyone and a really, really diverse range of subject matter and styles.\u201d<\/p>\n

That said, Rousmaniere and Cummins agree that they hope that those who come to check out \u201cArt of Manga\u201d will find a newfound appreciation for the art form as a whole and see how it comes to life.<\/p>\n

\"An<\/a>An installation view of \u201cArt of Manga.\u201dPhoto by Paula Abreu Pita \"An<\/a>An installation view of \u201cArt of Manga.\u201dPhoto by Paula Abreu Pita<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a rare opportunity to see the original artwork for manga, and I really hope that people will look at manga, whether they\u2019re habitual readers or newbies, that they\u2019ll look at it and notice the incredible artistry that goes into not just the draftsmanship but the planning of the compositions of the page and how they manage to bring out motion and sound and energy in still black-and-white drawings,\u201d said Cummins.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat we have to understand is there are different ways of receiving content, and this is immersive; it\u2019s a very rich form, and we have to suspend disbelief, come in not with preconceived ideas, and let your eyes teach you how to read, and then at the end, I think you\u2019ll find you\u2019re fluent,\u201d said Rousmaniere.<\/p>\n

\u201cArt of Manga\u201d will open to the public on Saturday, Oct. 3, and will run through Jan. 31, 2027.\u00a0 Timed-entry tickets for \u201cArt of Manga\u201d are available starting at $30 at brooklynmuseum.org<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The museum is also offering a Manga Pass ticket option for $75, which allows you to enter the exhibit at any time during museum hours with unlimited access for you and a guest. The pass also comes with general admission to the museum, invitations to Member Previews and select Member Evenings related to the \u201cArt of Manga;\u201d exclusive presale access to \u201cArt of Manga\u201d public programs; a 10% discount at the museum\u2019s cafe and gift shop; and a collectible badge.<\/p>\n

Brooklyn Museum is located at 200 Eastern Parkway. For more information, visit brooklynmuseum.org<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Just ahead of Comic-Con, the Brooklyn Museum is welcoming its newest exhibition, \u201cArt of Manga,\u201d this weekend. Curated…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":363079,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[85020,98,100,642,99,85026,9,24,63,613],"class_list":["post-363078","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-art-of-manga","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-museum","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-manga","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-pm-newsletter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363078","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=363078"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363078\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/363079"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=363078"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=363078"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=363078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}