Liane Wakabayashi

Inside the Genesis Art Storybooks Exhibition

What was it like at Setagaya Art Museum? Here's what the Museum staff said...

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Liane Wakabayashi
Aug 05, 2026
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"In this new essay, I reflect on what Setagaya Art Museum may have noticed—and why I've come to believe that the Genesis Cards don't create synchronicity. They cultivate our ability to notice it. I hope you'll enjoy a glimpse into our Genesis Art Storybooks exhibition, which just finished and left us all euphoric!"
- Liane Wakabayashi

I'm still experiencing the euphoria, and want to share with you what these pictures can't begin to show. It's taken a few days to recognize that the finished artwork on the walls are still going to be talking to us. They're becoming the beginning of new conversations.
The staff of the Setagaya Art Museum in Tokyo picked up on this too. They have watched every imaginable kind of exhibition come and go over forty years, yet they described our Genesis Art Storybooks exhibition as something they had never experienced before:
"This is the first time we've seen an exhibition so full of bright energy. We're so glad to have discovered the world of Genesis Art."


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