The Japan Foundation Gallery

The Japan Foundation Gallery brings a wide variety of exhibitions and public programs that explore Japan’s diverse identity to Australian audiences throughout the year.

The Gallery showcases artworks by Japanese artists and artists of other backgrounds, with exhibitions and accompanying event programs ranging from traditional to contemporary Japanese art and artisanal work, including printmaking, dyeing, photography, painting, ceramics, installations and more.

The Japan Foundation Gallery

Level 4, Central at Central Park, 28 Broadway Chippendale NSW 2008 Australia

02 8239 0055

sydney.jpf.go.jp/gallery

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Exhibitions

Crafting Life: Stories from the Japanese Studio

Yukiko Tsuchiya, Hikoju Makie,Ōtsuchi Sashiko

11 Apr - 27 Sep

News

The 2025 NATSIAA winners are announced

Gaypalani Waṉambi has just won the 2025 National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award (NATSIAA), Australia’s longest running and most prestigious art awards of its kind.

Art Guide Australia

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Jennifer Mills on connecting everything

A survey exhibition spanning the 30-year practice of Jennifer Mills brings together bodies of works grounded in precision and tenderness at Bunjil Place Gallery.

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Questions from the boulevard

‘North Terrace: worlds in relief’ showing at Samstag Museum of Art, invites viewers to reflect on the complicated legacies of the cultural institutions that line Adelaide’s North Terrace.

Walter Marsh

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Chinese Restaurant Playground: Steffie Yee shares off-menu stories

Steffie Yee spent many years gathering stories and images of her family’s history in the town of Branxton, NSW where her parents successfully ran a Chinese restaurant. Yee’s solo exhibition Chinese Restaurant Playground, which celebrates playfulness and joy, recently opened at the Maitland Regional Art Gallery.

Jasmeet Kaur Sahi

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The kimono is more than an artefact and more than clothing. It is a concept artists will make their own

Over 70 fabulous garments of exquisite craftsmanship – some made of silk with gold and silver embroidery and dazzling designs – have been assembled within a context of over 150 paintings, posters, wood block prints, magazines and decorative arts. Although many of the items have never been previously exhibited in Australia, most are now in the collection of the National Gallery of Victoria, with many specifically acquired for this exhibition.

Sasha Grishin

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Ghosts in the Machine

In a world in which the new wave of AI is reframing our relationship with creative labour, how do artists negotiate an impending crisis of relevance and understand the true value of their work? Stephanie Wood reports.

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