Chau Chak Wing Museum, University of Sydney

Chau Chak Wing Museum, University of Sydney The new Chau Chak Wing Museum brings together the University of Sydney's art, science, history and cultural collections.
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Located opposite the University’s iconic Quadrangle buildings, the Chau Chak Wing Museum unites the University’s Nicholson, Macleay and University Art collections under one roof, with new research facilities, engaging programs for the public and learning opportunities for students.

28/08/2026

NOW OPEN: Tracey Moffatt Sorted – a look at her Archive

The first collection and archive of its kind donated to an Australian museum, step inside the creative world of one of Australia's most internationally recognised artists.

Drawing from an archive that spans decades, this exhibition offers a rare and intimate glimpse into Tracey Moffatt's imagination, artistic process and career, revealing the ideas, influences and stories behind her work.

Full details: https://go.sydney.edu.au/nxDW1p

NOW OPEN: Fibre Optics Fibre Optics celebrates the beauty, ingenuity and technical mastery of First Nations women’s fibr...
27/08/2026

NOW OPEN: Fibre Optics

Fibre Optics celebrates the beauty, ingenuity and technical mastery of First Nations women’s fibre works in all their forms.

Honouring the depth of women’s knowledge woven into the works, and the histories, cultural traditions and labour-intensive processes that produced them, Fibre Optics highlights the rich visual language of fibre and its material transformation through texture, scale and form.

Bringing together weaving, bark, textile and paper works from three distinct regions, the exhibition showcases artworks from the Chau Chak Wing Museum collection, brought together for the first time.

Full details: https://go.sydney.edu.au/CiMKHp

26/08/2026

The doors are open. ✨ Last week, we celebrated the opening of two extraordinary exhibitions.

🌏 Terraforming: Works from the Gene & Brian Sherman Collection
🏙️ Migrating Modernism: The architecture of Harry Seidler

Free entry, open now. Link in bio for visit details.

NOW OPEN: Terraforming: Works from the Gene & Brian Sherman CollectionPresenting the work of six pioneering artists, thi...
24/08/2026

NOW OPEN: Terraforming: Works from the Gene & Brian Sherman Collection

Presenting the work of six pioneering artists, this new exhibition explores a transformative moment in contemporary Chinese art.

Emerging as artists during a period characterised by reform and innovation, the work of Ai Weiwei, Xu Bing, Zhang Huan, Shen Shaomin, Yang Fudong and Yang Zhichao radically reshaped China's creative landscape, making space for new ideas, forms and voices.

Full details: https://go.sydney.edu.au/ftGNyq

We’re so excited to announce a brand new exhibition at the Chau Chak Wing Museum! ‘Tracey Moffatt Sorted – a look at her...
17/08/2026

We’re so excited to announce a brand new exhibition at the Chau Chak Wing Museum!

‘Tracey Moffatt Sorted – a look at her archive’ is the first collection and archive of its kind donated to an Australian museum. Produced in collaboration with Tracey Moffatt, this exhibition profiles a small part of an archive and artworks that span decades, providing insight into the heart and mind of this imaginative and prolific artist.

Opens 22 August 2026, full details: https://go.sydney.edu.au/nxDW1p

✨ We’re so excited to announce another upcoming exhibition at the Chau Chak Wing Museum!‘Fibre Optics: First Nations wom...
27/07/2026

✨ We’re so excited to announce another upcoming exhibition at the Chau Chak Wing Museum!

‘Fibre Optics: First Nations women in fibre’ celebrates the ingenuity, technical mastery and enduring depth of women’s knowledge woven into fibre works in all their forms.

Pictured here are harvested and processed materials and fibre works by Milingimbi Art and Culture Centre artists, taken by Exhibition Curator Marika Duczynski (Gamilaraay/Mandandanji) on a recent trip to research the collections and talk with Yolŋu weavers about the technical processes involved in the making of these vibrant pieces.

The artworks selected to be featured in ‘Fibre Optics’ will span three distinct regions: Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Zenadth Kes (Torres Strait), Queensland, and Boggabilla, New South Wales, brought together for the first time.

Opens 8 August 2026, full details: https://go.sydney.edu.au/YP2alC

"An icon of the Australian architectural community, Penelope Seidler chats to Vogue Living about her husband, the late H...
24/07/2026

"An icon of the Australian architectural community, Penelope Seidler chats to Vogue Living about her husband, the late Harry Seidler, whose work is celebrated in a new Sydney exhibition."

Read the below interview with Penelope Seidler before visiting the Chau Chak Wing Museum for 'Migrating Modernism. The architecture of Harry Seidler'.

This Sunday we also say farewell to 'Infinite Scroll 荧屏沉溺'. A collaborative project between Chau Chak Wing Museum and 4A...
24/07/2026

This Sunday we also say farewell to 'Infinite Scroll 荧屏沉溺'.

A collaborative project between Chau Chak Wing Museum and 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art, this exhibition aims to provide insight into Chinese artistic output and the diversity and dynamism of China and the Chinese diaspora.

It's your last chance to visit - must close Sunday!

📸: Infinite Scroll 荧屏沉溺 (installation view), Chau Chak Wing Museum, 2025. Photo by David James.

This Sunday we say farewell to Abdul-Rahman Abdullah’s exhibition, 'Undying'. Featuring intricately carved and painted w...
23/07/2026

This Sunday we say farewell to Abdul-Rahman Abdullah’s exhibition, 'Undying'. Featuring intricately carved and painted wooden sculptures, the space confronts our complex relationship with life, death and the afterlife.

If you haven't had a chance to see the exhibition, make sure to visit this weekend!

📸: Installation view of the exhibition 'Undying: Abdul-Rahman Abdullah', 2026. Photo: David James, Chau Chak Wing Museum.

NOW OPEN: ‘Migrating Modernism. The architecture of Harry Seidler’Visit the Chau Chak Wing Museum to explore the life an...
21/07/2026

NOW OPEN: ‘Migrating Modernism. The architecture of Harry Seidler’

Visit the Chau Chak Wing Museum to explore the life and work of architect Harry Seidler (1923–2006), one of the most influential figures of the Modern Movement in Australia.

More information: https://go.sydney.edu.au/TK3wZ2

Image 1: Installation view from ‘Migrating Modernism. The architecture of Harry Seidler’, with Australia Square, 1961–67 Structural section and elevation: Pier Luigi Nervi 1963; Elevation rendering drawing: Harry Seidler & Associates, 1963; Frank Stella ‘York Factory’ (cropped), ‘Protractor’ series,1970, Chau Chak Wing Museum, 2026. Photo: David James.

Image 2: Installation view from ‘Migrating Modernism. The architecture of Harry Seidler’, with Architectural Model of Blues Point Tower’s initial design of 1958: Angela Rowson and Kegan Tom, 2006; Penelope Seidler, Blues Point Tower, cross stitch on linen,1994; Blues Point Tower initial design perspective: (Seidler firm employee) Colin Griffiths, 1958, Chau Chak Wing Museum, 2026. Photo: David James.

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Chau Chak Wing Museum, University Of Sydney
Sydney, NSW
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Monday 10am - 5pm
Tuesday 10am - 5pm
Wednesday 10am - 5pm
Thursday 10am - 9pm
Friday 10am - 5pm
Saturday 12pm - 4pm
Sunday 12pm - 4pm

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+61425293322

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