Contemporary art gallery "YUGEN Gallery (operated by Gene Co., Ltd.)" will be exhibiting at "ART FAIR ASIA FUKUOKA 2025" (AFAF2025), which will be held in Fukuoka from Friday, September 26th to Sunday, September 28th, 2025.
AFAF has been held in Fukuoka since 2015 and is Japan's only art fair with an "Asia" concept. It continues to grow as a platform connecting the Asian contemporary art scene, and this year marks its milestone 10th anniversary. Based in Fukuoka, a city where diverse cultures intersect, the fair brings together many leading galleries and artists from Japan and abroad, attracting international attention.
In September 2024, YUGEN Gallery will open its second gallery in Tenjin, Fukuoka, following its location in Minami-Aoyama, Tokyo. With this, the gallery will continue to further strengthen its support and dissemination of artists' activities across regions and cultural backgrounds, with the two major cities of Tokyo and Fukuoka as its base. In the same year that the Fukuoka location was launched, the gallery exhibited for the first time at ART FAIR ASIA FUKUOKA 2024, and this year's event in 2025 will mark its second consecutive year of participation.
YUGEN Gallery has been introducing the depth, sublimity, elegance and grace inherent in "Yugen," a uniquely Japanese aesthetic, through contemporary art. Based on this philosophy, this fair will introduce internationally acclaimed ink painting artist Nishimoto Yuki, as well as local artists and contemporary artists who embody the spirituality of Yugen.
Through multi-layered expressions where tradition and modernity resonate with each other, we will explore the delicate sensibilities and rich expressions inherent in Japanese beauty, and convey a new image of Japanese beauty from Fukuoka to the world. The exhibition contents and exhibiting artists will be announced on the official website as soon as they are decided. Please look forward to it.
ART FAIR ASIA FUKUOKA 2025 Event Overview
■ Dates: Friday, September 26, 2025 – Sunday, September 28, 2025
■ Venue: Marine Messe Fukuoka Hall B (2-1 Okihama-cho, Hakata-ku, Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture)
■ Event time: September 25th (Thu) 13:00 – 19:00 *VIP View
Friday, September 26th, 11:00 – 19:00
Saturday, September 27th 11:00 – 19:00
September 28th (Sun) 11:00 – 18:00
■ Official website: https://artfair.asia/
