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Art Basel Hong Kong 2026 Opens Next Week With New Digital Platform and Curatorial Revamp

Organizers center Asia-Pacific voices through new platforms integrated with public programming.

Overview

  • Art Basel Hong Kong runs March 27–29 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, with preview days on March 25–26.
  • Participation reaches 240 galleries from 41 countries and territories, including 32 showing at the fair for the first time.
  • The fair debuts Echoes, a set of ten focused booths presenting recent work, and Zero 10, a dedicated digital-art program supported by OpenSea.
  • Encounters is reorganized under four Asia-based curators, and the Film Program is led by artist Ellen Pau in the role’s first artist-directed edition.
  • Citywide programming begins March 23 with Shahzia Sikander’s 3 to 12 Nautical Miles projection on the M+ facade, as MENA-linked artists feature across sections including film and gallery presentations.