Art Basel Hong Kong announces new section dedicated to work made in past five years

"The new section, Echoes, will show works made within the last five years. Its inaugural presentation will feature 10 booths by 13 galleries, including a space by the Hong Kong- and London-based Flowers Gallery-featuring works by Movana Chen, Jakkai Siributr and Luka Yuanyuan Yang-and a joint booth by Capsule Shanghai and Klemm's from Berlin, showing sculptures by Leelee Chan, Elizabeth Jaeger and Yan Xinyue."

"Meanwhile, it has been revealed that the fair's Encounters section will be organised by a collective headed by Mami Kataoka, the director of Tokyo's Mori Art Museum, and also including Isabella Tam, the curator of visual art at M+ in Hong Kong; Alia Swastika, a Jakarta-based writer and a curator of the 2025 Sharjah Biennale; and Hirokazu Tokuyama, a senior curator at the Mori Art Museum."

"The fair also announced today that Art Basel and M+'s fifth annual commission for the M+ façade will be by Pakistani-American artist Shahzia Sikander. The artist will present a hand-painted animation titled 3 to 12 Nautical Miles. ABHK's film programme will be curated by the celebrated Hong Kong video artist Ellen Pau. ABHK's Conversations series of talks will be arranged by Venus Lau, the director of Jakarta's Museum Macan."

Art Basel Hong Kong 2026 will introduce Echoes, a new section presenting works produced within the last five years. The inaugural Echoes presentation will feature 10 booths by 13 galleries, including Flowers Gallery with works by Movana Chen, Jakkai Siributr and Luka Yuanyuan Yang, and a joint Capsule Shanghai and Klemm's booth showing sculptures by Leelee Chan, Elizabeth Jaeger and Yan Xinyue. The Encounters section will be organised by a collective led by Mami Kataoka and including Isabella Tam, Alia Swastika and Hirokazu Tokuyama. The film programme will be curated by Ellen Pau, Conversations talks arranged by Venus Lau, and the M+ façade commission will be by Shahzia Sikander, presenting 3 to 12 Nautical Miles.

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