On March 28 in Hong Kong, the comprehensive 2025 edition of Art Basel Hong Kong will be unveiled at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC), on view through March 30. The leading-edge presentation will unite 240 exhibitors of 42 countries and territories, with 23 new spaces further enhancing the fair’s international and multicultural points of view.
Pioneering galleries hailing from the Asia-Pacific region make up over half of the showcase, championing its visionaries and emerging voices. The main fair will be in continuous dialogue during the week with its spirited public program taking place throughout the artistic and cultural haven of Hong Kong.
Encounters and Kabinett Unites Large-Scale Installations and Thematic Shows
Art Basel Hong Kong 2024; Courtesy of Art Basel Hong Kong.
Within Encounters, Art Basel Hong Kong’s platform for large-scale endeavors, visitors will embark upon 18 sweeping installations created by artists from both near and far. Titled “As the World Turns,” the Encounters sector is meticulously curated by Alexie Glass-Kantor with a focus on four beguiling categories: Passage, Alteration, Charge, and The Return. The offsite Encounters projects are also not to be missed, with 14 bespoke undertakings.
The city’s Pacific Place Park Court will radiate with the imagination of Zurich-based artist Monster Chetwynd, who interweaves performance and sculpture, energized by choreography and transformation. The staggering show was created in collaboration with Galerie Gregor Staiger, Massimodecarlo, and Sadie Coles HQ.
The thematic sector of Kabinett will newly shine with 36 galleries—a record number for the fair—inside of main booth presentations. Placing its heart in solo shows from the Asia-Pacific region and the Asian diaspora, gems include the Tokyo Gallery + BTAP exhibition. Here, Japanese artist Takahiro Kondo shares wondrous ceramic works produced with his patented “Silver Mist” technique, echoing the melodious ebb and flow of water.
The MGM Discoveries Art Prize and Film Program Embrace Dynamic Creatives
Huang Po-Chih, “Waves,” 2024; Courtesy of Yiri Arts, Photograph by Mark Blower.
Art Basel Hong Kong’s latest award for the fair’s 2025 iteration is titled “MGM Discoveries Art Prize” and will embrace the dynamism of burgeoning creatives and support their forward-thinking projects. This year’s skillful, shortlisted artists are Shin Min with P21, Kayode Ojo with Sweetwater, and Saju Kunhan with Tarq.
The groundbreaking independent art institution Para Site, based in Hong Kong, will helm the curation of the fair’s riveting film program. This year’s iteration is titled “In Space, It’s Always Night,” deeply inspired by feature film Vampires in Space (2022) by Isadora Neves Marques—which will have its own screening during the program. 30 artists and seven screenings will come together to meditate on pivotal themes of ecology, society, and humanity.
An Immersive Conversations and Public Program Unfolds
Art Basel Hong Kong 2024; Courtesy of Art Basel Hong Kong.
Art Basel Hong Kong 2025 brings together cultural figureheads from around the world for astounding Conversations and panels on a range of topics. “What are artists learning from tech and AI today?” will hear from Taiwanese American filmmaker and multimedia artist Shu Lea Cheang, moderated by Chinese American artist Tishan Hsu. “How is arts patronage evolving in Southeast Asia?” presents Purat Osathanugrah, Chairman and President of Dib Bangkok Museum of Contemporary Art, while “Hybrid Architectures: when art meets design,” illuminates with architect Kulapat Yantrasast, moderated by Marisa Yiu, Co-founder & Executive Director of Design Trust.
Further, a symphonic Public Program will unfold. Within this realm, a mesmeric fourth collaboration in activating the M+ Facade is co-commissioned by Art Basel and M+. In partnership with UBS, “Night Charades” created by masterful Singaporean artist Ho Tzu Nyen pays homage to the golden age of Hong Kong cinema with a groundbreaking simulation of ever-evolving scenes and characters.
Gallery Highlights at Art Basel Hong Kong 2025
Lehmann Maupin’s New and Historic Works
TAMMY NGUYEN, “Mother!,” 2024, Watercolor, vinyl paint, pastel, silkscreen printing, rubber stamping, hot stamping, and metal leaf on paper stretched over wood and gator board, panel 60 x 84 inches, 152.4 x 213.4 cm; Courtesy of the artist and Lehmann Maupin.
Centering on creatives from Asia and the diaspora, Lehmann Maupin celebrates the vision and vivacity of creatives including Tammy Nguyen, Mandy El-Sayegh, Sung Neung Kyung, Kim Yun Shin, Do Ho Suh, Teresita Fernández, David Salle, and more. Each artist has concurrent or forthcoming institutional and gallery presentations, and deeply explores notions of history and home in a wide variety of disciplines.
Gladstone Gallery’s Group Presentation
David Salle, “Big Coat,” 2025, Oil, acrylic, flashe and charcoal on archival UV print on linen,
30 x 40 inches; Courtesy of the artist and Gladstone Gallery.
In a bright return to Art Basel Hong Kong, Gladstone Gallery unites a range of masterful artists. Treasures include historical work Rush 8 (Cloister) (1980) by Robert Rauschenberg, and momentous new investigations by Richard Aldrich, Alex Katz, Ugo Rondinone, David Salle, Rirkrit Tiravanija, and Anicka Yi—who also debuts her first major solo show in Asia, “There Exists Another Evolution, But In This One” at UCCA in Beijing.
BLUM Spotlights its Curatorial Cornerstones
Lee Ufan, “From Line,” 1978; Courtesy of the artist and BLUM gallery.
At this year’s fair, BLUM will place historical pieces from pivotal postwar movements in dialogue with contemporary artists including Patrick Eugène, Hadi Falapishi, Asuka Anastacia Ogawa, Sebastian Silva, and Kaifan Wang. Here, new modes of thought and feeling are provoked. In addition, works by the forward-thinking Gutai artist Toshio Yoshida will debut with BLUM for the celebratory first time.
