ASIAN ART EVENTS

Contemporary Art Fairs in Asia, 2017-2018

• Art Apart Fair Singapore – Singapore, Singapore, 7 -11 January 2018
• Art Stage Singapore – Singapore, Singapore, 12 – 15 January 2018
• Singapore Contemporary – Singapore, Singapore, 18 – 21 January 2018
• Dhaka Art Summit – Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2 – 10 February 2018
• India Art Fair – New Delhi, India, 8 – 11 February 2018
• India Art Festival – Mumbai, India, 15 – 18 February 2018
• Art Tokyo – Tokyo, Japan, date TBA February 2018
• Art Fair Philippines – Makati City, Philippines, 1 – 4 March 2018
• Art Dubai – Dubai, UAE, 21 – 24 March 2018
• Photo Macau – Macau, China, 25 – 28 March 2018
• Sikka Art Fair – Dubai, UAE, date TBA March 2018
• Art Revolution Taipei – Taipei, Taiwan, 18 – 21 May 2018
• PHOTOFAIRS SHANGHAI – Shanghai, China, 21 – 23 September 2018
• Art Beijing – Beijing, China, date TBA May 2018
• ART|JOG 10 – Yogyakarta, Indonesia, date TBA May 2018
• Art Busan – Busan, Korea, 20 – 22 April 2018
• Art Jakarta – Jakarta, Indonesia, 2 – 5 August 2018
• Beirut Art Fair – Beirut, Lebanon, 20 – 23 September 2018
• Sydney Contemporary – Sydney, Australia, 13 – 16 October 2018
• International Art Fair Tokyo – Tokyo, Japan, date TBA 2018
• Art Malaysia Art Tourism Fair – Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, date TBA 2018
• Fresh Paint Contemporary Art Fair – Tel Aviv, Israel, date TBA 2018
• Young Art Taipei – Taipei, Taiwan, date TBA 2018
• Art in the City Festival – Shanghai, China, date TBA 2018
• Art Stage Fair Jakarta – Jakarta, Indonesia, date TBA 2018
• Contemporary Istanbul – Istanbul, Turkey, date TBA 2018
• Art Shenzhen – Shenzhen, China, date TBA 2018
• Asia Hotel Art Fair – Seoul, South Korea, date TBA 2018
• Korea International Art Fair – Seoul, South Korea, date TBC 2018
• ManilART – Taguig City, Philippines, date TBA 2018
• Art Taipei 2018 – Taipei, Taiwan, date TBA 2018
• Abu Dhabi Art – Abu Dhabi, UAE, date TBA November 2018
• ART021 Shanghai Contemporary Art Fair – Shanghai, China, date TBA 2018
• West Bund Art & Design – Shanghai, China, date TBA 2018

Contemporary Art Fairs in Hong Kong, 2017-2018

• Asia Contemporary Art Show (Spring) – Hong Kong, China, 23 – 26 March 2018
• Art Central – Hong Kong, China, 27 – 31 March 2018
• Art Basel in Hong Kong – Hong Kong, China, 29 – 31 March 2018
• Affordable Art Fair Hong Kong – Hong Kong, China, 18 – 20 May 2018
• Asia Contemporary Art Show (Fall) – Hong Kong, date TBC 2018
• Fine Art Asia – Hong Kong, China, date TBC 2018

Important International Contemporary Art Fairs, 2017-2018

• Art Basel Miami Beach – Miami, USA, 7 – 10 December 2017
• PULSE Contemporary Art Fair – Miami Beach, USA, 7 – 10 December 2017
• Affordable Art Fair Milan – Milan, Italy, 16 – 18 January 2018
• London Art Fair – London, UK, 17 – 21 January 2018
• Cape Town Art Fair – Cape Town, South Africa, 16 – 18 February 2018
• 1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair – Marrakech, Morocco, 24 – 25 February 2018
• ART Innsbruck – Innsbruck, Austria, 25 – 28 January 2018
• PHOTOFAIRS SAN FRANCISCO – San Francisco, USA, 26 – 28 January 2018
• ARCOmadrid – Madrid, Spain, 21 – 25 February 2018
• The Armory Show – New York City, USA, 8 – 11 March 2018
• Cilo Art Fair – New York, USA, 8 – 11 March 2018
• The International Photography and Moving Image Art Fair – Milan, Italy, 8 – 11 March 2018
• Affordable Art Fair Brussels – Brussels, Belgium, 15 – 18 March 2018
• Affordable Art Fair New York (Spring) – New York City, USA, 21 – 25 March 2018
• Art Prague – Prague, Czech Republic, date TBA March 2018
• Art Paris – Paris, France, 5 – 8 April 2018
• São Paulo International Art Festival/Fair (SP-Arte/2018) – São Paulo, Brazil, 12 – 15 April 2018
• Art Brussels – Brussels, Belgium, 19 – 22 April 2018
• KÖLNER LISTE – Cologne, Germany, 20 -22 April 2018
• Cilo Art Fair – New York, USA, 3 – 6 May 2018
• 1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair – New York, USA, 4 – 6 May 2018
• Photo London 2018 – London, UK, 17 – 20 May 2018
• Auckland Art Fair – Auckland, New Zealand, 23 – 28 May 2018
• Art Basel – Basel, Switzerland, 14 – 17 June 2018
• IAFwarsaw – Warsaw, Poland, date TBA 2018
• Frieze Art Fair – New York, USA, date TBA May 2018
• 1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair – New York, USA, date TBA May 2018
• EXPO CHICAGO – Chicago, USA, date TBA September 2018
• MECA International Art Fair – Puerto Rico, Porto Rico, date TBA 2018
• Affordable Art Fair Bristol – Bristol, UK, date TBA 2018
• Frieze Art Fair – London, UK, date TBC 2018
• Affordable Art Fair Stockholm – Stockholm, Sweden, date
• Asia Now Paris – Paris, France, date TBA 2018
• Affordable Art Fair Battersea (Autumn) – Battersea, UK, date TBA 2018
• Affordable Art Fair Amsterdam – Amsterdam, The Netherlands, date TBA 2018
• International Art Fair of Bogotá (ARTBO Feria) – Bogotá, Colombia, date TBA 2018
• Arts Apart Fair – London, date TBA 2018
• Affordable Art Fair Amsterdam – Amsterdam, Netherlands, date TBA 2018
• Artissima 19 – Turin, Italy, date TBA 2018
• PARIS PHOTO – Paris, France, date TBA 2018
• Affordable Art Fair Hamburg – Hamburg, Germany, date TBA 2018

Art Biennials/Biennales and Triennials in Asia-Pacific, 2017-2019

• BIENALSUR (The 1st International Contemporary Art Biennial of South America) – Buenos Aires, Brazil, and 31 cities in 16 countries, 8 September – December 2017
• 7th Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art – Moscow, Russia, 19 September 2017 – 18 January 2018
• 6th Asian Art Biennial – Taichung, Taiwan, 30 September 2017 – 25 February 2018
• 1st Anren Biennale – Anren, Chengdu, China, 1 October 2017 – 10 January 2018
• 11th Krasnoyarsk Museum Biennale – Siberia, Russia, 5 October 2017 – 28 February 2018
• Jogja Street Sculpture project #2 2017 – Yogyakarta, Indonesia, 10 October 2017 – 10 January 2018
• Yayasan Biennale Yogyakarta – Yogyakarta, Indonesia, 2 November – 10 December 2017
• The West Bund Art & Design Biennale – Shanghai, China, 10 – 12 November 2017
• Havana Art Biennial – Havana, Cuba, 17 -24 November 2018
• Touch Hong Kong International Poster Triennial 2017 – Hong Kong, date TBA November 2017 – February 2018
• Biennale of Sydney – Sydney, Australia, 16 March – 11 June 2018
• Gwangju Biennale – Gwangju, South Korea, 7 September – 11 November 2018
• The 33rd Bienal de São Paulo – São Paulo, Brazil, 7 September – 9 December 2018
• The 1st Thailand Biennale – Bangkok, Thailand, 2 November 2018 – 28 February 2019
• The Asia Biennial / The Guangzhou Triennial – Guangzhou, China, date TBA 2018
• Shenzhen International Poster Festival – Shenzhen, China, date TBA 2018
• Seoul International Media Art Biennale – Seoul, South Korea, date TBA 2018
• Colombo Art Biennial – Colombo, Sri Lanka, date TBA 2018
• Taipei Biennial – Taipei, Taiwan, date TBA 2018
• Singapore Biennale – Singapore, Singapore, date TBA 2018
• PHotoESPAÑA Festival – Madrid, Spain, date TBA 2018
• Auckland Triennial – Auckland, New Zealand, date TBA 2018
• The 2nd Honolulu Biennial – Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, 8 March 8 – 5 May 2019
• Sharjah Biennial – Sharjah, UAE, date TBA March 2019
• The 9th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (APT9) – Brisbane, Australia, date TBA 2019
• Aichi Triennale – Aichi / Nagoya, Japan, date TBA 2019
• Setouchi Triennial – Seto Inland Sea, Japan, date TBA 2019
• Kochi-Muziris Biennale – Kochi, India, date TBA 2019
• Chiang Mai Documentary Arts Festival (CDAF) – Chiang Mai, Thailand, date TBA 2019
• The National 2019: New Australian Art (Biennial) – Sydney, Australia, date TBA 2019
• Ballarat International Foto Biennale – Ballarat, Australia, date TBA 2019
• Busan Biennale – Busan, South Korea, date TBA 2019
• Beijing International Art Biennale – Beijing, China, date TBA 2019
• Songzhuang International Photo Biennial – Beijing, China, date TBA 2019
• International Izmir Art Biennial – Izmir, Turkey, date TBA 2019
• OK. Video: Indonesia Media Arts Festival – Jakarta, Indonesia, date TBA 2019
• Ural Industrial Biennale of Contemporary Art – Ekaterinburg, Russia, date TBA 2019
• Istanbul Biennale – Istanbul, Turkey, date TBA 2019

Art Biennials/Biennales and Triennials in Africa, 2017-2019

• 11th Bamako Encounters, African Biennale of Photography – Bamako, Mali, 2 December 2017 – 31 January 2018
• The 4th International Biennial of Casablanca – Casablanca, Morocco, date TBA October 2018
• Marrakech Biennale – Marrakech, Morocco, date TBA February 2018
• Dak’Art Biennial of Contemporary African Art – Dakar, Senegal, 3 May – 2 June 2018
• Kampala Art Biennale – Kampala, Uganda, date TBA 2018

Art Biennials/Biennales and Triennials Focusing on Asian or Middle Eastern Art, 2017-2019

• FotoFest 2018 Biennale of Contemporary Arab Photographic Art – Houston, USA, 10 March – 22 April 2018
• CARTASIA 2018 – Lucca, Italy, date TBA July – September 2018

Upcoming Contemporary Art Auctions in Asia

• Pundole’s: The Fine Art Sale – Mumbai, India, 6 December 2017
• artnet auctions’ Superflat: Works by Takashi Murakami – online, 28 December 2017 – 11 January 2018, deadline to consign: 22 December 2017
• China Guardian’s (Beijing): Chinese Painting and Calligraphy, Porcelain – Beijing, China, date TBA December 2017
• LARASATI: Traditional, Modern and Contemporary Art – Bali, Indonesia, date TBA July 2017
• Saffronart: Evening Sale – Mumbai, India, 1 March 2018
• Christie’s Modern & Contemporary Art – Dubai, UAE, date TBA March 2018
• China Guardian’s Spring Auction – Beijing, China, date TBA March 2018
• Sotheby’s Contemporary Asian Art Sale – Hong Kong, Hong Kong, date TBA April 2018
• Christie’s Shanghai Auction – Shanghai, China, date TBA 2018
• Ravenel Auction Hong Kong – Hong Kong, Hong Kong, date TBA June 2018

International Contemporary Art Auctions (selling contemporary Asian art)

• Sotheby’s Arts d’Afrique et d’Océanie (Asian and Oceanic Art) – Paris, France, 12 December 2017
• Sotheby’s Modern and Contemporary South Asian Art Spring Sale – New York City, USA, date TBA March 2018
• Christie’s Modern and Contemporary South Asian Art Spring Sale – New York City, USA, date TBA March 2018
• Christie’s Modern and Contemporary South Asian Art Spring Sale – London, UK, date TBA March 2018
• Sotheby’s Important Chinese Art – London, UK, date TBA May 2018

Asian Contemporary Art Awards and Prizes

• Arte Laguna Prize – Arsenale, Venice, 2018 entries open 18 December 2017, announcement of winner 17 March 2018
• The Foundation for Indian Contemporary Art (FICA) Emerging Artist Award – New Delhi, India, 2018 entries open date TBA 2018
• Sovereign Asian Art Prize – Hong Kong, China, announcement of finalists 5 February 2018, announcement of winner 11 May 2018
• The Sovereign Art Foundation Students Prize (Hong Kong Students Prize) – Hong Kong, China, 2018 entries open 5 January 2018, announcement of finalists 26 February 2018, announcement of winner date TBA 2018
• Hadley’s Art Prize – Hobart, Australia, 2018 entries open 5 January 2018, announcement of finalists 2 June 2018, announcement of winner 20 July 2018
• Hugo Boss Asia Art Award – Shanghai, China, announcement of winners TBA 2018
• Spikes Asia Awards – Suntec, Singapore, 2018 entries open date TBA 2018
• Abraaj Capital Art Prize – Dubai, UAE, 2018 entries open date TBA 2018
• Prudential Eye Awards – Singapore, 2018 entries open date TBA 2018
• Taishin Arts Award – Taiwan, Taiwan, 2018 entries open date TBA 2018

International Contemporary Art Awards and Prizes (open to artists from Asia)

• Prix Ars Electronica Awards – Linz, Austria, 2018 entries open 17 January 2018, announcement of winner date TBA June 2018
• STARTS Prize – Linz, Austria, 2018 entries open 17 January 2018, announcement of winner date TBA June 2018
• Faena Prize for the Arts – Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2018 entries open 15 February 2018
• Hasselblad Foundation International Award in Photography – Gothenburg, Sweden, announcement of winner date TBA 2018
• Hugo Boss Asia Award – New York City, USA, announcement of winner date TBA 2018
• BALTIC Artists’ Award – Gateshead, UK, announcement of winner date TBA 2018
• Prince Pierre of Monaco Foundation’s Contemporary Art Writing and Critical Thinking Award – Monaco, 2018 entries open date TBA 2018
• Cliftons Art Prize – locations throughout Asia, 2018 entries open date TBA 2018
• Prince Pierre of Monaco Foundation’s International Contemporary Art Prize – Monaco, 2018 entries open date TBA 2018
• Art Prize – Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA, 22018 entries open date TBA April 2018

Asian and International Contemporary Art Talks, Symposia, Conferences, Forums

• M+ Matters | REORIENT: Conversations on South and Southeast Asia – Hong Kong, China, 30 November 2017 – 2 December 2018
• Symposium: It Begins with a Story: Artists, Writers, and Periodicals in Asia – Hong Kong, China, 11 – 13 January 2018
• Dhaka Art Summit (DAS) 2018 – Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2 – 10 February 2018
• TransCultural Exchange’s 2018 International Conference on Opportunities in the Arts: Exploring New Horizons – Québec City, Canada, 22- 24 February 2018
• Global Art Forum – Doha, Qatar and Dubai, UAE, 21 – 24 March 2018
• The 11th ACM SIGGRAPH Conference and Exhibition – Tokyo, Japan, 4 – 7 December 2018
• Tehran International Sculpture Symposium – Tehran, Iran, date TBA 2018
• CIMAM Annual Conference – Singapore, Singapore, date TBA 2018
• SEA Currents – London, UK, date TBA 2018
• The 11th ACM SIGGRAPH Conference and Exhibition – location TBA, date TBA 2018

Asia Gallery Days, Weekends, Weeks and Festivals

• 2017 Angkor Photo Festival and Workshops – Siem Reap, Cambodia, 3 – 12 December 2017
• Gallery Weekend Kuala Lumpur – Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 8 – 11 December 2017
• BrisAsia Festival – Brisbane, Australia, 10 February – 4 March 2018
• Gallery Weekend Beijing (GWBJ) – Beijing, China, 23 – 30 March 2018
• Art Basel Cities: Buenos Aires – Buenos Aires, Argentina, 11 – 16 September 2018
• South Island Art Day – Hong Kong, Hong Kong, date TBA 2018
• The 18th China Pingyao International Photography Festival – Pingyao, China, date TBC 2018
• Beijing Design Week 2018 – Beijing, China, date TBC 2018
• Gallery Weekend Korea 2018 – Seoul, Korea, date TBA 2018
• OzAsia Festival – Adelaide, Australia, date TBA 2018
• Spikes Asia Festival – Suntec, Singapore, date TBA 2018
• Sea Art Festival – Dadaepo Beach, Busan, Korea, date TBA 2018
• Saudi Design Week 2018 – Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, date TBA 2018
• 9th Lishui Photography Festival – Lishui, China, date TBA 2018
• Hong Kong Art Week – Hong Kong, China, date TBA 2018