Art Basel Hong Kong
Art Basel Hong Kong opened with a new “Echoes” sector and rolled out the Asian debut of Robert Rauschenberg’s BMW 635CSi art car — a major museum-quality anchor for the fair’s contemporary program this year Dazed Tarantas.
Echoes will stage ten curated booths showing works made within the past five years, with each booth presenting up to three [artists announced]artbasel.com. The inaugural Echoes program comprises ten booths by 13 galleries and includes Flowers Gallery (featuring Movana Chen, Jakkai Siributr and Luka Yuanyuan Yang) alongside a joint Capsule Shanghai–Klemm’s presentation (Leelee Chan, Elizabeth Jaeger and Yan Xinyue) [reported]theartnewspaper.com. Art Basel appointed an entirely Asia‑based curatorial team for the 2026 edition, a first for the Hong Kong [fair confirmed]theartjournal.com. The Encounters sector is co‑curated by Mami Kataoka, Isabella Tam, Alia Swastika and Hirokazu Tokuyama, names listed by the fair as part of its new collective curatorial [model listed]tatlerasia.com. BMW positioned the Rauschenberg presentation within its global BMW Art Car World Tour and tied the display to the artist’s centennial and the collection’s anniversary in publicity [material stated]press.bmwgroup.com. BMW also noted its role as a long‑term partner of Art Basel for more than two decades in the event briefing accompanying the car [showing noted]press.bmwgroup.com. The 2026 fair convened 240 galleries from around 41 countries and territories, with preview days on March 25–26 followed by public days March 27–29, [2026 announced]artnews.com. Organisers reported that just over half of exhibitors are based in the Asia‑Pacific region, including 29 galleries with physical venues in Hong [Kong reported]artasiapacific.com.
