Art Central leans into digital culture
Art Central’s 11th edition, curated by Zoie Yung, foregrounds experimentation and probes the ‘indelible effects of digital culture’ with immersive installations, moving‑image works, and performances — the fair is positioning tech‑driven art at the center of its program (artasiapacific.com). Curators promise cross‑disciplinary dialogue and large‑scale pieces that test where abstraction and digital practices overlap (manilatimes.net).
Art Central returns to Central Harbourfront from March 25–29, 2026 with a VIP Preview on March 24. (artcentralhongkong.com: ) The fair is mounting a record roster of 117 galleries and more than 500 artists representing Hong Kong, Asia and beyond. (e-flux.com: ) Zoie Yung leads the fair’s creative programme while Enoch Cheng oversees the gallery programmes and the newly introduced Central Stage platform. (e-flux.com: ) Central Stage will spotlight Arahmaiani, Esther Mahlangu and Arno Rafael Minkkinen as three of six featured artists this year. (PR Newswire: ) Hong Kong artist Kaitlyn Hau has been commissioned to present Recursive Feedback Ritual 0.01 (2026), a realtime computational sculpture with mocap‑driven visuals listed at 715 × 830 × 300 cm. (artcentralhongkong.com: ) The fair’s Video Art programme, “Reading the Room,” and a set of four commissioned performances titled “Endless Night and Midnight Sun” foreground moving‑image, performance and on‑site dialogues interrogating AI, algorithmic reasoning and compressed temporalities. (PR Newswire: ) Art Central’s 2026 edition lists UOB as Lead Partner and notes financial support from Hong Kong’s Mega Arts and Cultural Event Fund under the Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau. (PR Newswire: ) Fair director Corey Andrew Barr notes roughly 80% of participating galleries are Asia‑based (including 25 from Hong Kong) while about 20% come from Western markets such as Europe and the United States. (Observer.com: )
