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
