Shanshui: Echoes and Signals
Drawn from the M+ Collections, this exhibition explores the complex connections between landscape and humanity in our post-industrial and increasingly virtual world. Rotating displays will periodically renew the dialogues among the works and with the natural and urban environments beyond the museum itself.
Touching the Divine: Love and devotion in Asian Art
Touching the Divine: Love and devotion in Asian art explores aspects of love and devotion expressed through art created in sacred contexts across Asia.
Anila Quayyum Agha: Geometry of Light
The Seattle Asian Art Museum (SAAM) presents Anila Quayyum Agha: Geometry of Light from August 27, 2025 through April 19, 2026. In her Pacific Northwest debut, renowned contemporary artist Anila Quayyum Agha will mesmerize visitors with her ornate light and shadow installations inspired by Islamic and world art and architecture, inviting contemplation of identity and cultural belonging.
Painted Poetry: Art of the Rajput Courts
Rajput paintings evoke many moods and senses. They tell stories about the beliefs, desires, myths, poetry, and power that shaped the royal Rajput courts of northern India during the 16th to 19th centuries.
As the Sun Appears from Beyond: Twenty Years of the Al Burda Award
As the Sun Appears from Beyond celebrates over 20 years of contemporary Islamic art, illuminating its enduring legacy, creativity, and spiritual resonance. Making its North American debut after opening at the 18th Al Burda Award ceremony, which took place at the Louvre Abu Dhabi, the exhibition is presented in collaboration with the UAE Ministry of Culture.
Risham Syed: Destiny Fractured
The sixth artist to develop an exhibition of works based on The Newark Museum of Art’s collection, Risham Syed addresses colonialism, capitalism, and climate change.
Inner Structures – Outer Rhythms
Inner Structures – Outer Rhythms offers a glimpse into the dynamic graphic design scene of Southwest Asia and North Africa (SWANA), showcasing how innovative Arabic and Persian typography contribute to global visual culture. On display in the Rasheed Dhuka and Nooruddin Khawja Family Gallery, Atrium, and external façade of the Museum, the artworks bridge tradition and innovation, demonstrating the continuity of historic Islamic art in contemporary design.
Shahzia Sikander: The Last Post
Through precisely inked and animated scenes, Shahzia Sikander’s video artwork The Last Post (2010) critically considers the legacy of British colonialism in Asia, using her signature approach of infusing Indo-Persian miniature paintings with a contemporary perspective.
The Many Lives of the Nakagin Capsule Tower
At the heart of The Many Lives of the Nakagin Capsule Tower stands capsule A1305, a fully restored unit from the Tower’s top floor. The exhibition also brings together original drawings and models with ephemera, photographs, and films to explore how this unconventional structure became a hive of creativity, debate, and community.
Colorful Korea: The Lea R. Sneider Collection
Colourful Korea: The Lea R. Sneider Collection is now on view at the Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 23 from July 26, 2025 to February 15th 2026.
Do Ho Suh | North Wall
North Wall, 2005 by renowned South Korean artist Do Ho Suh (born 1962) is an eight-metre large-scale fabric sculpture that appears to float in space, suspended from the ceiling in the heart of the Gallery’s building.
Treasures of the Mughal Court from the Victoria and Albert Museum
The Hong Kong Palace Museum (HKPM) presents a new special exhibition “The Hong Kong Jockey Club Series: Treasures of the Mughal Court from the Victoria and Albert Museum” (“Treasures of the Mughal Court”), which will be open to the public from 6 August 2025 to 23 February 2026.
Lyrically Rebellious: The Prints of Onchi Kōshirō
This exhibition celebrates the accomplishments of Onchi Koshirō (1891–1955), the leader of the sōsaku hanga (Creative Prints) movement and Japan’s first abstract artist.
Let’s Play! The Art and Design of Asian Games
Incorporating playable interactives, outdoor installations and more, Let’s Play! explores the rich history of games across Asia and the role they have played in shaping culture, identity, and community. Featuring works of extraordinary beauty and craftsmanship, the exhibition invites visitors to discover how the act of play continues to inspire, evolve, and connect people across time and place.
Manifesto of Spring
Celebrating the 10th anniversary of the National Asian Culture Center (ACC), Manifesto of Spring is an exhibition co-produced by M+, Hong Kong, and ZKM | Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe, open to the public from Friday, 5 September 2025 to Sunday, 22 February 2026 at ACC.
Bady Dalloul: Self-portrait with a cat I don’t have
‘Self-portrait with a cat I don’t have’ is Bady Dalloul's first institutional solo exhibition in the United Arab Emirates. Blending autobiographical anecdotes with stories of individuals he encounters, the artworks feature fragile heroes and ordinary people navigating systems larger than themselves.
The God of Small Things: Faith and Popular Culture
Works from the QAGOMA contemporary Asian collection complement and extend this dialogue, through the juxtaposition of religious and vernacular iconographies with contemporary reflections on belief.
Japan de luxe: The Art of the Surimono prints
Japan de luxe – The Art of the Surimono prints examines a particular highlight of Japanese printing. "Surimono" literally means "printed things".
A Sounding of the Earth
The exhibition A Sounding of the Earth presents works by Kuwaiti-Puerto Rican artist Alia Farid.
Mezcla: Interwoven Cultures and the Mantón de Manila
By the late 19th century, the mantón de Manila had come to embody a dialogue between East and West, luxury and folk tradition, global commerce and local identity—a testament to the beauty born of cultural exchange.
The House of Pikachu: Art, Anime, and Pop Culture
The House of Pikachu: Art, Anime, and Pop Culture opens on October 17th at Asia Society Texas. Exhibition highlights Anime’s global influence.
Ruth Asawa: A Retrospective
Ruth Asawa: A Retrospective is on from October 19th 2025 to February 7th, 2026.
Mongolia: A Journey Through Time
Mongolia is fascinating—yet our ideas of the country’s culture remain defined by images of lonely herdsmen and the "hordes" of Genghis Khan. The exhibition Mongolia – A Journey Through Time offers a surprising new take.
Handmade and Handheld: Song to Qing Dynasty Chinese Bronzes for the Scholar’s Studio
24 Oct 2025 - 8 Feb 2026: 2/F, Fung Ping Shan Building, UMAG, HKU, 90 Bonham Road, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
Sopheap Pich: In the Presence Of
Sopheap Pich’s ‘In the Prescence of’ opens on October 25, 2025 and runs until February 1, 2026, in the Sit Investment Associates Gallery at the Minneapolis Institute of Art
Jade and Wood: A Material Conversation
A Dialogue Between Two Distinguished Private Collections, Marking the Debut of Jade Masterpieces from the K Collection.
I. M. Pei: Life Is Architecture
M+’s critically acclaimed Special Exhibition 'I. M. Pei: Life Is Architecture' is on view at ALRIWAQ in Doha, the second stop of its world tour.
Japanese Jewels: Imperial Silver Bonbonnières
5 Nov 2025 - 8 Feb 2026
2/F, Fung Ping Shan Building, UMAG, HKU, 90 Bonham Road, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook: The Bouquet and the Wreath
Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook: The Bouquet and the Wreath
6November
2025 to 8March 2026
Jameel Arts Centre
Image Keepers: Photographic Works from the Sharjah Art Foundation Collection
8 November 2025–26 April 2026
Galleries 2 and 3, Photography Gallery, Al Manakh, Sharjah
National Museum of Asian Art Presents Korean Treasures: Collected, Cherished, Shared
Collecting is a timeless passion—an enduring way to preserve memories, express one’s taste, and safeguard traditions for generations to come. Korean Treasures: Collected, Cherished, Shared honors this practice by presenting a remarkable selection of masterpieces generously donated to the Korean nation by the family of Lee Kun-Hee, the late chairman of Samsung Group.
And Still I Rise
Named after Maya Angelou’s famous collection of poetry, And Still I Rise brings together a group of culturally diverse women artists living in Australia, many of whom are internationally recognised, if less familiar at home.
Recasting the Past: The Art of Chinese Bronzes, 1100-1900
This exhibition, in collaboration with The Metropolitan Museum of Art, is based on our both Museums' collection of later bronzes and is enriched by loans from numerous other major museums in China, South Korea, and across Europe and America. With a total of approximately 178 pieces or sets, this is the most epic-scale exhibition of later Chinese bronzes to be held in recent years, both domestically and internationally.
Robert Rauschenberg and Asia
M+ presents Robert Rauschenberg and Asia, the first exhibition dedicated to the artist’s travels across Asia, opening in November 2025/
Chinese Painting and Calligraphy: Selections from the Collection
The Met's collection has become a key resource for the study of Chinese painting and calligraphy. This exhibition presents a rich selection of works from the collection arranged in a largely chronological display.
One Hundred Stitches, One Hundred Villages: The Beauty of Patchwork from Rural China
This exhibition presents nearly 20 kaleidoscopic Chinese patchwork textiles, which are rarely seen outside the villages where they are made. The textiles, coming from the Hebei, Shanxi, Shandong, Gansu, and Shaanxi provinces, reveal a wide variety of compositions, patterns, and techniques, which reflect local styles and individual aesthetics alike.
Global Threads: India's Textile Revolution
Discover how a once-coveted cloth reshaped global trade, inspired revolutions, and changed the course of history in Global Threads: India’s Textile Revolution, opening at Bowers Museum on December 13, 2025. This groundbreaking exhibition reveals the story of Indian chintz—painted and printed cottons that revolutionized the way the world dressed and drove the development of modern industry.
Muted Hums
Spanning a wide variety of media (including paintings, sculptures, video, and site-specific works), the exhibition uncovers the fragmented truths carried within us and reimagines the interconnectedness of all beings across time.
Proximities
Proximities
16 December 2025 – 22 February 2026
Seoul Museum of Art, South Korea
Fantastic Breeze: Selected Fans from the Jingguanlou Collection
A selection of over 150 folding fans from the Jingguanlou Collection is featured in the exhibition in two phases, complemented by Chinese paintings from the museum collection, leading visitors to appreciate the cultivated elegance of the Chinese literati.
Mini-figures in Paintings
The exhibition invites audiences to appreciate the Chih Lo Lou Collection of Chinese paintings and calligraphy from different perspectives, focusing on the diminutive and scantily outlined figures in Chinese landscape paintings.
Wu Guanzhong Art Sponsorship Thematic Exhibition Series: Wu Guanzhong: Encountering Landscapes
Wu (1919-2010) was a master of the Chinese and international art scene, widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in 20th-century art. He travelled around the world for sketching, leaving his footprints in over 20 countries across Asia, Africa, Europe and America.
Bingyi: Taihang Rhapsody
The exhibition presents Bingyi’s latest grand, speculative narrative about art and its relationship to history and politics as reimagined from a woman’s point of view.
Memoryscapes
Architecture’s connections to concepts and mindsets known from anthropology, archaeology and geology are spotlighted in the exhibition with the two studios DnA Architecture and Design (Beijing) and ATTA – Atelier Tsuyoshi Tane Architects (Paris).
Divine Color: Hindu Prints from Modern Bengal
“Divine Color: Hindu Prints from Modern Bengal” explores these popular prints’ origins and powerful impacts. When Indian artists encountered the new printmaking technology of lithography in 19th-century Calcutta (today Kolkata), then the capital of British India, they used it to reinvent devotional art.
Samurai
Discover the reality behind a millennium of myth at this sweeping exhibition on the legendary Japanese warriors. Tuesday, February 3 to Monday, May 4, 2026.
Art Basel Qatar 2026
Alongside its core presentation of 84 artists and 87 galleries, Art Basel Qatar will showcase a unique Special Projects program — a wide-ranging series of nine large-scale, site-specific sculptures, installations, and performances unfolding across key cultural venues and public spaces in Msheireb Downtown Doha.
India Art Fair 2026
India Art Fair is returning for its 17th edition to the NSIC Grounds in New Delhi from 5—8 FEB, 2026. Continuing our legacy of showcasing the very best of modern and contemporary art in South Asia, we’re calling on the most cutting-edge and visionary arts organisations to join us!
Collect 2026
Collect, presented by Crafts Council, is the only annual art fair on the UK and international circuit dedicated to museum-quality contemporary craft and design.
Buddha Nature
The exhibition explores Buddhist teachings through contemporary works and Buddhist sculpture, within a dialogue about nature, collective responsibility and individual agency.
Kawai Kanjirō: House to House
In spring 2026, Japan Society Gallery will present Kawai Kanjirō: House to House , an exhibition celebrating the remarkable life and artistic career of folk potter and avant-garde artist Kawai Kanjirō (1890–1966) for the first time in the United States.
The Dancing Goddess: Mei Lanfang in America
Multimedia Exhibition Celebrates How a Peking Opera Superstar Captured the American Imagination in 1930
Lee Bul: From 1998 to Now
Lee Bul: From 1998 to Now is a comprehensive survey of her career to date, featuring major works from the artist’s studio and collections across Asia and beyond.
Asia Week New York
Asia Week New York Returns for 17th Annual Celebration of Asian Art. Programming Will Take Place March 19–27, 2026. Featuring Both Ancient and Contemporary Works From Across Asia.
Singapore Biennale 2025
Singapore Biennale 2025: More than 80 Artists to Active the Everyday with ‘Pure Intention’. Artists and thinkers enliven residential neighbourhoods and the urban core across four distinct areas of the city, inviting the public to reimagine Singapore’s rapid change through everyday encounters.
Art Dubai
Save the date for Art Dubai 2026, the pre-eminent art fair for the Middle East, returning to Madinat Jumeirah from 16 – 19 April for its 20th anniversary edition.
Yoko Ono: Music of the Mind
Yoko Ono, the visionary artist, musician, and activist whose work has shaped contemporary culture for more than seven decades, will be celebrated at The Broad in Yoko Ono: Music of the Mind, the artist’s first solo museum exhibition in Southern California, organized in collaboration with Tate Modern, London.
Asia Week Paris
In this renewed momentum, Printemps Asiatique Paris is already looking ahead to its next major event: The 9th edition will take place from June 3 to 12, 2026.
ART SG 2026
Save the date for the fourth edition of ART SG, presented by Founding and Lead Partner UBS. Southeast Asia’s leading international art fair will return to Singapore from 23 to 25 January 2026 (VIP Preview and Vernissage on 22 January), at Sands Expo and Convention Centre, Marina Bay Sands.
Singapore Art Week
Experience a line-up of leading international and regional galleries showing the best in contemporary art alongside exclusive events, parties, museum and gallery openings, private collection visits and unique art, food and wellness experiences throughout the week.
Civilisations Brussels Art Fair - Winter Edition
Launched by an association of established and esteemed professionals, the Civilisations Brussels Art Fair unites distinguished international galleries every year for the Winter and Spring Edition.
Hong Kong Artist Dialogue Series: Shape of Tea
The Flagstaff House Museum of Tea Ware is staging a new exhibition, "Hong Kong Artist Dialogue Series: Shape of Tea", featuring 35 sets of tea ware in various types such as tea bowls, tea caddies and teapots, from the museum's collections spanning the Song dynasty to the 20th century, along with 20 sets of new wood and bamboo works created by Hong Kong artists Yan Yung and Inkgo Lam.
Abu Dhabi Art Fair
The annual art fair each November is the culmination of the year-round visual arts programme. The fair brings together a number of local and international galleries offering artworks for sale which are shown alongside exhibitions, artist commissions and installations both at the fair and across the emirate.
ART021 Shanghai 2025
We are thrilled to announce that the 13th edition of ART021 will take place at Shanghai Exhibition Center from November 13th to 16th, 2025. With a global vision based on local roots, ART021 commits to present outstanding art practice from leading galleries and institutions, providing an open and professional platform for galleries, artists, collectors and art lovers all over the world.
Asian Art in London 2025
Every autumn Asian Art in London brings together leading international dealers and auction houses from the UK, Europe, USA and Asia. They specialise in a wide variety of ancient to modern Asian art, including Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Indian, Islamic and Middle Eastern, Himalayan and Central Asian, Southeast Asian.
Trees and mountains on gold and silver by Li Huayi
Eight specially commissioned works by the celebrated ink artist, Li Huayi. In these recent paintings, Li returns to an exploration of his favourite subject of nature, trees and mountains.
Royal Bronzes: Cambodian Art of the Divine
The Minneapolis Institute of Art presents the Royal Bronzes: Cambodian Art of the Divine from the October 25, 2025 - January 18, 2026.
Art Taipei 2025
ART TAIPEI is one of the longest-standing art fairs in Asia, established in 1992, has just announced its theme and exhibitors list. This year features 127 galleries, including 71 from Taiwan and 52 from five other countries and regions in Asia. Renowned international galleries such as DE SARTHE, Gana Art, Gallery Baton, Hanart TZ Gallery, Kwai Fung Hin Art Gallery, Perrotin, and SCAI THE BATHHOUSE will be participating.
The Art of Asia Across Space and Time
In a new exhibition at the Salm Palace, the Collection of Asian Art of the National Gallery Prague presents a selection of 520 artworks from Asia and the Islamic world, spanning 5,000 years and set in the context of cultural relations with Central Europe.
Fine Art Asia 2025
Fine Art Asia 2025 will feature exquisite antiques, art and design, as well as Japanese and Chinese crafts, ink art and photography. The fair has earned a worldwide reputation for quality and elegance.
Art Jakarta
Art Jakarta Spot is a section of the Fair dedicated to curated, large-scale solo projects of artists presented by galleries. Each project is site-specific and is situated in conversation with each other within the Gallery section.
Stay Connected: Navigating the Cloud
The panoramic exhibition Stay Connected: Art and China Since 2008 presents twenty-first century art that addresses changes in social realities in China and their impacts on the world.
Journey of a Century: From the Forbidden City to the Palace Museum
‘Journey of a Century: From the Forbidden City to the Palace Museum’ is an exhibition jointly organised by the Palace Museum, Beijing an the Oriental Museum, Durham.
2025 Forum for Asia-Pacific Maritime Culture Bringing Together Leading Scholars, Maritime Professionals, and Cultural Experts
The inaugural Forum for Asia-Pacific Maritime Culture (the Forum), co-hosted by the Hong Kong Maritime Museum (HKMM) and the China Maritime Museum (Shanghai), in association with the International Congress of Maritime Museums Regional Meeting, will take place from September 23 to 24 at the HKMM.
National Treasures in CUHK: Rare Rubbings of the Song Dynasty donated by Bei Shan Tang
The Art Museum of The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) proudly presents the special exhibition, ¨National Treasures in CUHK: Rare Rubbings of the Song Dynasty donated by Bei Shan Tang〃, open to the public from 23 September to 28 December 2025.
'Dream Rooms: Environments by Women Artists 1950s–Now'
M+ presents Special Exhibition 'Dream Rooms: Environments by Women Artists 1950s–Now' in September, inviting audiences to experience art through the mind and the body.
18th Istanbul Biennial
Organised by the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (İKSV) and sponsored by 2007-2036 Biennial Sponsor Koç Holding, the 18th Istanbul Biennial will be curated by Christine Tohmé.
The 18th Istanbul Biennial will unfold in three distinct legs, each building on the previous one and carrying forward lines of inquiry and research from 2025 to 2027.
Empty Set
Para Site is thrilled to present ‘Empty Set’, a solo exhibition by Pratchaya Phinthong, curated by Billy Tang.
Tokyo Gendai
Tokyo Gendai is an international art fair that brings together the best in contemporary art from Japan and around the world. This year, the third edition will be held at PACIFICO Yokohama from 12 – 14 September 2025
Taking place in one of the most dynamic cities in the world and accompanied by extensive programs centred on art awareness and education, Tokyo Gendai is a platform for commercial, artistic and intellectual exchange, and a nexus of cross-cultural discovery.
Eye on the Weather: Atmospheric Metaphor in American Works on Paper
Eye on the Weather: Atmospheric Metaphor in American Works on Paper is currently on show in Gallery 9 at the Honolulu Museum of Art. The exhibition will close on 4 January, 2026.
Chiharu Shiota: Two Home Countries
Opening September 12, “Chiharu Shiota: Two Home Countries” offers a rare chance for New York audiences to experience the full breadth of her practice. At the heart of the exhibition is “Diary” (2025), a new site-specific commission commemorating the 80th anniversary of World War II, alongside seminal works from Shiota’s oeuvre exploring identity and her life between Japan and Germany.
Metamorphosis: Chinese Imagination and Transformation
Metamorphosis: Chinese Imagination and Transformation, on view at China Institute Gallery from September 10, 2025 to January 11, 2026, features contemporary work by 28 artists of Chinese descent—many making their U.S. debut—and explores themes of personal, cultural, environmental, and historical transformation through painting, sculpture, photography, installation, and video spanning the years 1974 to 2025.
Kaleidoscope of Colors in Asian Art
By showcasing how these colors have been used and valued in diverse artistic traditions across Asia, this exhibition offers a unique opportunity to delve into the interplay between art and color, as well as the cultural and artistic connections within and beyond the vast Asian continent.
Bukhara Biennial
Bukhara Biennial is a transformative and evolving platform for contemporary art and culture launching in September 2025 in the city of Bukhara, a UNESCO Creative City of Craft & Folk Art.
Lee Bul: From 1998 to Now
In the second half of 2025, we will hold a large-scale survey exhibition, “Lee Bul Solo Exhibition,” that will examine the world of Lee Bul’s work, which explores the relationship between humans and technology, utopian modernity, and humanity’s progressive aspirations and failures. This exhibition, jointly planned by Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art and M+ Museum in Hong Kong, will begin at Leeum in September 2025, continue at M+ in March 2026, and then tour to major overseas institutions.
Prism of the Real: Making Art in Japan 1989–2010
Prism of the Real examines the practices of more than 50 artists from Japan and abroad. It explores both the art that emerged in Japan and how Japanese culture inspired the world between 1989, when the Shōwa era (1926–1989) ended and the Heisei era (1989–2019) began, and 2010.
Restless Circle
Restless Circle brings together a selection of works by Afra Al Dhaheri that explore the structural effects of tension, repetition and time. Working with materials such as cotton rope, fabric, cement and hair, the artist emphasises slow gestures, intentional movements and the fatigue that can build from ongoing, repetitive and even invisible labour.
Engaging Past Wisdom: Min Chiu Society at Sixty-five
In celebration of the 65th anniversary of the Society, this exhibition features over 400 sets of precious Chinese artefacts from their collections, including Chinese painting and calligraphy, ceramics, bronzes, lacquerware, jades, bamboo carvings, furniture and snuff bottles, for the enjoyment, appreciation and enlightenment for all.