Art Central 2025: A Decade of Innovation in Contemporary Art

SHU LEA CHEANG, Virus Becoming, 2022, single-channel video, 6 min 30 sec. Courtesy UKI, digital film and the artist.

Celebrating its tenth edition, Art Central 2025 brings its largest-ever showcase to Hong Kong’s Central Harbourfront from March 26–30, with a VIP Preview on March 25. Featuring 108 galleries and over 500 artists from 45 countries, the fair pushes creative boundaries with curated programs like Legend, highlighting pioneering Asia-Pacific artists, and Neo, spotlighting emerging talents. Large-scale installations, a dedicated video art cinema, and performance lectures further enrich the experience. With bold commissions, including Nadim Abbas’s A Brazen Rift (After Branzi), Art Central 2025 cements its role as a premier platform for contemporary art and global artistic exchange.

CHARMAINE POH, in the shadow of the cosmic, 2023, lecture-performance, 30 min. Courtesy the artist. 

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Exhibitions

Celebrating 50 years of the Jakarta Biennale, featuring international visual arts, with an opening on October 1 - November 15, 2024, at Selasar Galeri Emiria Soenassa, Taman Ismail Marzuki, showcasing performances and music by various artists and communities, and free for the public.	"PANORAMA: Radetyo Itok," a solo exhibition by Radetyo Itok, curated by Rizki A. Zaelani and officiated by Yudi Wanandi, explores imaginative expressions of daily life experiences through a series of artworks, running from October 2 to November 2, 2024, at Galeri ZEN1 in Jakarta.	"THE QUEST," a solo exhibition by Samsul Arifin, showcases his journey through paintings and installations featuring fabric dolls and pencils, exploring the unpredictability of life and the importance of roots and spiritual guidance, from October 1 to October 31, 2024, at Nadi Gallery in Jakarta.
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