Preview of Art Taipei 2026

Gallery highlights from Asia Art Center, Perrotin, Richard Koh Fine Art and more

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ART TAICHUNG 2026. Image courtesy of Taiwan Art Gallery Association.

Anchored by a mature collector base, strong corporate patronage and a growing network of public and private institutions, Taiwan is increasingly solidifying its position as a major regional art hub. At the centre of this momentum is the 33rd edition of Art Taipei, organised by the Taiwan Art Gallery Association (TAGA) under the overarching theme of “Symbiosis”, taking place from 30 October to 2 November 2026 at the Taipei World Trade Centre (TWTC) Exhibition Hall 1. 

This year, the long-standing fair brings together 127 selected galleries—comprising 66 Taiwanese exhibitors and 61 international galleries—reflecting a balanced dynamic between homegrown stewardship and global representation. The fair also serves as the centrepiece for the broader Taipei Art Week, which begins earlier on 24 October, structured around the theme “Velocity”, which unites over 80 galleries, museums and cultural organisations across the city.

Liu De Lang, Majestic Grandeur Spring at Yushan, 2026, oil on canvas, 156 x 128cm. Image courtesy of the artist and Liang Gallery.

Within this rich cultural landscape, we hear from a few participating galleries at Art Taipei 2026 about their upcoming presentations at the fair.

Without a physical gallery space in Taiwan, Perrotin views Art Taipei as a critical fixture in its regional strategy. Building on momentum from the previous year, the gallery’s presentation emphasises the breadth of contemporary artistic practice across Asia. 

"Taiwan has long been an important market for Perrotin, where we have built lasting relationships with collectors across generations," notes Uli Zhiheng Huang, Senior Director at Perrotin. "Our experience at ART TAIPEI last year was particularly rewarding, allowing us to reconnect with long-standing collectors while meeting new audiences we might not otherwise encounter at international fairs. As we do not have a permanent gallery space in Taiwan, ART TAIPEI offers an important opportunity to bring our artists' work directly to local collectors and audiences.”

Mehdi Ghadyanloo, Untitled, 2026, oil on canvas. 235 × 135cm. Image courtesy of the artist and Perrotin.

To capture this spectrum, Perrotin’s booth features four dedicated solo corners highlighting Mehdi Ghadyanloo, Takashi Murakami, Chen Fei, and Wang Fanseng. Iranian artist Ghadyanloo’s monumental painting Untitled (2026)—an oil on canvas measuring over two metres—anchors the presentation alongside Murakami’s iconic works rooted in his signature Superflat aesthetic, and Chen Fei’s figurative explorations. "Rather than presenting a single vision of Asian contemporary art, we hope to highlight the distinct perspectives these artists bring to the conversation," Huang explains.

Richard Koh Fine Art (RKFA) makes a welcome return to the Taiwanese scene, leveraging the fair to reconnect with local clients who have historically collected through the gallery's Southeast Asian spaces or overseas presentations.

Samuel Xun, Are We Going to Have a Problem, 2026, textile assemblage and gilding on canvas, 40 x 60cm. Image courtesy of the artist and Richard Koh Fine Art.

“We have been away from the Taiwanese art scene for a while, and many of our Taiwanese clients have collected from us in Hong Kong,” Stella Zhang, Gallery Director shares. “Returning to Taipei gives us the chance to reconnect with the local audience and see how they respond to the Southeast Asian artists we represent.”

RKFA has put together a five-artist showcase featuring Justin Lim, Natee Utarit, Ruben Pang, Samuel Xun and Yeoh Choo Kuan. Significantly, the gallery has brought a substantial suite of text-based works in Chinese characters by Singaporean artist Samuel Xun. By presenting Xun’s contemporary linguistic abstractions in Taipei, RKFA aims to foster direct cultural resonance with Chinese-reading audiences while expanding the discourse surrounding Southeast Asian contemporary art.

Operating on home turf, Asia Art Center makes a major statement across two distinct booth spaces. The main booth pairs Taiwanese masters Ju Ming (1938–2023)—whose Taichi Arch captures abstract dynamic tension—and Li Chen (b. 1963) with French conceptual artist Bernar Venet (b. 1941). Marking Asia Art Center’s first presentation of Venet, the inclusion introduces his mathematically driven, industrial steel practices to Art Taipei’s audience, underlining the international breadth of the gallery’s roster.

Eleng Luluan, Mountains and Seas, Hers and His, 2026, mixed media 168 x 120cm. Image courtesy of the artist and Asia Art Center.

Simultaneously, Asia Art Center returns for its third consecutive year to the fair’s Indigenous Art Exhibition Area with Flowers on the Fault Line, curated by Manray Hsu. Focusing on themes of cultural memory, displacement and environmental resilience, it features intergenerational Indigenous artists Etan Pavavalung, Eleng Luluan, Tuan Mu and Ali Istanda.

“We believe that supporting and promoting Indigenous art in Taiwan requires a long-term commitment, rather than a one-off initiative,” state Stacey Yuting Ma and Rongda Wei. “For us, continuity is essential. We continue to work with established artists, including Eleng Luluan, whose work will be featured in a solo exhibition at our gallery in 2027, while introducing younger, emerging artists to new audiences each year.” Asia Art Center's dual presence exemplifies how galleries at Art Taipei are seamlessly connecting blue-chip market strength with raising the profile of under-represented practices. 

Kawauchi Rikako, Up to a Point, 2025, oil on canvas, 130.3 x 162cm. Image courtesy of the artist and Gana Art.

In addition to individual gallery booths from Taiwan and beyond, as well as the Indigenous Art Exhibition Area, Art Taipei 2026 introduces other targeted curated sections that reflect broader trends across Asia. A highlight this year is Turning the Frown Upside-Down, a special section dedicated to Japanese contemporary art, curated by Jeffrey Ian Rosen of Tokyo-based gallery MISAKO & ROSEN. Bringing together Japanese galleries, independent art spaces and experimental art organisations, the section examines the evolving landscape of Japan's art ecosystem since 2008.

Art Taichung, also organised by the Taiwan Art Gallery Association, took place in June this year. Further amplifying the momentum in the Taiwanese art landscape are upcoming events in Taichung, where The Asian Art Biennale will open its 10th edition on 7 November at National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts (NTMoFA). Later, on 20 November, the SANAA-designed Taichung Art Museum, which opened late last year as part of the Taichung Green Museumbrary complex, will host The Scorpion and the Frog: Masterworks from the YAGEO Foundation Collection, featuring 66 works spanning from the Renaissance to contemporary art—including pieces by Francis Bacon, Mark Rothko, Gustav Klimt, Louise Bourgeois, and Jacopo Tintoretto—with 55 works shown in Taiwan for the first time. 

This edition of Art Taipei 2026 arrives at a crucial moment for Taiwan's art market, against ambitious citywide programming during Taipei Art Week, and upcoming milestone art events in Taichung. The fair reinforces Taiwan’'s role as a resilient, highly engaged art centre in Asia.

ART TAIPEI 2026 takes place at the Taipei World Trade Center (TWTC) Hall 1 from 30 October to 2 November 2026, with VIP Previews on 29 and 30 October. For more information, visit art-taipei.com.

The author has been invited on a press trip to attend Art Taipei 2026.