July 2026 Round-Up
ARTJOG, Rockbund Art Museum, Gate Gate Gallery, Bangkok Art and Culture Centre
ARTJOG 2026 ARS LONGA: GENERATIO
ARTJOG 2026 ARS LONGA: GENERATIO, installation view featuring Eko Nugroho x Versus Project, at Jogja National Museum. Image courtesy of ARTJOG.
ARTJOG returns to the Jogja National Museum with a new theme, ARS LONGA: GENERATIO. Led by guest curator Farah Wardani, who will helm the annual art festival from 2026 to 2028, this year’s approach explores how artists from different generations respond to shifting socio-political challenges and community dynamics. Participating artists include A. Sebastianus Hartanto, Ang Xia Yi, Dolorosa Sinaga and Kelas Aktivisme Seni. Other highlights include Roby Dwi Antono’s commissioned project installed at multiple locations within the museum, as well as extensive programming through the Young Artist Award, performances and more.
ARTJOG 2026 ARS LONGA: GENERATIO runs from 19 June to 30 August 2026 at the Jogja National Museum, Yogyakarta, Indonesia. More information here.
Youth Palace: or, some small acts of self-making
Youth Palace: or, some small acts of self-making, 2026, exhibition view at Rockbund Art Museum. Photo by Ling. Image courtesy of Rockbund Art Museum.
Presented by the Rockbund Art Museum, Youth Palace: or, some small acts of self-making is a group exhibition curated by X Zhu-Nowell. The presentation references the Children’s Palace, a socialist extracurricular institution that requisitioned colonial-era estates to be used as public arts education centres. As a reflexive means of critiquing institutions, the exhibition interrogates the paradox of aesthetic freedom within the structures of controlled discipline. Unfolding across all five floors of the museum, Youth Palace brings together new commissions alongside readaptations of existing projects, with contributions by Puppies Puppies (Jade Guanaro Kuriki-Olivo), Vân Đỗ, Đỗ Văn Hoàng and Li Ming, among others.
Youth Palace: or, some small acts of self-making is on view from 1 June to 20 September 2026 at Rockbund Art Museum, Shanghai, China. More information here.
In Circulation – Lưu Chuyển
Võ Huỳnh Phú, In Circulation – Lưu Chuyển, 2026, exhibition view at Gate Gate Gallery. Image courtesy of Gate Gate Gallery.
In Circulation – Lưu Chuyển marks Võ Huỳnh Phú’s first solo exhibition with Gate Gate Gallery. The show brings together 10 works on paper and two sculptural assemblages created between 2025 and 2026. Focusing on his artistic strategy of “stacking”, the exhibition treats the gallery as a compositional field where layers of symbolic forms and visual rhythms interact to acquire new relational meanings. In Circulation also brings to attention Võ’s personal archive of visual references influenced by Vietnamese mythologies and vernacular materials. Merging Buddhist and traditional thought with contemporary philosophical inquiry, his works trace the flow of symbolic exchanges between his spiritual and everyday life.
In Circulation – Lưu Chuyển is on view from 13 June to 31 July 2026 at Gate Gate Gallery, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. More information here.
Early Years Project #9: Actions Speak Louder?
Early Years Project #9: Actions Speak Louder?, 2026, exhibition view at Bangkok Art and Culture Centre. Image courtesy of Bangkok Art and Culture Centre.
Bangkok Art and Culture Centre (BACC) presents the ninth edition of the Early Years Project, an artist incubation and networking programme. This year, eight artists were selected, including Jessada Chan-yaem, Phakpoom Natpapatsorn and Sutiphong Sudsang. Actions Speak Louder? showcases new artworks developed as part of the programme. Featuring video works, mixed-media installations, paintings, and interactive media, the exhibition explores varied themes from queer Buddhist discourse, to digital archeology. At the end of the programme, three artists will be awarded a monetary prize, alongside further opportunities for professional exchanges at an international level.
Early Years Project #9: Actions Speak Louder? is on view from 18 June to 13 September 2026, at the BACC, Bangkok, Thailand. More information here.
