Monthly Round-Up: September 2026
4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art, Mo_space, PAVILION Seoul, A+ Works of Art, Haridas Contemporary
PAVILION Seoul
Alisa Chunchue, I Remember How it Felt 01, 2026, borosilicate glass, stainless steel, plaswood, jewelry fitting, 27 x 19 x 2.5cm, edition of 2 plus 1 artist’s proof (#2/2). Photo by Jeongan Choi. Image courtesy ara contemporary.
PAVILION holds its first Seoul edition in partnership with Kumsung Cultural Space (KCS), following earlier outings in Taipei and Hong Kong. Founded by gallerists Willem Molesworth and Ysabelle Cheung, the fair takes its name from the garden pavilion: a shelter without walls, open between inside and outside. Rather than repeat one format, each edition is reshaped to its city and space. PAVILION Seoul features 17 galleries and non-profit art spaces spread across three KCS buildings instead of traditional booths. The participating galleries include ara contemporary, Norito and PHD Group. For the first time, PAVILION brings in non-profit spaces such as starch and YPC.
PAVILION Seoul runs from 1 September to 6 September 2026 at KCS Seoul, Yongsan District, Seoul. More information here.
An Exhibition With No Title
Nice Buenaventura with weaving by Lita Magallanes and Ely Ordinario, Mt. Pareidolia (27-28), 2026, acrylic on pinilian textile, 58 x 80in. Image courtesy of Mo_Space.
An Exhibition With No Title, a curatorial project by the British art historian Tony Godfrey, brings together Manila-based artist Nice Buenaventura, Singaporean artist Guo-Liang Tan and the late English modernist Edith Lawrence. In his curatorial statement Godfrey explains his process of bringing the three together across eras and cultures on a personal hunch that they would resonate. He framed the show as an open enquiry into shared qualities of abstraction, colour and melody. Buenaventura shows recent Mt. Pareidolia works painted on handwoven binakol and pinilian textiles made with Abreño weavers, while Tan shows his paintings on aeronautical fabric.
An Exhibition With No Title is happening from 15 August to 13 September 2026 at Mo_Space Gallery, Bonifacio Global City. More information here.
Archetypes: 30 Years of 4A
Installation view of Archetypes: 30 Years of 4A. Image courtesy of 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art.
Marking three decades since its founding in 1996, 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art presents Archetypes: 30 Years of 4A, guest curated by Amelia Winata. The group exhibition treats “Asian-Australian” as a constructed category, probing the assumption that an artist’s ethnic identity should surface in legible form within their work. It also charts a shift from national framings of identity toward a global self-understanding. Pioneering artists such as Maria Cruz, Dacchi Dang, Jumaadi and Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook are presented alongside those from a younger generation including Spencer Lai and Yasmin Smith. Taken together, the exhibition reflects on the shifts in 4A’s trajectory and new narratives in Asian-Australian contemporary art.
Archetypes: 30 Years of 4A runs from 11 July to 20 September 2026 at 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art, Haymarket, Sydney. More information here.
Territorium, Tell Us What Happened
Sai, The Regimes That Hold Hands (detail), 2025, digital print. Image courtesy of the artist.
Curated by Marv Recinto, Territorium, Tell Us What Happened brings together works by nine Southeast Asian artists that examines territory as a site of ongoing contention. Rooted in their specific conditions of place, the artists offer perspectives from Malaysia, Indonesia, Myanmar, the Philippines and Vietnam. Sai’s monumental mural The Regimes That Hold Hands (2025) exposes the geopolitical networks that sustain the Myanmar junta, while Uri de Ger’s site-specific installation examines how Western knowledge systems have reshaped local ones. These different vantage points are connected by themes of neocolonial power, sovereignty and truth.
Territorium, Tell Us What Happened is on view from 5 to 26 September 2026, at A+ Works of Art, Kuala Lumpur. More information here.
PULSE 2
Cynthia D. Suwito, Potted Tower & Potted Pots, 2026, installation view. Image courtesy of the artist and Haridas Contemporary.
PULSE 2 is the second edition of Haridas Contemporary’s biennial group exhibition that spotlights artistic practices from Southeast Asia. Featuring seven artists from Singapore and Indonesia, the show is centred on the thematic concerns and cultural backgrounds of the individual artists. Cynthia Delaney Suwito’s Potted Tower & Potted Pots series are paper “plants” composed of photographs of the pots they occupy, while Farizwan Fajari’s Public Witness paintings express personal history through organic forms. Selected participants will be featured in the gallery’s 2027/2028 programming cycle.
PULSE 2 is on view from 12 September to 11 October 2026 at Haridas Contemporary, Singapore. More information here.