ART SG, presented by UBS, will stage its fourth edition at the Sands Expo and Convention Centre, Marina Bay Sands, Singapore, from 23 to 25 January 2026, with a VIP Preview and Vernissage on 22 January. For the first time, the fair will co-present S.E.A. Focus, a homegrown platform championing contemporary art from Southeast Asia, bringing together a dynamic line-up of 106 galleries from over 30 countries and territories, reinforcing Singapore’s growing role as a cultural capital and key hub for artistic change, innovation, and transformation across the region and beyond. Featuring expanded programming, new curatorial initiatives and strategic partnerships, ART SG offers an unparalleled platform that celebrates Southeast Asia’s vibrant contemporary art scene alongside dynamic international perspectives, from emerging to established talent.

The 2026 edition, curated by John Z.W. Tung with artistic consultation by Emi Eu, Executive Director of STPI Creative Workshop and Gallery (STPI), will take on the theme The Humane Agency, exploring artists as agents of compassion in addressing today’s most urgent global challenges—including conflict and the longing for peace, the intensifying ecological crisis, and the movement of communities across and beyond nation-states. Together, ART SG and S.E.A. Focus will be one of the anchor events of Singapore Art Week in a strategic collaboration that amplifies their impact, reach, and contribution to the region’s dynamic contemporary visual arts landscape.

The 2026 edition will feature the launch of the ART SG FUTURES Prize presented by UBS, of USD 10,000, to an outstanding emerging artist featured in the FUTURES sector, reinforcing UBS’s role as a dedicated supporter and enabler of the arts. The introduction of this prize in the FUTURES sector underscores UBS’s and the ART SG’s commitment to nurturing and spotlighting new talent. It not only benefits the individual artist but also enriches the broader art ecosystem by fostering innovation and supporting the next generation of creative voices.

Building on its inaugural launch, the SAM ART SG Fund, a benefactor-led initiative supporting Singapore Art Museum’s (SAM) acquisitions of international contemporary art from a Southeast Asian perspective, returns for a second year. The Fund will allocate SGD 150,000 to acquire works by leading and emerging artists presented at ART SG 2026, reinforcing the fair’s role as a key platform for collecting and strengthening Singapore’s arts ecosystem. Made possible through the generous support of patrons Carmen Yixuan Li, Pure Yichun Chen, and other anonymous donors, with advisory guidance from ART SG Fair Director Shuyin Yang, the Fund enables SAM to acquire works of significance that resonate locally and internationally. Following acquisition, the artworks will be available for public viewing through SAM’s exhibitions and programming, supporting visual arts education and broadening public access to contemporary art. The inaugural 2025 Fund supported the acquisition of three key works: Kim Yun Shin, Add Two Add One Divide Two Divide One 2023–6 (2023), presented by Lehmann Maupin; Kapwani Kiwanga, Magma (2024), presented by Goodman Gallery; and Lêna Bùi, Breathing no.2 (2024), presented by Galerie Urs Meile.

In a first-of-its-kind cultural sponsorship, the TVS Initiative for Indian and South Asian Contemporary Art, curatorially advised by Studio Public Memory, led by Srinivas Aditya Mopidevi, will place a robust spotlight on contemporary art practices hailing from India and South Asia.

The UBS Art Collection will present Indonesian performance artist Melati Suryodarmo’s I Love You (2007) at the UBS Art Studio on Level 1 of the fair.

As part of a new curatorial collaboration with Rockbund Art Museum (RAM), Shanghai, X-Zhu Nowell, Executive Director and Chief Curator of RAM, will serve as ART SG’s Film and Performance Art Curator, marking the introduction of a dedicated Performance Art sector at the fair. The collaboration will also present Wan Hai Hotel: Singapore Strait (translated as “Circumnavigating the Sea”)’ in Singapore, the latest evolution of this innovative exhibition model, marking the first presentation outside Shanghai and first of its kind immersive staging within a heritage hotel space.

New Cultural Partner The Institutum will feature its inaugural collaboration with Hampi Art Labs, a new landmark residency program based in UNESCO heritage site Hampi, Karnataka, India, showcasing works centering around ecological research by artists Robert Zhao and Atul Bhalla.

Visitors can experience an expanded programme of events and activations across Singapore Art Week, presented by the city’s leading visual art museums, private collections, and cultural partners.

Dates: 23 – 25 January, 2026
Venue: Marina Bay Sands
Tickets: Save 20% off all tickets with promo code SAGG20,
valid till 25 January 2026 on artsg.com