Asia NOW 11th Edition 21 of October
Description
Asia NOW is a curated art fair that amplifies the artistic voices of Asia and its diaspora.
Attuned to the dynamic shifts shaping contemporary art, it champions the emergence of new cultural centers that are defining today’s art landscape. More than a geography, we see Asia as a methodology, a movement, with a multi-centric approach that celebrates global Asias for their communal spirit and collective practices. By fostering critical engagement, the fair becomes a space of encounter and exchange taking the spirit of a festival.
October 21st to 26th 2025.
Monnaie de Paris, 11 Quai de Conti, 6ème
TUESDAY 21 OCTOBER
11:00 am – 2:00 pm | Collectors’ Brunch
12:00 pm | Matsutani Prize
Finalists: Liang Fu (Nicodim gallery),
Daiga Grantina (Emalin), Séquoia Scavullo (sans titre),
Natsuko Uchino (Galerie Allen, Sorry we’re Closed).
Jury: Takesada Matsutani, Kate Van Houten, Nathanaëlle Herbelin, Jean-Philippe Bourgeno, Tom Laurent
1:00 pm | Under the Aegis of the Moon
Performance by Han Mengyun
Curated by Arnaud Morand, proposed by the French Agency for AlUla Development (AFALULA) and Arts AlUla.
A commissioned performative installation weaving poetry and video, evoking the quiet majesty of the moon.
1:30 – 2:30 pm | Conversation
Reenactments of Lost Rhythms: Thinking Through Resistance and Renewal
Part of the Program Reenactments of Lost Rhythms, presented by Colomboscope with Hajra Haider Karrar, Guest Curator of Colomboscope 9, 2026; Basir Mahmood, Artist (Lahore/Amsterdam)
2:30 – 3:30 pm | Conversation
When East meets East: The Rise of Inter-Asian Dialogues in Contemporary Art
Jay Junghee Kim, Cultural strategist, curator, and founder of PUSH TO ENTER; Mizuho Yamazaki Project Manager and Editorial Coordinator at AWARE; Arnaud Morand, Independent curator and Head of Arts at AFALULA; Han Mengyun, Interdisciplinary and multimedia artist, comparatist, filmmaker, poet and mother.
Moderator: Sophie Mayuko, Swiss-Japanese curator working between Japan and the UAE.
3:00 - 4:00 pm | from hand to hand to hands
A Performance, a Reading, a Sharing by Fazal Rizvi & Baneen Mirza
Part of the programe Of Mountains and Seas, curated by John Tain. Exploring memory, touch, and ritual, the artists turn the preparation and shaping of dough into a poetic and culinary gesture.
With the support of the Embassy of France in Pakistan and Pakistan International Airlines.
3:30 - 4:30 pm | Conversation
Bharti Kher, Mythologies
Bharti Kher, artiste represented by Perrotin, Hauser & Wirth, and Nature Morte; and Annette Johansen, Director of the Thorvaldsen Museum. Moderator: Kathy Alliou, Curator and Director of the Department of Art Works, Beaux-Arts de Paris
5:00 pm | Under the Aegis of the Moon
Performance by Han Mengyun
5:30 – 6:30 pm | Conversation
The Edge is the New Centre: Experiments in Formats
Presented by Art & Ideas - an initiative by The Saudi Visual Arts Commission with Vittoria Matarrese Independent curator and Artistic Director of Riyadh Art Week; John Tain, Curator Lahore Biennale 03; Anissa Touati, Independent curator, scholar at Brown University. Moderator: Arnaud Morand, Independent curator and Head of Arts at AFALULA.
Presented by Arts & Ideas - an initiative by the Saudi Visual Arts Commission.
6:30 pm | Ghosts of Today and Tomorrow
Performance by Ahaad Alamoudi
A multi-sensory work engaging sound and light to explore perception, heritage, and the interplay between the contemporary and the ancestral.
Presented by Arts & Ideas - an initiative by the Saudi Visual Arts Commission.
6:30 pm | CINEMA NOW
by NOWNESS
WEDNESDAY, 22 OCTOBER
10:00 am - 9:00 pm
THURSDAY 23 - SATURDAY
25 OCTOBER
10:00 am - 8:00 pm
SUNDAY, 26 OCTOBER
10:00 am - 7:00 pm