From Wednesday, October 22, to Sunday, October 26, 2025, Asia NOW is open to the public at the Monnaie de Paris, with an invitation-only day on Tuesday, October 21. For its 11th edition, the fair brings together more than 70 international galleries from across Asia and its diaspora.
Returning participants include Esther Schipper (Berlin, Paris, New York City, Seoul), carlier | gebauer (Berlin), Sabrina Amrani (Madrid), Yeo Workshop (Singapore), NIKA Project Space (Dubai, Paris), and Kaikai Kiki (Tokyo). Newcomers include Arario Gallery (Seoul), Capsule Shanghai (Shanghai), Klemm’s (Berlin), and BAIK ART (Los Angeles, Seoul, Jakarta).
This year, Asia NOW inaugurates the Third Space, a new section for experimental and collaborative works. Highlights include We Were Always Neighbors, curated by Sahil Arora from Method Art Space (Mumbai); a presentation by Ingahee Gallery (Seoul); Laila Tara H’s kaftan-inspired installation by Hatch Gallery (Paris), and Nani Wijaya’s works presented by Metis Art and Jamie QQ Wu.
Under the title “Grow,” this year’s Curatorial theme invites audiences to witness how perceptions take root and transform our understanding of the world, encouraging us to move beyond the boundaries that have long defined East and West, and to consider how geography, culture, and history nurture the ways we see ourselves and others.
Mohammad Alfaraj, “Tomatoes stitch their own wounds” (2025) (image courtesy the artist, Athr gallery, and Mennour gallery)
A chorus of curators and institutions will shape the fair’s public program across the Monnaie de Paris, with contributions from Anissa Touati (Researcher at Brown University, US; Curator of the Biennale BCK in Greece), Arnaud Morand (Independent Curator; Head of Arts, Afalula), John Tain (curator of the Lahore Biennale 2024), Natasha Ginwala (Artistic Director of Colomboscope), and Hajra Haider (Guest Curator of Colomboscope Festival 2026).
Among many highlights are Ahaad Alamoudi’s “Ghosts of Today and Tomorrow,” a recurring activation presented by the Saudi Visual Arts Commission that makes use of sound and light to explore memory and heritage; “Under the Aegis of the Moon,” a commissioned performative installation by artist Han Mengyun, presented by Afalula; Mohammed Al Faraj’s transformation of the Monnaie entrance with palm tree prints; the Lahore Biennale Foundation’s Of Mountains and Seas, featuring works by Hamra Abbas, Feroza Hakim, Mella Jaarsma, Imran Qureshi, Fazal Rizvi, and a performance by Abuzar Madhu; Colomboscope’s Reenactments of Lost Rhythms, which includes a performance, screening, and sonic-visual interludes; and a session with Shwetal Patel and Nikhil Chopra in partnership with the Kochi-Muziris Biennale.
Asia NOW aims to continue challenging and innovating on the traditional art fair model, reimagining it as a platform to reflect the pulse of contemporary practices and shifts emerging from across the continent and around the world.
Discover the full program and get tickets at asianowparis.com.
Kunel Gaur “Untitled 1”
Basir Mahmood, “Brown Bodies in an Open Landscape Are Often Migrating” (2024), commissioned and produced by Fondazione In Between Art Film for the exhibition Nebula Complesso dell’Ospedaletto, Venice, 2024, curated by Alessandro Rabottini and Leonardo Bigazzi (image courtesy the artist and Fondazione In Between Art Film)
Manal AlDowayan, The Emerging XVIII (2025), acrylic on natural linen, 101 × 76 x 3 centimeters (image courtesy the artist and Sabrina Amrani)
