Art News: Art Basel Hong Kong 2027, dates, tickets and what to see

Art Basel Hong Kong 2027 is open to the public from Thursday 25 to Saturday 27 March 2027 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre in Wan Chai. It is the largest art fair in Asia and the centre of Hong Kong's art week each spring. Ticket prices for 2027 have not been published yet, and Art Basel says they will appear on its website soon.

Whitebank Fine Art, a London art advisory and gallery, took these details from Art Basel's own website on 11 November 2026.

Art Basel Hong Kong 2027 dates

• Thursday 25 to Saturday 27 March 2027: public days

In 2026 the public days were preceded by two preview days for invited guests, and the 2027 fair is likely to follow the same pattern. Art Basel has not yet published the 2027 opening hours or preview days.

The fair is at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, 1 Expo Drive, Wan Chai, a short walk from Wan Chai and Exhibition Centre MTR stations. The centre has step-free access throughout, with ramped entrances and lifts large enough for wheelchairs.

Art Basel Hong Kong tickets

Tickets are sold only through the Art Basel website, and a ticket is needed for every sector of the fair and for the ticketed events. Art Basel has not yet put the 2027 tickets on sale, and you can sign up on its site to be told when it does. Tickets offered by other websites before then should be treated with caution.

What to see

The 2026 fair, held from 27 to 29 March, brought together 240 galleries from 41 countries and regions, including 32 showing for the first time, and more than half came from Asia and the Pacific. It had 91,500 visitors, according to Art Basel, along with representatives of more than 170 museums and foundations.

The fair is divided into sectors. Galleries is the main section, with leading modern and contemporary galleries; Insights shows art from Asia and the Pacific with a focus on art history; Discoveries gives solo presentations to emerging artists; and Encounters fills the halls with large sculpture and installations. Around the fair, Hong Kong's art week brings gallery openings, M+ and the Hong Kong Palace Museum, and the spring auction sales in the city.

Buying at Art Basel Hong Kong

Most of what is on the stands is for sale, and the best works are often reserved before the public days. Before you buy:

• Ask for the full details of the work: the edition size and number for a print or photograph, and the exhibition history for a painting or sculpture.
• Ask for a condition report if the work is not new.
• Get a full invoice naming the artist, title, date, medium and size.
• Check the costs of bringing it home: shipping, insurance, UK import VAT and, for some works by living artists and those who died within the last 70 years, the Artist's Resale Right.

Whitebank Fine Art acts as an art advisor for buyers who want a second opinion before they commit, and we can also search privately for a work by a particular artist. Our guide to the art events of 2027 has the rest of the year's calendar, and our TEFAF Maastricht 2027 guide covers the leading fair for Old Masters, held earlier the same month.

Cover: Qing court painters, Along the River During the Qingming Festival (detail), 1736, handscroll, ink and colour on silk, National Palace Museum, Taipei. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.